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Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 9 July 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Digital Transformation and Education Reforms

Education
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Training for in-service teachers has begun under the National Continuous Professional Development Programme. The Prime Minister stated that teacher training programmes will be reviewed and relevant modules introduced into faculties of education and B.Ed. programmes, while a special programme has been initiated to provide faculties of education with the necessary technology to support the transformation.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, under the National Continuous Professional Development Programme, relevant training has already commenced for in-service teachers. We also intend to review teacher training programmes and introduce relevant modules into university faculties of education and B.Ed. programmes. We observed that, although schools received certain infrastructure, faculties of education had not. Therefore, a special programme has been initiated to equip faculties of education with necessary technology to support this transformation.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 9 July 2025 ·No. 1752660241032216 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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