The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister, as Minister of Education, said the Ministry has no official records confirming the establishment of the Reggie Ranatunga Educational Scholarship Fund under Act No. 28 of 2000 or the donation of land in Pansilgoda, Minuwangoda. She stated that the land had been given to the Sri Lanka Vocational Training Authority under a 2007 agreement to operate a training centre, but the centre was vacated in 2021 due to subsidence risk and handed back to the Fund for repairs. She added that the Ministry and SLVTA have had no ownership or connection to the land or building since 2021, so no response could be given on transferring it for public purposes.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the reply is as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Our Ministry does not possess official information to confirm that the “Reggie Ranatunga Educational Scholarship Fund” was established under Act No. 28 of 2000 for the stated objectives. (ii) Our Ministry does not possess information to confirm that a land of about 100 perches in Pansilgoda GN Division, Minuwangoda, Gampaha was donated to the Fund on 07.04.2003. (iii) The above land was given by the “Reggie Ranatunga Scholarship Fund” to the Sri Lanka Vocational Training Authority (SLVTA) under an agreement dated 05.03.2007 for a period of ten years from that year to operate a training centre. In 2021, due to risk of subsidence, the centre was vacated and, together with relevant assets, handed back to the “Reggie Ranatunga Educational Scholarship Fund” for repairs. (iv) Since 2021, the SLVTA has had no connection with nor any ownership of that building or land.
¶ 03 (b) As this Ministry holds no ownership over the land and building, no reply can be provided on transfer for public purposes.
¶ 04 (c) Not applicable.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 November 2025. No. 22931. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14043