The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education

¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the response to Question 381/2025 is as follows.

¶ 02 (a) (i) The number of National Schools in Sri Lanka by province is submitted as Annex 01. (ii) The number of students and teachers in each National School is submitted as Annex 02; the number of non-academic staff in the Combined Services as Annex 03; and the number of non-academic staff in non-combined services as Annex 04. The list of schools approved as National Schools but where non-academic staff cadres are not yet approved and staff are attached on service requirement is submitted as Annex 05. (iii) The number of Provincial Council schools by province is submitted as Annex 06. (iv) The number of students, teachers and non-academic staff in each Provincial Council school is submitted as Annex 07. (v) The previous Government converted 23 Provincial Council schools into National Schools. (vi) Measures taken to develop those schools include: - Minor building repairs under the School-Based Learning Promotion Grants of the World Bank-supported General Education Modernization Project. - Provision of grants for quality inputs procurement as per Ministry Circular No. 54/2023 of 29.12.2023, Section 8.0. - Recommendations to demolish unsafe buildings within school premises. - Funding to repair and bring back into use laboratory equipment and machinery. - Improvement of sanitation, including repairs to toilets and construction of new systems. - Removal of dangerous trees and demolition of unsafe embankments. - Safety measures for school communities (e.g., elephant fences). - Provision of desks, chairs and office equipment. - Construction of safety retaining walls.

¶ 03 (b) Not applicable.

¶ 04 Annexes 01 to 07 have been placed in the Library.