The Hon. K. Kader Masthan
Hon. K. Kader Masthan questioned the scheduling of examinations during Ramadan, saying they should have been advanced by 10 days to finish by the 17th in view of fasting and night prayers. He urged future consultation with the relevant religious affairs divisions to avoid clashes with religious observances. He also requested that shoe vouchers and the Rs. 6,000 learning materials allowance be provided to difficult and most difficult area schools regardless of whether they have more or fewer than 200 students.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you. Hon. Speaker, the Hon. Prime Minister said decisions were taken after consulting ACJU and Muslim representatives. If a 10-day advance start had been fixed so the exam ended by the 17th, it would have been appropriate, given fasting and night prayers during Ramadan. In future, consult the religious affairs ministry divisions for each faith and avoid such clashes.
¶ 02 Also, in difficult and most difficult area schools—over 200 students—items like shoe vouchers and the Rs. 6,000 learning material allowance were not provided in 2025, and still not in 2026. Please consider giving these to such schools irrespective of the over/under 200 threshold.
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Cite as: The Hon. K. Kader Masthan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2026. No. 23269. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12992