Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 11:17 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 20, Colombo: The Ministry of Education says that out of 39,179 school teachers 2,519 teachers were transferred in the under the National School Teacher Transfer System in the year 2020 alone. The transfers have been given under the National School Teacher Transfer Scheme for the transfer of teachers who have served in the same school for 10 years and under the annual teacher transfers. Of these, 1,072 teachers have been transferred on a 10-year basis and another 1,447 teachers have been transferred on an annual teacher transfer basis. Inquiries into the appeals filed by the teachers regarding the transfers have also commenced.