Educational Publication Advisory Board


Mr. Palitha Aravinda Weerakody
Secretary
Educational Publication Advisory Board

Functions of the Branch

  • Identification of high quality books for school libraries.
  • Informing Publishers and Authors about obtaining approval from the Ministry of Education to license a book as a school library book, and publishing related announcements in Sinhala, Tamil, and English media newspapers.
  • Conducting awareness workshops for book reviewers.  
  • Carrying out the review of printed books and manuscripts submitted to the Educational Publications Advisory Board through qualified book reviewers.
  • Conducting monthly meetings of the Educational Publications Advisory Board.
  • Approving, rejecting, granting approval subject to amendments for books submitted for the monthly meeting.
  • Identifying books eligible for licensing with only the government share charged, and presenting relevant matters to the Board regarding the issuance of such licenses.
  • Publishing and updating the list of books that have been licensed for use in school libraries.

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