10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Nalin Hewage

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Galle· 24 November 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Jaffna College of Technology Infrastructure (Q.3)

Education
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Vocational education is planned to be introduced at school level from next year, requiring restructuring of the existing institutional system. The response notes problems of overlapping institutions in the same city and staff shortages, with approvals obtained for significant recruitment to deploy staff where needed. Changes to NAITA are also expected within the next year.

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¶ 01 Hon. Member, from next year the vocational education curriculum will be implemented at school level, requiring us to restructure the institutional system. We have identified the issue of multiple institutions in one city and also staff shortages. We now have approvals and are recruiting in significant numbers. We will be able to deploy required staff to your institutions. As for NAITA, we expect to make changes within the next year.

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Hansard, Monday, 24 November 2025 ·No. 23008 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Nalin Hewage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 November 2025. No. 23008. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15264