Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2019-09-24

Drafting the new Education Bill

- The legal basis of the present education system is the Education Ordinance No.31 of 1939 and the subsequent amendments made to the said Ordinance and the Special Acts. Since, most of the provisions included in these Acts are now obsolete, with a view to updating the Acts, the proposed draft framework the Ministry of Education, has submitted, having considered the written and oral suggestions made by the stakeholders in the education sector and various other fields to be taken into consideration for the preparation of the new Education Bill. As such, it was decided by the Cabinet to appoint a Committee of Experts comprising of the representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Women & Child Affairs and Dry Zone Development, the Ministry of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development and Youth Affairs, University Grants Commission, Department of National Planning, National Education Commission, the National Institute of Education and private sector educational institutes, to review the new Education Bill and to make recommendations.