The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake questioned the Deputy Minister on the implications of a sharp decline in Grade 1 admissions, noting that intake had fallen from 421,000 in 2015 to 279,000 at present. He asked how the Government forecasts future education needs given 10,315 schools and 218,000 teachers, and whether the decline indicates a serious situation for the education sector.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary question is this. Hon. Deputy Minister, tomorrow’s rulers, our youth, are in the public gallery. Your answers used 2023 statistics for O/Ls and A/Ls. As Finance Minister in 2015, I know Grade 1 intake was 421,000. That has fallen to 279,000 today. That’s alarming. We have 10,315 schools and 218,000 teachers. With such a drastic drop in Grade 1 admissions, how do you forecast the future? Isn’t this a dire situation?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 March 2025. No. 1744281136023320. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26407