News
Sajith tables his educational qualifications in Parliament
SJB and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday tabled his academic qualifications in Parliament, following a challenge issued by Chief Government Whip and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa.
Premadasa, in a detailed response, presented all his educational certificates.
Premadasa said: “I did not sit the GCE Ordinary Level Examination in Sri Lanka, as I left the country, after Grade 9. Instead, I pursued my education in the UK, where I successfully completed my O-Levels and A-Levels,” Premadasa said, adding that he had obtained his first degree from the University of London but he had to return to Sri Lanka in 1993 following his father’s assassination. “I had to cut short my Master’s degree at that point, but later, I pursued further studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the United States, where I earned a Master’s in Public Management,” Premadasa stated. He also revealed that he had completed a degree at the Open University of Sri Lanka, where Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya was one of his lecturers.