The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister stated that legal education is already included within Civic Education, citing the Grade 6 Term 3 module and its objectives on legal awareness, responsible use of legal documents, law-abiding citizenship, and national development. She said similar modules are proposed for Grades 7 and 8, and that the Government would consider renaming the subject and introducing Law as an optional subject at O/L and A/L within ongoing education reforms.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Presiding Member, briefly, this is an important Motion. We have already included a Law component within Civic Education. Here is the Grade 6, Term 3 Civic Education module: its objectives include awareness of law for an educated society; examining how law operates for social good; correctly and responsibly using key legal documents in daily life; fostering law-abiding behavior as good citizens; and contributing to national development. Similar Law modules are proposed for Grades 7 and 8 within Civic Education. We will also consider the Member’s suggestion to rename the subject, and the proposal to introduce Law as an optional subject at O/L and A/L as part of ongoing reforms.
¶ 02 Question put, and agreed to.
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