Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education discuss draft National Education Policy Framework

The attention of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education (SOCE) which convened in parliament on Thursday (23) was  drawn to the report on the National Education Policy Framework which was presented to Parliament recently.

Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Cabinet Committee for preparing the National Education Policy Framework Anura Dissanayake, explained  the framework of the policy to the SOCE after which the future plans of national education and the summary of the main transformations expected to be carried out were discussed at length.

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education was chaired by Member of Parliament  Dr. V. Radhakrishnan and members of the Committee, MP Wimalaweera Dissanayake, MP Asanka Navaratne,  MP Manjula Dissanayake and MP Prof. Charita Herath participated in this meeting and with the permission of the Chairman of the Committee, Member of Parliament Weerasumana Weerasinghe was also present.