The Hon. Imran Maharoof
Hon. Imran Maharoof asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education to state the number and names of education zones in the Trincomalee District. He raised concerns that schools in Thambalagamuwa DS Division are allocated to different education zones along ethnic lines and that many Kuchchaveli schools are located over 50 km from the Trincomalee Zonal Education Office. He requested that, in future creation of education zones, separate zones be established for these areas to address geographical distance and ethnic segregation, or that reasons be given if this will not be done.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 (a) Will she inform this House the (i) number of education zones in the Trincomalee District; and (ii) their names?
¶ 03 (b) Will she accept that (i) schools in the Thambalagamuwa DS Division are divided into three education zones based on ethnicity; (ii) Muslim schools are linked to Kinniya Zone, Tamil schools to Trincomalee Zone, and Sinhala schools to Kantale Zone; and (iii) most schools under the Kuchchaveli Divisional Education Office in the Trincomalee Zone are located more than 50 km from the Zonal Education Office?
¶ 04 (c) Taking into account the geographical distance and ethnic segregation, will she take steps to create separate education zones for the above areas when creating new zones in the future?
¶ 05 (d) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Monday, 24 November 2025 ·No. 23008 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Imran Maharoof. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 November 2025. No. 23008. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15265