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Ministry of Higher Education and Highways
උසස් අධ්‍යාපන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්‍යාංශය
உயர் கல்வி மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters18 Ward place, Colombo 7
6°55′00″N 79°52′01″E / 6.916635°N 79.866887°E / 6.916635; 79.866887
Annual budget
  • LKR 30 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • LKR 133 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Ministry executives
  • D. C. Dissanayake, Ministry Secretary
  • Jayanthi Wijethunga, Secretary to the State Minister of Higher Education
  • K. W. T. N. Amaratunga, Secretary to the State Minister of Highways
Child agencies
Websitemohe.gov.lk
mohsl.gov.lk

The Ministry of Higher Education and Highways (Sinhala: උසස් අධ්‍යාපන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්‍යාංශය, romanized: Usas Adhyāpana Hā Mahāmārga Amātyāṁśaya; Tamil: உயர் கல்வி மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு, romanized: Uyar Kalvi Maṟṟum Neṭuñcālaikaḷ Amaiccu) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on higher education and highways and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] Broadly, this involves the maintenance, expansion, standardisation and general oversight and regulation of higher education institutions in the country, as well as the development, maintenance and management of the national highway network.[2][3]

The current Minister of Higher Education and Highways, State Minister of Higher Education and State Minister of Highways are Kabir Hashim, Mohan Lal Grero and Dilan Perera respectively.[4][5] The ministry's secretary is D. C. Dissanayake.[6]

Ministers

Ministers of Higher Education
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| J. R. Jayewardene United National Party 14 February 1980 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| J. R. Jayewardene Minister of Higher Education
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| A. C. S. Hameed United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology [7][8]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Lalith Athulathmudali United National Party 30 March 1990 Minister of Education and Higher Education [9][10]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| W. J. M. Lokubandara United National Party August 1993 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| D. B. Wijetunga [11]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Richard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 [12][13]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development [14]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Education and Higher Education [15][16]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| W. A. Wiswa Warnapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Higher Education [17][18][19]
S. B. Dissanayake 22 November 2010 [20][21]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Kabir Hashim United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=5| Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion [22][23][24][25]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| Sarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Higher Education and Research [26][27][28][29]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| Lakshman Kiriella United National Party 4 September 2015 14 October 2015 Minister of University Education and Highways [30][31][32]
14 October 2015 25 February 2018 Minister of Higher Education and Highways [33][34]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Kabir Hashim United National Party 25 February 2018 [35][36][37]

Secretaries

Higher Education Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Sunil Jayantha Navaratne 22 November 2010 Higher Education Secretary [38]
Udaya R. Seneviratna 19 January 2015 Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotio Secretary [39]
D. C. Dissanayake 8 September 2015 University Education and Highways Secretary [40][41][42]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Overview". MOHE.gov.lk. Ministry of Higher Education and Highways. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Overview". MOHSL.gov.lk. Ministry of Higher Education and Highways. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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  5. ^ "Deputy Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  6. ^ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.
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  21. ^ "New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 November 2010.
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  34. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NOTIFICATION" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2062/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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  38. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/04. 22 November 2010.
  39. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1899/14. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  40. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69. 18 September 2015.
  41. ^ "44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  42. ^ "New Secretaries to Ministries appointed". The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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