ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CADET CORPS: OBJECTIVES
Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera asked the Minister of Defence for details on the National Cadet Corps, including the establishing Act, its objectives, current numbers of cadet officers and Ministry of Education-released officers, and the number of participating schools and cadet units. He also requested information on whether and how the Corps’ activities are being modernized to meet current needs, and if not, the reasons for the lack of modernization.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question No. 1635/2025 - The Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera asked the Minister of Defence:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) the Act under which the National Cadet Corps was established in Sri Lanka; (ii) the objectives for the establishment of it; (iii) separately, the number of cadet officers currently serving under the National Cadet Corps and the number of officers released by the Ministry of Education for active service; (iv) separately, the number of schools carrying out cadet activities and the total number of cadet units to date; (v) whether the activities of the National Cadet Corps are being modernized according to the current needs to achieve the desired objectives; and (vi) if so, such manner?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 7 January 2026 ·No. 23112 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CADET CORPS: OBJECTIVES. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2026. No. 23112. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23262