Hon. Kabir Hashim

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Kegalle· 25 November 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Committee Stage on Appropriation Bill 2026 - Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education (Fifteenth Allotted Day)

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Hon. Kabir Hashim cited a British Council survey indicating that Sri Lanka is among the highest sources of foreign students to the UK, ranking second in the referenced list despite its small population compared with China. He argued that this reflects the consequences of wrong policy decisions in Sri Lanka.

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¶ 01 I will conclude with these points, Hon. Presiding Member.

¶ 02 A British Council survey shows Sri Lanka ranks second among the top ten countries sending the largest numbers of foreign students to the UK. China sends the most, but China has a population of 1.2 billion; we are a small country, yet proportionally we are second. Wrong decisions have led to this.

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 25 November 2025 ·No. 22979 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Kabir Hashim. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 November 2025. No. 22979. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16652