There is no intention for Malima government to take patent for modules, Module method is a system already present in the world.
The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
Since the new education reforms are introduced only to grades 1 and 2 in 2026, the priority will be given to it and do not criticize the 50 minutes periods while remaining in the traditional method of teacher speaking and children listening, said The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
The Prime Minister stated this at the awareness program held in the Rathnapura District Secretariat today (26) for making the educational authorities of Sabaragamuwa Province aware of new education reforms.
Further expressing ideas, The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said these things also.
We do not say the present education system is hundred per cent is wrong because the excellent people were created through it also. But a large number of children become dropouts annually. Nobody cares about them. The new education reforms do an entire restructuring of the system going beyond the curriculum development remained so far.
This system is introduced from 2026 to grades 1 and 6 and the priority will be given for it. Stage by stage the next reforms will be done. The deciding factor in educational performance is the teacher. To solve the problem of teacher shortage, the implementation of correct principle of teacher transfers and the proper distribution of teachers must be done.
There are schools with less than 10 students in Sabaragamuwa Province. In some schools there are only 5 students per teacher. This situation must be changed. At the moment the ministry is having discussions about the teacher transfers between national schools and provincial schools. Actions will be taken to come to a decision on this in the future.
It was revealed from a survey conducted by the Ministry of Education that 20,000 children have become dropouts from education and there no information about what happened to them so far. In the same way 80,000 children have not come to schools properly. This is a critical problem.
At present the system of education runs upon the dedication of a small number of people but a system of education cannot be relied on an individual, it must remain strongly as a system.
At the moment, a debate has been coming up about the extending the time of a period up to 50 minutes. Do not go to decide this time of period standing upon the traditional system of teaching. The new reform does not introduce the method of teacher speaking and the children listening. It is a method of engaging students practically.
The module system is introduced not to take patent for Malima government but it is a method used in the world.
The education was used so far by the past governments to propagate their names and the education was further messed up through the admission of children to the schools with the intention of obtaining votes and that situation has already been rectified said The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
Expressing ideas at this occasion The Deputy Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr. Madhura Senevirathna said,
Some people complain that we are doing education reforms for the needs of a certain group of people and do not use the knowledge of experts, but we totally reject it. We are doing this reform according to a national requirement but not upon anybody’s wants. We say with responsibility that there is no such connection between the information they spread on social media and the new education reforms.
The Provincial Governor Champa Janaki Rajarathna, Members of Parliament including the Chairperson of Rathnapura District Development Committee Shantha Padmakumara, The Secretary of the Ministry of Education Nalaka Kaluwewa, the officers representing the Ministry of Education, National Institute of Education and a large number of education authorities of Sabaragamuwa Province attended this meeting.
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