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

The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 22 May 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Teachers' Colleges Training Programme (Q.2/2025)

EducationEthnic Reconciliation & Devolution
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Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya stated that Sinhala-medium courses at Vavuniya College had been stopped after 2016 due to rationalization and teacher shortages in the war context. She said the Government has intervened and plans to reintroduce Sinhala-medium courses from the next intake, beginning where possible with primary teacher training.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, to my knowledge, after 2016, Sinhala-medium courses in the Vavuniya College were stopped, citing rationalization during the war context and difficulties in providing teachers. However, we have intervened, and from the next intake we plan to reintroduce Sinhala-medium courses at that College. Even if we cannot start all courses at once, we are planning to commence teacher training particularly for the primary segment.

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Hansard, Thursday, 22 May 2025 ·No. 1750307293077610 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 May 2025. No. 1750307293077610. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24503