Opposition MP Harsha de Silva says the opposition is completely in favour of education reforms, raising concerns over the postponement of the proposed education reforms for Grade 6.
The government announced that the proposed education reforms for Grade 6 were postponed following recent controversy over content in the Grade 6 English module.
Commenting on the matter in Parliament today, MP Harsha told the government not to cite an inappropriate website as the cause, as such excuses are irrelevant.
“A website is irrelevant to us. If anyone has misused or improperly handled the matter, suspend them. We must go beyond this. We must implement these reforms. Instead of postponing it, you should have owned up to the mistake, said you are going to correct the mistake and urged us to agree to the implementation of the reforms,” he said.
MP Harsha further urged the government to allocate the necessary funds to improve the education sector. (Newswire)