The Hon. Nalin Hewage
Hon. Nalin Hewage said the Government accepts the need to expand education and vocational training, noting that Gampaha Technical College has begun morning and evening sessions to increase intake and that similar expansion is planned under a programme up to 2029. He stated that a proposed site had been deemed unsuitable by the relevant institutions and rejected under the previous Government, based on a 2023 committee report appointed by the then Minister of Education. He urged that the matter not be used for local politics and asked that the committee report be shared with the local community.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 We accept the need to provide education to children. For the first time, we started both morning and evening sessions at the Gampaha Technical College to double intake. We intend to expand this to the regions you refer to. As vocational education is being integrated into the school curriculum, more such institutions are needed in these areas. Accordingly, we are proceeding with a plan up to 2029. However, as stated by the former Minister of Education in 2023, the principal institutions themselves clearly concluded that the site is in no way suitable, and they cannot take it over. This was not stopped by our government; it was stopped by the previous government. Therefore, let us not use this as a basis for local politics. I request you to go to the village and provide the committee report appointed by that Minister in 2023 to the people.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 22 January 2026 ·No. 23203 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Nalin Hewage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2026. No. 23203. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22421