{"id":154242,"date":"2026-01-20T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=154242"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:46:45","slug":"mahanayake-theros-urges-caution-as-parents-demand-immediate-education-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/01\/20\/mahanayake-theros-urges-caution-as-parents-demand-immediate-education-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahanayake Theros urges caution as parents demand immediate education reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatta Chapter questioned why there is a push to implement education reforms that the government has already admitted contain errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These remarks follow a meeting today (20) with a representative body of parents of Grade 6 students, who submitted a memorandum requesting the reforms proceed within this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mahanayake Thera noted that the Prime Minister acknowledged flaws in the process, resulting in the suspension of several officials and the postponement of the Grade 6 reforms by one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the conflict between groups opposing the reforms as harmful and those demanding their immediate start, suggesting that the government should instead involve a broad range of senior professors and scholars to refine the system properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, the parents&#8217; association argued that traditional education methods are outdated and that the new modular system is essential for preparing children for a technology-driven future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They claimed that minor errors should not be used as an excuse to derail the entire reform process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group also met with Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Mahanayake Thera of the Asgiri Chapter, who emphasised the need for all stakeholders to reach a consensus that prioritises the children&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the media, Janani Tellamure, a member of the association, appealed to all media outlets not to support efforts to disrupt the reforms and insisted that the new system should be implemented without further delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatta Chapter questioned why there is a push to implement education reforms that the government has already admitted contain errors. These remarks follow a meeting today (20) with a representative body of parents of Grade 6 students, who submitted a memorandum requesting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154243,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154242\/revisions\/154243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}