The Hon. Eranga Gunasekara
There are 59 training centres under the National Youth Services Council, some of which were established in the past due to political considerations rather than scientific assessment. The Government is reviewing and reorganizing these centres to prioritize their usefulness to youth, prepare a forward plan, and develop them into genuine youth spaces across the country.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, there are currently 59 training centres functioning under the National Youth Services Council. As you stated, in the past, in various places, based on the wishes of whichever Minister or Member of Parliament was influential in a given area — without scientific study and instead due to political needs — foundation stones were laid and centres were started. Your question is valid.
¶ 02 We are now reorganizing these 59 centres to establish priorities and manage them so they are more useful to the country’s youth. We are assessing which centres should be prioritized and how to restructure them accordingly, and we are preparing a forward plan. In line with that, the present Government is discussing a program to make every one of these centres true youth spaces in our country, and we hope to implement it in the future.
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