The Hon. (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 23 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Educational Reforms and Student Welfare Programmes

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A student welfare programme includes distributing shoes, with beneficiaries selected using school size as the current criterion. Shoes are to be provided to all students in schools with fewer than 250 students, covering an estimated 700,000 children this year.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we have a comprehensive programme for student welfare, including a shoe-distribution component. We need criteria to select beneficiaries. Our current best criterion is to provide shoes to all students in schools with fewer than 250 students. We expect to provide shoes to about 700,000 children this year.

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Source: Hansard, Thursday, 23 January 2025 ·No. 1738314169039521 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2025. No. 1738314169039521. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10485