Considering the resolution furnished by the Minister of Health and Mass Media, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint  R.A.P. K. Jayaratne, the most senior officer of the Printing Service, currently serving as Deputy Government Printer in the Department of Government Printing and holding a Class I, Grade II position in the Printing Service, to perform the duties of the post of Government Printer  with effect from 02.04.2026.

With the objective of ensuring the continuous education of schoolgirls, the program to provide sanitary napkins to schoolgirls who have  attained puberty is planned to be  implemented this year as well, covering approximately 1.05 million schoolgirls across all government schools from Grade 6 and above, as well as schoolgirls who have attained puberty in government-assisted special schools.

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the  Prime Minister, in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, to implement the programme for the provision of sanitary napkins to schoolgirls in the year 2026.

Each schoolgirl will be provided with two gift vouchers valued at Rs. 720 each, amounting to Rs. 1,440 per schoolgirl annually,   so that they can  either purchase 12 packs containing 8 sanitary napkins priced at Rs. 120 per pack, or 8 packs containing 10 sanitary napkins priced at Rs. 120 per pack can be based on individual preference.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution
furnished by the Prime Minister in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education to implement the project for the development of sports grounds in 400 schools over a 4-year period (2026-2029) covering all 25 districts, with one national school and 3 provincial schools at an estimated cost of Rs. 2010.50 million.

Out of the 10,096 schools currently operating in the country, it has been confirmed that only 5% possess sports grounds of standard dimension and accordingly the need has been identified to establish at least one standard sports ground with a 400-meter running track within each education zone to ensure equal opportunities for students to engage in sports.