The Hon. Eranga Gunasekara
The Hon. Eranga Gunasekara stated that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, together with the State Ministers, plans to review and reactivate youth-related institutions, including National Youth Services Council and National Youth Corps centres. He noted that some centres have unfinished construction or are unsuitable and underused, and said the Ministry has identified locations and is preparing measures based on young people’s current needs and priorities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Certainly, Hon. Member. Together with the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and the two State Ministers — the three of them — we intend to proceed. Not only with the National Youth Services Council but also, as you know, there are centres under the National Youth Corps in many locations; some constructions were stopped midway.
¶ 02 In some places the usefulness is questionable — I do not wish to name them here — and in some centres, courses cannot genuinely be conducted; they are not places that attract young people. Various needs led to maintaining such places and now they lie idle. As you raised, our Ministry has prepared measures to re-engage with these institutions based on the priorities and needs of young people. We have identified locations for this purpose.
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Cite as: The Hon. Eranga Gunasekara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 June 2025. No. 1750240054043973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7747