The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi
Asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education to provide detailed data on school dropouts from 2010 to the present, including annual numbers, age groups, district-wise figures, and common causes. He also sought information on Government measures to address the issue and whether a formal study is being conducted, or, if not, whether the Government accepts the need for an urgent study.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 (a) Will she inform this House the - (i) number of school dropouts in each year from 2010 up to now, separately; (ii) age groups to which the said school dropouts belong; (iii) number of such school dropouts in each district, separately; (iv) common reasons that have forced children to drop out of school; and (v) solutions that will be provided by the Government to address this issue?
¶ 03 (b) Will she also inform this House - (i) whether the Government is conducting a formal study on the above issue; and (ii) if not, whether she accepts that such a study should be conducted urgently?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 10 June 2026 ·No. 23707 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21476