New Education Secretary Thilaka Jayasundara assumes duties

Senior State Officer Thilaka Jayasundara, the new Education Secretary, assumed duties at the Ministry last morning.

Ms Jayasundara, a Special Grade Officer in the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, received the Commonwealth Excellence Award in 2021 for State Performance and Management. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology from the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.

Earlier, she was the Secretary in the Ministry of Industries. She has been an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the State Ministry of Minor Export Crops Development and Export Promotion, and as the Director General of the Public Enterprises Department of the Ministry of Finance.

She has also served as the first Chairperson of Independent Television Network. Ms Jayasundara was also the former Industry Director of Asian Productivity Organization , Tokyo, Japan, and also the head of Asian Productivity Organisation in Sri Lanka for more than 10 years. It is significant that she was also the only female officer in the Organisation’s 56-year history.

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