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

The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 7 January 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Prime Minister

Education
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The Prime Minister stated that a lesson identified as inappropriate, though presented as hypothetical, had been sealed and its distribution withheld after the Ministry was notified. She said the NIE Academic Advisory Board approved the Ministry’s recommendation to remove the lesson, and confirmed that it would be removed.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, as stated, although presented as hypothetical, our assessment is that the lesson is inappropriate. Upon being notified, we sealed the module and withheld distribution. The NIE Academic Advisory Board has approved removal of that lesson, per the Ministry’s recommendation. That lesson will be removed.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 7 January 2026 ·No. 23112 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2026. No. 23112. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23248