New national policy for education in the works: Minister

The need to formulate a proper system to fill the vacancies of principals in schools was discussed at the Consultative Committee on Education held in Parliament recently.

Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena also told the meeting that a new national policy for education is being formulated.

While claiming that resolving the current teacher salary anomaly is a serious problem, State Minister Susil Premajayantha also said the process of recruiting teachers should also be streamlined.

The State Minister also said a programme is underway to transform the teacher training

National Colleges of Education into universities.

Addressing the committee through online technology, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said the official languages are in a state of decline. He also drew the attention of the committee to the fact that English is becoming the language of education in the country at present.

It was revealed at the Consultative Committee on Education that the report of the technical committee for the inclusion of Law in Sri Lanka as a subject in the school syllabus will be submitted to the relevant subcommittee within two weeks.