Minister says 30% marks should be earned by students in grade 4, 5 classrooms
Pilot projects for reforms will begin in 2025 for grades 1, 6 and 10
Education Minister Susil Premajayantha stated that according to the new education reforms, the entire score of the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam cannot be taken from the exam alone and 30 percent of the marks should be earned by students while studying in the classroom in Grade 4 and 5.
The Minister said the class teacher was responsible for the relevant assessment and the supervision will be done by the school board.
The Minister was speaking in a ceremony held to mark the handing over of the new building constructed at Dhammissara Vidyalaya in Nattandiya.
He also said that pilot projects of new educational reforms will begin next year (2025) for grades 1,6 and 10.
In the first week of July, steps will be taken to provide about 2,500 graduate teacher appointments in mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology in all three languages, and for technology subjects as well as foreign languages.
“Digitisation of education is not just a transition from the blackboard to the smart screens. We will establish 2500 modern ‘smart classrooms’ at Schools in all education zones by August-September in the first phase and within three years all the schools will be digitised and brought to a single network” he said.
“Teachers should also be prepared for this and the teacher’s handbook related to the teacher training has been prepared by experts in the subject and 7,500 teachers will be trained in the initial round” the Minister said.
The Minister said that according to these educational reforms, which have been designed taking into account the modern educational trends,children will have the opportunity to get their first degree at the age of 21, postgraduate qualifications at the age of 23 and a doctorate degree at the age of 27.He also said that only teachers with recognized degrees are expected to be sent to schools from 2028.
“Till 2014, there were three study streams, namely science, arts and commerce, but with the establishment of technology faculties, technology streams were started and today there is a higher demand for technology streams that are directly connected with professional fields than art streams,” he added.
The Minister further said if not for the crisis situation, this task could have been completed in two years and that the challenge of training 230,000 teachers will be faced in the future and added he was ready for the challenge.
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