The Hon. Sajith Premadasa – Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition requested that the Minister assess the likely scale of job displacement resulting from technological advancement, online work, and artificial intelligence. He argued that such an assessment is necessary to reorient education from pre-school to tertiary level toward future labour market needs and the creation of new forms of employment as traditional jobs come under threat.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, I wish to draw the Minister’s attention to an important matter. He spoke about workers’ rights and also about online and AI-enabled work. I request an assessment: with technological advancement and the AI revolution, what proportion of current jobs will be displaced? Such an assessment is vital to reorient our education system from pre-school through tertiary to create new jobs matching future labour market demand under AI, as traditional jobs will be threatened.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 19 November 2025 ·No. 22931 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa – Leader of the Opposition. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 November 2025. No. 22931. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14099