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2026.02.06
කාර්මික විද්යාල 25 ක් නවීන ලෝකයට ගැළපෙන අයුරින් සංවර්ධනය කිරීමට පියවර
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන ක්ෂේත්රයේ දැවැන්ත පෙරළියක් සිදු කරමින් දිස්ත්රික්ක 25 තුළ පිහිටි කාර්මික විද්යාල 25 ක් නවීන ලෝකයට ගැළපෙන අයුරින් සංවර්ධනය කිරීමට රජය තීරණය කර තිබේ.
අද (06) දින පාර්ලිමේන්තු පරිශ්රයේදී අධ්යාපන, උසස් අධ්යාපන හා වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන අමාත්ය,අග්රාමාත්ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරියගේ සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය නලින් හේවගේ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැති විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකදී මේ පිළිබඳව කරුණු අනාවරණය විය.
මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්රාමාත්ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය,
හුදෙක් වෘත්තීය දැනුම ලබා දීමට පමණක් සීමා නොවී, තරුණ ප්රජාවගේ මානසික සුවය සහ සුභසාධනය කෙරෙහි ද දැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කරමින් මෙම සංවර්ධන කටයුතු සිදු කළ යුතුයි.
ඒ යටතේ නවීන මට්ටමේ නේවාසිකාගාර, ආපනශාලා සහ සෞඛ්ය පහසුකම් ස්ථාපිත කිරීම විනෝදාත්මක සහ සෞන්දර්යාත්මක අත්දැකීම් ලැබිය හැකි ලෙසත්, මානසික නිදහස ලැබෙන ලෙසත් අභ්යන්තර හා බාහිර පරිශ්ර අලංකාර කිරීම, සෙසු අධ්යාපන ආයතනවලින් වෙන්ව හඳුනාගත හැකි පරිදි සෑම කාර්මික විද්යාලයකටම ආවේණික වූ අනන්යතාවයක් ගොඩනැගීම කියන අංශ පිළිබඳ විශේෂයෙන් අවධානය යොමු කිරීම අවශ්යයි.
මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය නලින් හේවගේ මහතා සඳහන් කළේ රටේ සංවර්ධනයට අවශ්ය මානව සම්පත දියුණු කිරීම සඳහා කාර්මික විද්යාල 23 ක සංවර්ධන කටයුතු ඉතා ඉක්මනින් ආරම්භ කළ හැකි බවයි. මෙම ඉදිකිරීම් සහ නවීකරණ කටයුතු සඳහා ත්රිවිධ හමුදාවේ ශ්රම දායකත්වය සහ සහයෝගය ලබා ගැනීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බව ද හෙතෙම පැවසීය.
මෙම අවස්ථාවට ආරක්ෂක නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය මේජර් ජනරාල් අරුණ ජයසේකර, ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශ ලේකම් එයාර් වයිස් මාෂල් සම්පත් තුයියකොන්තා, අධ්යාපන අමාත්යාංශ ලේකම් නාලක කළුවැව යන මහත්වරුන් ඇතුළු ත්රිවිධ හමුදා නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් සහභාගී වූහ.
25 மாவட்டங்களிலும் உள்ள தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரிகளை நவீனமயமாக்க நடவடிக்கை.
தொழிற்கல்வியை மேம்படுத்த பிரதமரின் தலைமையில் விசேட கலந்துரையாடல்.
இலங்கையின் தொழிற்கல்வித் துறையில் பாரிய மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்தி, 25 மாவட்டங்களிலும் அமைந்துள்ள 25 தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரிகளையும் நவீன உலகிற்கு ஏற்ற வகையில் அபிவிருத்தி செய்ய அரசாங்கம் தீர்மானித்துள்ளது.
இன்று (06) பாராளுமன்ற வளாகத்தில் கல்வி, உயர்கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி அமைச்சரும் பிரதமருமான கலாநிதி ஹரிணி அமரசூரிய மற்றும் தொழிற்கல்வி பிரதி அமைச்சர் நலின் ஹேவகே ஆகியோரின் தலைமையில் நடைபெற்ற விசேட கலந்துரையாடலில் இத்தகவல்கள் வெளியிடப்பட்டன.
இங்கு கருத்துத் தெரிவித்த பிரதமர்,
"வெறுமனே தொழில்நுட்ப அறிவை வழங்குவதோடு மாத்திரம் நின்றுவிடாது, இளைஞர் சமூகத்தின் மனநல ஆரோக்கியம் மற்றும் நலன்புரி விடயங்கள் குறித்தும் அதிக கவனம் செலுத்தி இந்த அபிவிருத்திப் பணிகளை முன்னெடுக்க வேண்டும்.
இதன்கீழ், நவீன வசதிகளுடனான விடுதிகள், சிற்றுண்டிச்சாலைகள் மற்றும் சுகாதார வசதிகளை நிறுவுதல்; பொழுதுபோக்கு மற்றும் கலைநயமிக்க அனுபவங்களைப் பெறக்கூடிய வகையிலும் மன அமைதி கிடைக்கக்கூடிய வகையிலும் உட்புற மற்றும் வெளிப்புற வளாகங்களை அழகுபடுத்துதல்; ஏனைய கல்வி நிறுவனங்களிலிருந்து வேறுபடுத்தி அறியக்கூடிய வகையில் ஒவ்வொரு தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரிக்கும் தனித்துவமான அடையாளத்தை உருவாக்குதல் ஆகிய விடயங்களில் விசேட கவனம் செலுத்துவது அவசியமாகும்" எனக் குறிப்பிட்டார்.
இதன்போது கருத்துத் தெரிவித்த தொழிற்கல்வி பிரதி அமைச்சர் நலின் ஹேவகே,
நாட்டின் அபிவிருத்திக்குத் தேவையான மனித வளத்தை மேம்படுத்துவதற்காக 23 தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரிகளின் அபிவிருத்திப் பணிகளை மிக விரைவில் ஆரம்பிக்க முடியும் எனக் குறிப்பிட்டார். இந்த நிர்மாண மற்றும் நவீனமயமாக்கல் பணிகளுக்காக முப்படைகளின் மனித வளங்களையும், ஒத்துழைப்பையும் பெற்றுக்கொள்ள எதிர்பார்ப்பதாக அவர் மேலும் தெரிவித்தார்.
இந்நிகழ்வில் பாதுகாப்பு பிரதி அமைச்சர் மேஜர் ஜெனரல் அருண ஜயசேகர, பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சின் செயலாளர் எயார் வைஸ் மார்ஷல் சம்பத் துய்யகொன்தா, கல்வி அமைச்சின் செயலாளர் நாலக களுவெவ உள்ளிட்ட முப்படை அதிகாரிகளும் கலந்துகொண்டனர்.
Steps have been taken to modernize Technical Colleges in all 25 Districts
Special Discussion was held under the patronage of the Prime Minister to Strengthen Vocational Education
Marking a major transformation in Sri Lanka’s vocational education sector, the Government has decided to develop and modernize 25 technical colleges located across all the 25 districts in line with contemporary global standards.
It was revealed at a special discussion held on 06th of February at the Parliamentary Complex, chaired by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, together with the Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Mr. Nalin Hewage.
Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya emphasized that these development initiatives should not be limited merely to providing vocational skills, but should also place strong emphasis on the mental health and overall well-being of the youth.
Accordingly, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of establishing modern hostels, cafeterias, and healthcare facilities; designing both internal and external environments in a manner that offers recreational and aesthetic experiences while promoting mental well-being; and developing a distinct identity for each technical college so that they can be clearly recognized as unique institutions, separate from other educational establishments.
Speaking at the discussion, Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Mr. Nalin Hewage stated that development work at 23 technical colleges could be commenced in near future in order to enhance the human resources required for national development. He further noted that it is expected to obtain the labour contribution and assistance of the Tri-Forces for these construction and modernization activities.
The occasion was attended by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nalaka Kaluwewa, along with the officers from the Tri-Forces.
Construction of the Kandy–Gatambe Flyover Resumes
Construction work on the Kandy–Gatambe Flyover, which had been stalled for several years, was officially resumed this afternoon (06) under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The project, which commenced in 2021 with loan assistance from the Government of Hungary, was originally estimated to cost Rs. 14.37 billion. However, amid the recent economic crisis, Hungarian loan assistance was suspended, resulting in the suspension of construction work on the flyover.
Accordingly, construction has now recommenced using domestic funds amounting to Rs. 12.27 billion, with plans in place to complete the project within 22 months.
The flyover is being constructed along William Gopallawa Mawatha, commencing from the southern bank of the Mahaweli River on the Gannoruwa Road and extending over the Gatambe junction and the railway line. The main flyover will have a total length of 374 metres and will be constructed as a dual-carriageway up to the railway line.
An auxiliary flyover being constructed from the Peradeniya side will connect to the main flyover above the railway line and link with William Gopallawa Mawatha as a three-lane carriageway. This auxiliary flyover will be 172 metres in length and 6.5 metres in width. Once completed, it will allow vehicles travelling from Kandy to Peradeniya along William Gopallawa Mawatha to proceed without being delayed at the railway crossing.
The width of the dual-lane section of the main flyover will be 9.4 metres, while the three-lane section will have a width of 12.9 metres.
During the event, the President inspected the project plans and held a brief discussion with project officials.
Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Bimal Rathnayake; Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways, Prasanna Gunasena; Central Province Governor Professor S.B.S. Abeykoon; Kandy District Member of Parliament Thanura Dissanayake; along with other public representatives, Kandy District Secretary Indika Udawatte, and senior officials of the Road Development Authority were present on the occasion.
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