The Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa
On behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Nalinda Jayatissa tabled an answer stating that Sri Lanka has 10,096 government schools, with 498 teaching Engineering Technology and 485 teaching Bio Systems Technology. The answer said schools may introduce the Technology stream where there is demand, sufficient student numbers, and adequate physical and human resources, subject to approval through provincial and ministry structure committees. It also noted that Technology is currently offered only at G.C.E. Advanced Level, while proposed education reforms include introducing “Life and Technology” from Grade 6.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I table the answer.
¶ 02 - Answer tabled.
¶ 03 (a) (i) Number of government schools in Sri Lanka: 10,096 (ii) Number of schools teaching Engineering Technology as a subject: 498 Number of schools teaching Bio Systems Technology as a subject: 485 (iii) Where there is demand and sufficient student numbers, school requests are submitted through the School Structure Committee to the Provincial Structure Committee and then to the Ministry’s Structure Committee. Approval is granted to schools that have adequate physical and human resources to introduce the Technology stream. Since Technology is an G.C.E. (A/L) subject, it operates only in schools with Advanced Level classes. Under forthcoming education reforms, a subject titled “Life and Technology” is planned from Grade 6.
¶ 04 (b) Not applicable.
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