Improvements in the education sector within the next few years: President
View(s):There will be qualitative improvement in the education sector within the next few years, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in his Independence Day speech.
“A separate State Ministry has been created to undertake the reforms needed in the education sector. Two task forces have also been created to obtain specialist assistance for these reforms. We are acting quickly to implement recommendations for educational reform,” he said.
The President also said during the course of this year, the number of students gaining admission to universities would increase by 10,000, or 30 percent.
“Provisions have been made to double the number of students entering the state technical colleges from 100,000 to 200, 000. Approval has been granted for the creation of a system of city universities catering to every district to increase the capacity of universities,” President Rajapaksa said.