Under the directions of Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, measures had been taken to fill 302 vacant principal positions at national schools countrywide, Kurunegala Education Director W.M. Balasooriya said.
He was addressing a meeting of school heads held yesterday at the Bingiriya Youth Training Centre in Kurunegala. Interviews were being conducted for the purpose and they would continue until November 10, Balasooriya said, and added that principals who had worked at schools for eight consecutive years would be transferred to fill the vacancies as well.