The Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Chamindranee Kiriella asked a supplementary question on whether the Ministry of Education has revised guidelines on communicating information after child abuse, violence, or suicide-related incidents in schools. She highlighted risks such as school dropout, harm to families and other students, and copycat suicide, noting that WHO and UNICEF have issued relevant guidelines.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, thank you for the reply. My first supplementary is this: Often, after a child is abused or subjected to violence, one reason for school dropout or even suicide is the way the information is communicated—within the school and to the public. Such communication affects the child’s family and other students; you must have heard of copycat suicide. WHO and UNICEF have issued guidelines on this. Since you assumed the Education portfolio, have you changed the guidelines on information communication?
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