The Hon. Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan (on behalf of the Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam)
Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan, on behalf of Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam, asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education whether the Government accepts that private education institutions contribute significantly to education but face problems due to the absence of a regulatory legal framework. He sought an acknowledgement that quality standards, teacher qualifications, infrastructure and basic health facilities in such institutions receive insufficient attention, and requested details of proposed remedial actions and their timeframe.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education: (a) Will she admit that— (i) private education institutions, alongside school education, play a considerable role in educational development; (ii) the lack of a legal mechanism to regulate such institutions has led to numerous issues; and (iii) insufficient attention is paid to the quality of education, teachers’ qualifications, infrastructure and basic health facilities in such institutions? (b) If so, will she state the actions to be taken and the time frame? (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 3 December 2025 ·No. 23332 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan (on behalf of the Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 December 2025. No. 23332. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19385