The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya
Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya stated that previous education initiatives, including subject changes and projects such as “Nearest School is the Best School,” did not amount to comprehensive reforms. She said no special study had been conducted on the success or failure of past reforms, but monitoring and evaluation would be built into the proposed reforms starting in 2026. The National Education Commission would be tasked with reviewing implementation and feeding study findings back into the reform process.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, many discussed reforms were not fully implemented. Some subject changes and project-type initiatives—such as “Nearest School is the Best School”—were undertaken, but we do not regard those as broad reforms.
¶ 02 While we have not conducted a special comprehensive study of success/failure of past reforms, evaluation and monitoring are embedded in the proposed reforms. In parallel, studies will be carried out and findings fed back into the process. The National Education Commission will be tasked with this evaluation. The reforms to commence in 2026 will be reviewed by the Commission to continuously improve implementation.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 June 2025. No. 1750240054043973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7729