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The Hon. Hesha Withanage

17 December 2024 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Early Childhood Development Centres Registration and Monitoring (Q.45/2024)

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Hon. Hesha Withanage asked the Minister of Women and Child Affairs for data on early childhood development centres in Sri Lanka, including the total number operating and how many are government-registered. He sought clarification on whether unregistered centres may operate, the basic qualifications required to run such a centre, and whether an action plan exists to monitor them.

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¶ 01 asked the Minister of Women and Child Affairs:

¶ 02 (a) Will she inform this House— (i) the number of early childhood development centres in existence in Sri Lanka; (ii) the number of centres which have obtained registration with the Government; (iii) whether early childhood development centres are allowed to operate without Government registration; and (iv) the basic qualifications that need to be completed before operating an early childhood development centre?

¶ 03 (b) Will she also inform the House— (i) whether there is an Action Plan for monitoring early childhood development centres; and (ii) if so, what that course of action is?

¶ 04 (c) If not, why?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 17 December 2024 ·No. 1734685396083959 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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