"There is a shortage of 60,000 teachers while there are,40,000 excess teachers in the school system at present, as a result the shortage is only 20,000 teachers.
Therefore I am planning to get the cabinet approval to ensure that there is a balance of teachers in every school", said education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam.
862 graduates and 176 Diploma holders were recruited to teach in the Technology Stream for the Advanced Level examination.