Ministry of Higher Education and Highways (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Higher Education and Highways
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 18 Ward Place, Colombo
6°54′59.30″N 79°52′01.50″E / 6.9164722°N 79.8670833°E / 6.9164722; 79.8670833Coordinates: 6°54′59.30″N 79°52′01.50″E / 6.9164722°N 79.8670833°E / 6.9164722; 79.8670833
Annual budget
  • Rs. 31 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 143 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Ministry executive
  • D. C. Dissanayake, Secretary
Child agencies
Website mohe.gov.lk

The Ministry of Higher Education and Highways is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for higher education and highways. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on higher education and highways and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Higher Education and Highways, State Minister of Higher Education and State Minister of Highways are Lakshman Kiriella, Mohan Lal Grero and Dilan Perera respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is D. C. Dissanayake.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Higher Education and Highways is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Higher Education
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene United National Party 14 February 1980 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene Minister of Higher Education
Hameed, A. C. S.A. C. S. Hameed United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology [5][6]
Athulathmudali, LalithLalith Athulathmudali United National Party 30 March 1990 Minister of Education and Higher Education [7][8]
Lokubandara, W. J. M.W. J. M. Lokubandara United National Party August 1993 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga [9]
Pathirana, RichardRichard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 [10][11]
Gunawardena, IndikaIndika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development [12]
Amunugama, SarathSarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Education and Higher Education [13][14]
Warnapala, W. A. WiswaW. A. Wiswa Warnapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Higher Education [15][16][17]
Dissanayake, S. B.S. B. Dissanayake 22 November 2010 [18][19]
Hashim, KabirKabir Hashim United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion [20][21][22][23]
Amunugama, SarathSarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Higher Education and Research [24][25][26][27]
Kiriella, LakshmanLakshman Kiriella United National Party 4 September 2015 14 October 2015 Minister of University Education and Highways [28][29][30]
14 October 2015 Minister of Higher Education and Highways [31]

Secretaries

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Higher Education Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Navaratne, Sunil JayanthaSunil Jayantha Navaratne 22 November 2010 Higher Education Secretary [32]
Seneviratna, Udaya R.Udaya R. Seneviratna 19 January 2015 Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotio Secretary [33]
Dissanayake, D. C.D. C. Dissanayake 8 September 2015 University Education and Highways Secretary [34][35][36]

References

  1. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cabinet Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  3. ↑ "Deputy Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  4. ↑ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.
  5. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 37: Talking peace". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  6. ↑ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 210.
  7. ↑ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 213–214.
  8. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  9. ↑ Sebastian, Rita (15 August 1993). "One Hundred Days of Wijetunge's Presidency" (PDF). Tamil Times XII (8): 4. ISSN 0266-4488.
  10. ↑ "The New Cabinet" (PDF). Tamil Times XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
  11. ↑ "The Cabinet" (PDF). The Sri Lanka Monitor (79): 2. August 1994.
  12. ↑ "New cabinet sworn in today". Current Affairs. Government of Sri Lanka. 19 October 2000.
  13. ↑ Weerawarne, Sumadhu (15 September 2001). "18 member Cabinet sworn in yesterday". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  14. ↑ "New Cabinet". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2001.
  15. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/08. 29 January 2007.
  16. ↑ "The New Cabinet". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  17. ↑ "New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in". Current Affairs. The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. 28 January 2007.
  18. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/2. 22 November 2010.
  19. ↑ "New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 November 2010.
  20. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1897/16. 18 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "New Cabinet ministers sworn in". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
  23. ↑ Imtiaz, Zahrah; Moramudali, Umesh (13 January 2015). "27-member cabinet 10 State ministers 08 Deputy ministers". Ceylon Today.
  24. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1907/48. 26 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "More Ministers appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 22 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "Cabinet balloons to 40 as 26 more SLFPers luck out". The Island (Sri Lanka). 23 March 2015.
  27. ↑ Weerasinghe, Chamikara (23 March 2015). "SLFPers take oaths as ministers in National Govt". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  28. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/07. 14 September 2015.
  29. ↑ "New Cabinet". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
  30. ↑ "The new Cabinet". Ceylon Today. 4 September 2015.
  31. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1938/14. 30 October 2015.
  32. ↑ "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.
  33. ↑ "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.
  34. ↑ "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.
  35. ↑ "44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  36. ↑ "New Secretaries to Ministries appointed". The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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