පුරප්පාඩු අනුව ඉදිරියේදී ගුරු සේවය සඳහා තවත් බඳවා ගැනීම් සිදු කරනවා

වතු ආශ්‍රිත පාසල්වල සංවර්ධන කටයුතුවලදී දිස්ත්‍රික් සංවර්ධන කමිටු සමඟ එක්ව කටයුතු කරන ලෙසත්, පුරප්පාඩු අනුව ඉදිරියේදී ගුරු සේවය සඳහා තවත් බඳවා ගැනීම් සිදු කරන බවත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය පැවසුවාය.

වතු පාසල් සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැන නැගී ඇති ගැටලු සඳහා විසදුම් ලබා දීමට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරියගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් පෙබරවාරි 19 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේදී අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන, වෘත්තිය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සහ වැවිලි හා ප්‍රජා යටිතල පහසුකම් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ නිලධාරීන් රැස් වූ අවස්ථාවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය මේ බව පැවසීය.

වතු ආශ්‍රිත පාසල් හඳුනා ගැනීම, වතු පාසල් තුළ යටිතල පහසුකම්, සනීපාරක්ෂක පහසුකම්, ආරක්ෂාව සහ පාසල්වලට අයත් ඉඩම් තහවුරු කිරීම, පවතින ගුරු, විදුහල්පති සහ ක්‍රීඩා පුහුණුකරුවන්ගේ පුරප්පාඩු පිරවීම, සහ ගමනාගමන පහසුකම් සැපයීම පිළිබඳ මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේ දී විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමු විය.

වතු ආශ්‍රිත පාසල්වල 13 වසරේ අධ්‍යාපනය ලබන සිසුන්හට විද්‍යා සහ ගණිත විෂය ධාරාව හැදැරීමට පවතින ගැටළු සහ වෘත්තිය අධ්‍යාපනය හැදෑරීමේදී පැන නැගී ඇති භාෂා මාධ්‍ය සම්බන්ධ ගැටළු සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිලධාරීහු මෙහිදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරියගේ අවධානයට යොමු කළහ. එමෙන්ම ගුරු පුහුණු කටයුතුවලදී දෙමළ භාෂා මාධ්‍ය සහාය ලබා දීමේ අවශ්‍යතාව පිළිබඳව ද මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේදී අවධාරණය විය.

වතු ආශ්‍රිත පාසල්වලට අයත් ඉඩම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැන නැගී ඇති ගැටලු සඳහා විසදුම් ලබා දීමේදි දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමින් දත්ත අවශ්‍ය වන බවත්, දිත්වා සුළි කුණාටුවෙන් පාසල්වලට ඇති වූ බලපෑම ද අවධානයට ගනිමින් මෙම පාසල් නිසි ලෙස ස්ථානගත කිරීමට ස්ථානීය යෝග්‍යතාව පිළිබඳව ද සලකා බැලිය යුතු බවත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය අවධාරණය කළා ය. ඒ සඳහා කාර්යක්ෂම ලෙස දත්ත ලබා ගැනීමට වැඩපිළිවෙළක් සකස් කරන ලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය මෙහිදී නිලධාරීන්හට උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නාය.

මෙම වතු ආශ්‍රිත පාසල් රජයේ පාසල් වන බවත් ඉදිරියේදී මෙම පාසල් හඳුන්වන්නේ කෙසේද යන්න අවධානය යොමුකළ යුතු බවත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය තවදුරටත් සඳහන් කළා ය.

වතු පාසල් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිදු කරන සංවර්ධන කටයුතුවලදී දිස්ත්‍රික් සංවර්ධන කමිටු දැනුවත් කර සංවර්ධන කමිටුව සමඟ එක්ව කටයුතු කරන ලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය නිලධාරීන්හට උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නා ය. ඒ හරහා පාසල් සංවර්ධන කටයුතු සමීපව අධීක්ෂණය කළ හැකි බවද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය අවධාරණය කළා ය.

ඉදිරියේදී 23000ක පිරිසක් ගුරු සේවයට බඳවා ගැනීම මඟින් පවත්නා ගුරු පුරප්පාඩු යම්තාක් දුරකට පුරවා ගැනීමට හැකි වේ යැයි බලාපොරොත්තු වන බවත්, ගුරු පුරප්පාඩු පිරවීම සඳහා ඉදිරියේදී වාර්ෂිකව තවත් බඳවා ගැනීම් සිදු කිරීමට කටයුතු කරන බවත් අග්‍රාමිත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය ප්‍රකාශ කළා ය.

මෙම අවස්ථාවට ධීවර, ජලජ හා සාගර සම්පත් අමාත්‍ය රාමලිංගම් චන්ද්‍රසේකර්, අධ්‍යාපන හා උසස් අධ්‍යාපන නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය මධුර සෙනෙවිරත්න, වැවිලි සහ ප්‍රජා යටිතල පහසුකම් නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සුන්දරලින්ගම් ප්‍රදීප් යන මහත්වරුන් ඇතුළු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්, අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන, වෘත්තිය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සහ වැවිලි හා ප්‍රජා යටිතල පහසුකම් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ නිලධාරීන් සහභාගී විය.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that strengthening Sri Lanka’s professional education framework and aligning it with internationally recognised standards is essential to building a skilled, ethical, and globally competitive workforce.

The Prime Minister made these remarks while addressing the official launch of the QS-accredited Chartered Qualification in Human Resource Management (CQHRM) at SCQF Level 11 (New Syllabus), organised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Sri Lanka under the theme New Heights of Recognition. The event was held on Wednesday, 18 February at the Cinnamon Life, Colombo, with the Prime Minister serving as Chief Guest.

Emphasising the importance of expanding professional and vocational education pathways, the Prime Minister stated:

“This is of crucial importance to us in broadening our educational pathways and opportunities. We need to increase access to education that is globally recognised and that offers multiple pathways in professional and vocational fields. This aligns closely with the reform process we have initiated in the education sector and with our commitment to lifelong learning where individuals can work and learn at the same time, and where education is not limited to a particular age group but continues throughout life.”

Highlighting Sri Lanka’s national priorities, the Prime Minister further observed:

“At a time when Sri Lanka is focused on economic recovery, institutional reform and sustainable growth, the need for competent and ethical human resource leadership is clear. A competitive economy depends not only on investment and infrastructure but also on skilled professionals who can lead institutions effectively.”

The Prime Minister noted that the QS accreditation of the CQHRM qualification strengthens international recognition of Sri Lankan human resource professionals, enhances professional progression pathways, and reinforces confidence in the country’s professional education system. She also underscored the role of human resource leadership in advancing equity and inclusion within workplaces, including fair recruitment practices, safe working environments, leadership development for women, and inclusive policies for persons with disabilities and neurodivergent individuals.

Addressing the future of work, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of preparing for rapid technological transformation, including the growing impact of artificial intelligence on industries and workforce management, encouraging institutions to proactively adapt to emerging demands.

The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Mr. Chathuranga Abeysinghe, along with other distinguished guests.

Prime Minister’s Media Division

The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka Dr. Siri Walt paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on the 17th of February at the Temple Trees.

Welcoming the Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka Dr. Siri Walt the Prime Minister briefed the Ambassador on her recent visit to Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting noting that the series of high-level bilateral meetings held on the sidelines of the Forum, along with two important industry visits provided valuable insights for Sri Lanka’s economic engagement.

The discussion focused on Switzerland’s vocational education and training (VET) system, with particular interest in exploring possible cooperation and knowledge-sharing opportunities.

The Prime Minister also conveyed her appreciation for the assistance extended by the Government of Switzerland following Cyclone Ditwah. She emphasized Sri Lanka’s need for enhanced technical assistance during the ongoing rebuilding phase, especially in relation to the reconstruction of bridges and railway infrastructure.

Both sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to further strengthening bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Switzerland, and to expanding cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

The occasion was attended by the First Secretary (Political) of the Embassy of Switzerland in Colombo Ms. Justine Boillat, First Secretary (Migration) of the Embassy of Switzerland in Colombo Ms. Andrea Kienast and representing Sri Lanka Secretary to the Prime Minister,Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister, Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatt and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Foreign Employment, Tourism.

Prime Minister’s Media Division

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya met with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr. Kristalina Georgieva, on the 17th of February at Temple Tress followed by her delegation.

The Managing Director, Dr. Kristalina Georgieva, commended the Government’s efforts in stabilizing the country’s economy and in managing recent economic and natural shocks. She noted that Cyclone Ditwah had caused severe impacts, especially on economically vulnerable communities, underscoring the importance of targeted support and resilience-building measures.

The Prime Minister expressed appreciation for the IMF’s continued support to Sri Lanka, particularly in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. The Prime Minister further emphasized that real economic recovery and development must directly benefit economically vulnerable groups and ensure inclusive growth, highlighting the need for Sri Lanka to attract quality and sustainable investments, particularly in the tourism sector.

Both sides discussed the importance of reforming the education system to focus not only on knowledge acquisition but also on skills development and employability.

The occasion was attended by the Chief of Staff of the IMF Managing Director Mr. Andreas Bauer, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, Dr. Krishna Srinivasan Division Chief (Strategic Communications), Communications Department, Mr. Pierre Mejlak Resident Representative for Sri Lanka Dr. Martha Woldemichael, Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, and Deputy Governor Dr. C. Amarasekara, Secretary to the Prime Minister Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri , Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatta.

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The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the special Shiva pooja held on February 15 at the Thiruketheeswaran Kovil in Mannar, in observance of Maha Shivaratri, a day celebrated with deep devotion by Hindu devotees.

The legal framework needs to be strengthened further to guarantee the safety and protection of women and children.

Women must step forward to carry the change we have begun.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the legal framework needs to be strengthened further to guarantee the safety and protection of women and children, emphasizing that women must step forward to carry forward the change that has been initiated.

The Prime Minister made these remarks while addressing the Mannar District Women’s Meeting held on the 15 th of February in the Adampan area of the Mannar District.

Speaking further, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated:

You know that our government has brought about a change in women’s representation. According to statistics, about 52% of the population are women. That means women constitute a powerful segment of our country’s population. However, when we consider various sectors and the challenges faced in daily life, the question remains whether this power is reflected in practice.

One of the main problems our country faced was war and violence, which caused us to view one another with distrust. As a result, we truly became a divided nation. Consequently, women were the ones who suffered the most. We know that many women in this country have endured immense suffering after losing their mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. We are aware that many such women live in this region as well. Although the war ended a long time ago, peace has still not taken root in people’s hearts. Even today, there are women who do not know what happened to their family members. There are many women who struggle alone to protect and sustain their families.

Our government is committed to go against racism. We believe that everyone in this country should be able to live safely with equal rights. However, racist groups are still attempting to create divisions among people. They are not interested in stopping corruption, protecting democracy, ensuring the equal application of the law, or strengthening the economy. Their only objective is to gain power, not for the benefit of the people, but for themselves.

We know how much they have destroyed this country’s resources. In 2022, the country faced a massive economic collapse. But by 2025, our government was able to strengthen the economy by putting an end to theft, corruption, and waste. That is why, when Cyclone Ditwah struck, we were able to assist the people without borrowing loans.

Recently, for the first time in 21 years, we were able to distribute profits of the Milco institution among dairy farmers. Within about a year, by increasing revenue streams and minimizing waste in institutions, we were able to share profits.

We are rebuilding institutions which have fallen apart putting an end to fraud and corruption, stopping the waste, and ensuring that the benefits reach the people. Yet, some are attempting to take the country backward by stirring up racism.

Women are among those most affected by racism. Should we allow ourselves to be divided again and let discord rise? No. That is why women’s leadership is essential. To carry forward the change we have begun, women must step forward. There is still much work to be done. We will not allow our forward journey to be reversed.

One of the major challenges we face today is the drug menace. We fear for our children becoming victims of drugs, and as a result, family disputes have increased. People are afraid to go out or leave homes due to drug addicts. The President has made a special commitment to eradicate harmful drugs from the country. Those who were in power previously provided protection to these groups, preventing the police from enforcing the law properly. Today, we have instructed the police to enforce the law correctly. The police can now perform their duties properly, and the judiciary is delivering independent decisions. If a crime is committed, punishment must follow. The law is equal for everyone. We are aware that there are still areas where the law is not properly enforced.

There are still women and children who suffer from violence and abuse. The law must be more effective in ensuring the safety of women and children. We are increasing judicial capacity and taking steps to address such cases more swiftly.

Mothers make great sacrifices with faith in their children’s education. That is why we are working to provide quality education to all children. After five years, we are recruiting graduate teachers this year, and they will definitely be assigned to schools with vacancies. Proper appointments of principals had not been made earlier; we began filling these vacancies last year. Alongside this, we are developing school infrastructure. There is no distinction between big schools and small schools. Every school belongs to our children.

We are developing one school in each division and have informed District Development Committees to nominate those schools. We are also working to establish smart classrooms in every secondary school. In addition, from this year, education for Grade One has commenced under a new curriculum.

We came to power to rebuild this country, and we must do so. Women contribute significantly to the economy, yet they receive the lowest wages. Women have achieved high progress in all sectors. Therefore, when women engage in self-employment from home or participate in the workforce, facilities must be created to ensure the safety and care of their children

The occasion was attended by the Member of Parliament Jegatheeswaran, along with municipal and divisional council representatives and a large number of women.

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