Back to school, a strike and lessons to be learnt View(s):It is a ‘war of attrition’, this ongoing battle between the teachers’ unions and the Government, each trying to wear the other down. The Government has floated the idea of elections to the defunct provincial councils. Sri Lanka’s provincial councils have been a ‘white elephant’ draining financial resources and duplicating administration. It can easily do without the provincial councils as proven this past two years with no one missing them. If it is an election they want, it should be a Referendum whether the people want Provincial Councils.

Source: Sunday Times October 24, 2021 01:39 UTC