The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media
The Minister clarified that nursing schools fall under the Ministry of Health, while allied health degree admissions are handled by universities under the Ministry of Higher Education. He said the matter would be examined and that the Education Minister would also respond, before inviting the next supplementary question.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I will respond though the Leader’s question is on higher education. Issues of nursing schools fall under us, but allied health degree intakes are under the Ministry of Higher Education via universities. We will examine the matter and the Education Minister will also respond. Please proceed to the second supplementary.
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- Hansard, Friday, 24 October 2025 ·No. 22644 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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