Kurunegala District UNP Parliamentarian and Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told the Daily News yesterday that his Ministry has called for applications from those who have passed the G. C. E. (A. L.) Examination in 2015 to be recruited as teacher trainees for the National Colleges of Education in the country. The closing date for applying for these teacher training courses is November 24. Education Ministry Secretary Sunil Hettiarachchi said that all details and the specimen application form for applying for these teacher training courses are now advertised in the Government Gazette notification dated November 2. About 6,000 teacher trainees would be enrolled for these three-year residential Diploma Teaching courses, which are to be commenced in the beginning of next year.