The Hon. Hesha Withanage
Hon. Hesha Withanage asked for clarification on the Government’s proposed school system reforms, particularly the plan to establish one school every three kilometres. He questioned whether the existing number of pre-schools would be sufficient under such a policy and whether a similar expansion or reform plan applies to pre-schools. He also requested details on the estimated number of new schools required and whether the policy has been fully assessed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my second supplementary to the Hon. Minister is this. Your policy statement spoke of a major reform of the school system, which is commendable. The Hon. Prime Minister is present. There is a programme to establish one school every three kilometres — a good initiative, if achievable. Regarding pre-schools, have you discussed a similar change?
¶ 02 Based on your estimates of how many schools will be built, will the current number of pre-schools suffice, or is there a plan beyond that? If the “one school per three kilometres” concept is realized, a very large number — at least 30 to 40 thousand schools — would be needed. Will this extend to pre-schools too, or is it still an unestimated policy? A clarification on the applicability to pre-schools would be appreciated. If you can also respond on the schools issue, that would be valuable.
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Cite as: The Hon. Hesha Withanage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18052