Probe against eloped Principal and teacher at Mahanama College -- Update 2

Probe against eloped Principal and teacher at Mahanama College -- Update 2

Mr. Prasanna Upashantha, Principal of Mahanama College who was connected to an unpleasant incident of living separately with a married teacher together with her child has been affiliated to the Western Education Department with effect from last 14th, by the Ministry of Education.

The Ministry has taken steps to transfer the teacher too involved in this case from the school concerned and it

would be effected in future, it is reported. Mr. Prasanna Upashantha who is aged 56 years is a father of two children. The husband of the said teacher has lodged a complaint against this Principal and he had even brought forward this instance of injustice to the notice of the Ministry of Education.

Though this illicit association was of a personal nature, there were allegations that this offence committed by someone of the administrative field of a school was something that creates a bad example and even the media, teachers' associations and Old Boys of the school had criticised this incident. Initially though the Ministry of Education did not get involved in this issue having considered it as something of a personal nature, after criticisms in this connection began to increase they had then begun to take action in this respect.

Previous news item relating to the young teacher deciding to unite with the Principal after the illicit romance went too far, from here