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Govt has allocated record sum for education: Susil

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3 years ago

2022/12/3

By Saman Indrajith

The government has allocated 600 billion rupees for education in 2023 and this is the highest amount of money allocated for education in the country’s history, minister of education, Susil Premajayantha told parliament on Thursday (01).The minister said that Sri Lanka did not use its natural resources to its benefit and that in a way was the fault of its education system.

“40 percent of South Korea’s revenue is generated by Samsung. We have a number of mineral resources. We have not made anything using them and as long as we don’t use science and technology, we will remain a poor country,” he said.

The minister said that most students werecompelled to attend private tuition classes, paying a lot of money.

“We must develop school education system. MP Rohini Kumari Wijeratne highlighted many issues faced by students and teachers. These are all real issues and I think we can address most of this through technology. We also need to elevate teacher training colleges to universities. If we don’t improve the quality of our teachers, we won’t be able to improve our education,” he said.

The 2023 budget has allocated 231 billion for education. This is 31 billion rupees more than 2022, he said.

“If we include all the money allocated for schools run by provincial councils, we are spending over 600 billion on education next year,” he said.

Meanwhile, SLPP MP S.B. Dissanayake said that there are 10,000 schools in the country and out of that the state of 7000 schools is tragic.

“There are 200 national schools with appalling infrastructure. The government has allocated 1.1 of the GDP for education. We need to boost professional education. We can make a lot of money from education. I started the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine and faced many issues. Because of the resistance South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine faced, two other entities that wanted to start medical colleges here also withdrew,” he said.

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Cabinet approves recruitment of 2,284 to government service

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3 hours ago

2025/12/11

Priyan

The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal submitted by the Prime Minister to recruit 2,284 to the government service as per the recommendations of the ‘Committee appointed to review the recruitment process of the Government Service at its meeting held on 14.11.2025.

1. Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education 196

2. Ministry of Health and Mass Media 480

3. Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and
Local Governments 04

4. Ministry of Finance, Policy Planning and Economic
Development 19

5. Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development 778

6. Ministry of Justice and National Integration 222

7. Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development 107

8. Ministry of Defense 73

9. Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources 20

10. Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs 21

11. Ministry of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development 36

12. Ministry of Buddha Shasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
04
13. Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
Facilities 02

14. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation 74

15. Western Provincial Council 230

16. Uva Provincial Council 08

17. North Western Provincial Council 08

18. Finance Commission 02

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Cabinet green light to obtain a grant from the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund for post – disaster relief and rehabilitation activities

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3 hours ago

2025/12/11

Priyan

On a request made by the government of Sri Lanka, the Asian Development Bank has given its concurrence to provide a grant of United States dollars 3 million under Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund.

It is expected to supply materials required for providing essential life security services for the communities affected, from the said grant.

Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal submitted by the President as the Minister of Finance, Plan Implementation and Economic Development to enter into the relevant agreements with the Asian Development Bank to obtain the said grant.

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Cabinet approves establishment of two 50 MW wind power stations in Mullikulum, Mannar region

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4 hours ago

2025/12/11

Priyan

Adhering to the broad plan of the Government to reach the objective of accomplishing 70% of the country’s electricity supply from renewable energy sources by the year 2030, the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted on 10.02.2025 to invite requests for resolutions from interested developers of the private sector in order to implement the Mullikulum Wind Power – 100 Mega Watts (two (02) wind power stations of
50 Mega Watts each) on the basis of construction, ownership and execution with a monitoring period of 20 years.

Accordingly, requests for proposals have been called to implement the relevant project by adhering to the international competitive bidding methodology, and seven (7) prospective project proposals were submitted.

Evaluating the said proposals, based on the recommendations submitted by the negotiation committee appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Power to award the contracts of establishing the two (02) 50 Mega Watts Wind
Power Stations to Consortium of Vidullanka PLC & David Pieris Motor Company (Lanka) Limited and WindForce PLC.