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Harini's future as Education Minister
Daily FT
|January 14, 2026
PRIME Minister cum Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education Minister Dr. Harini Amasuriya has again found herself in the firing line over the embarrassing incident associated with the new English Language textbook for Grade 6 school students as well as various slipups regarding the education reforms process.
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The Opposition has begun the process of collecting signatures to present a no-confidence motion against the premier while leader of the National Freedom Front and former MP Wimal Weerawansa is currently staging a Satyagraha in front of the Education Ministry demanding the resignation of Harini from the education portfolio.
The crux of the controversy revolves around the Grade 6 English Language textbook which includes an inappropriate reference to a website which functions as a social networking and adult dating platform, primarily used by gay, queer, and kink-oriented men to meet, chat, and connect with others online apart from containing explicit sexual material and age-restricted themes.
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