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

The Hon. Chandana Thennakoon

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kurunegala· 19 May 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Department of Wildlife Conservation and Other Questions

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Chandana Thennakoon raised concerns that interrupted student enrolment at the institute has led to underuse of physical and human resources and weakened its academic culture. He noted significant vacancies for engineering assistants and asked the Deputy Minister whether any legal or other barrier prevents recruiting students to the institute.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, you know students have not been enrolled continuously, creating many practical issues: significant physical and human resources are underutilized, and the academic culture is weakened. There are large vacancies for engineering assistants. Is there any legal or other impediment to recruiting students to this institute?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 19 May 2026 ·No. 23608 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Chandana Thennakoon. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 May 2026. No. 23608. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29177