The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister said any distortion or omission of relevant historical events or figures in educational content would be reviewed. She explained that religion modules, including Hinduism, are examined by subject-specific Advisory Committees before publication, and noted that recent concerns raised by a Member had been discussed with the Hindu Religious Advisory Committee, whose recommendations were forwarded to the National Institute of Education.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, if there is any distortion or exclusion of any historical events or people that should be included, we will certainly look into it.
¶ 02 With regard to Religion, for each religion there is an Advisory Committee in the Ministry; for Hinduism also, there is an Advisory Committee. All the modules on religions are first submitted to that Committee for review and approval, and with their suggestions the final module is sent for publication. Just two weeks ago, I met with the Hindu Religious Advisory Committee to discuss some of these issues raised by the Hon. Member. Their opinions were sought and their recommendations have been sent to the National Institute of Education. The NIE member in charge of the Hinduism subject was also present at that Committee when this discussion took place. Thank you.
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