10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 3 December 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question by Private Notice: History of Tamil Kings in School Curriculum

EducationEthnic Reconciliation & Devolution
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Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya responded that concerns raised about the history curriculum would be conveyed to the relevant course team and considered by education experts responsible for curriculum development and module review. She stated that history is presented as Sri Lankan history encompassing all communities, rather than as separate Sinhala, Tamil or Muslim histories.

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¶ 01 Sir, we will take the comments made by the Hon. Member into consideration. As you know, it is education experts who develop the curriculum and review the modules. We will convey your concerns to that course team, Hon. Member. Of course, when we present history, we present it as Sri Lankan history and look at the different periods in that context. All of what the Hon. Member said, we will take into consideration. But, we do not present it as Sinhala, Tamil or Muslim history but as Sri Lankan history, which includes all of these elements.

¶ 02 Thank you, Sir.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 3 December 2025 ·No. 23332 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 December 2025. No. 23332. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19399