Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya says that, in preparing modules for the second and third school terms, the inclusion of web links for any grade will be completely discontinued from now on.
Speaking in Parliament today (09 Jan), she said that this decision was taken by the Academic Affairs Board of the National Institute of Education.
Accordingly, the websites and other sources currently included in these modules are those that do not require any payment, and the use of government websites will not raise issues of transparency, accountability, or copyright, she pointed out.
The Prime Minister further noted that the Task Force on Digital Transformation in Education has already conducted a study on child safety in digital use and prepared a policy and guidelines, which will be presented to the Academic Board of the National Institute of Education in due course.
She emphasized that this education reform does not bring any financial benefit to the Institute, and that nearly 92% of primary school teachers have already received the necessary training. However, due to disaster situations in recent months, some teachers in certain provinces could not be trained as planned.
She added that those teachers are expected to receive the training before the start of the first and sixth grade school terms.
PM Amarasuriya also explained that internet use is not required for these educational activities, and teachers are given the option to use it only as a learning aid. Since all relevant content for the new modules has been included in the teacher’s handbook, teachers can carry out the work without relying on online applications.
She further announced that, in the future, student assessments will be conducted through a computer application.
Training programs related to this have already been implemented in 2025, and additional measures will be taken to enhance teachers’ technical knowledge, PM Harini Amarsuriya added. (Newswire)
