The Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama
Prof. L.M. Abeywickrama questioned changes to the Scheme of Recruitment for Senior Educator and Senior Lecturer posts at the National Institute of Education during education reforms. He asked why the longstanding requirement for a class in a bachelor’s degree, in place since 1985 to maintain quality, and the requirement for teaching experience were being removed, and raised concern that parties other than the Department of Human Resource Development had intervened in the process.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary is this. During education reforms, the NIE is the apex policy body for school education. Since 1985, recruitment to Senior Educator and Senior Lecturer posts required a bachelor’s degree with a class to maintain quality. The Scheme of Recruitment should be prepared by the Department of Human Resource Development, but other parties have intervened to remove this core requirement. Today there are many graduates with first- and upper-second-class degrees. Why was this removed, and why is teaching experience also being removed?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 7 August 2025 ·No. 1755509552009433 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 August 2025. No. 1755509552009433. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24243