Education Reforms:
President puts accent on quality
Promotion of quality in education should be the basis for all
recommendations, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President made
this observation while accepting the report on national policy framework
on Higher Education and vocational education from National Education
Commission Chairman Prof A.V. Suraweera.
The Educational system should create a younger generation who can win
the world but love the Motherland, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
President Rajapaksa said that the education authorities should
deviate from opening educational institutes in an ad hoc manner. He
emphazised the need of providing more facilities to the existing
educational institutes and conducting them in a way that would ensure
the higher standard of education. Secretary to the President Lalith
Weeratunga said that more focus should be paid on the inauguration and
promotion of IT and job oriented training courses in the country.
The Commission through this report has forwarded a set of proposals
on how the higher education and vocational education policy should be
formulated to suit the present situation. This policy framework was
prepared by the Commission based on the extensive dialogue with the
members of the academia and the opinions of various stakeholders.
The policy on higher education consists of three main segments.
The Commission has forwarded 102 recommendations to uphold the
quality, recognition and appraisal of the higher education and
vocational education sector. Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena and
Youth Affairs Minister Dullas Allahapperuma were among those present. |