Ministry of Higher Education and Highways (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Higher Education and Highways
Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 18 Ward Place, Colombo
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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
J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996).jpg United National Party 14 February 1980 J. R. Jayewardene Minister of Higher Education
A. C. S. Hameed United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology [5][6]
Lalith Athulathmudali United National Party 30 March 1990 Minister of Education and Higher Education [7][8]
W. J. M. Lokubandara WJM Lokubandara.jpg United National Party August 1993 D. B. Wijetunga [9]
Richard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 [10][11]
Indika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development [12]
Sarath Amunugama Dr.Sarath Amunugama.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Education and Higher Education [13][14]
W. A. Wiswa Warnapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Higher Education [15][16][17]
S. B. Dissanayake 100x100px 22 November 2010 [18][19]
Kabir Hashim United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion [20][21][22][23]
Sarath Amunugama Dr.Sarath Amunugama.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 17 August 2015 Minister of Higher Education and Research [24][25][26][27]
Lakshman 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
Sunil Jayantha Navaratne 22 November 2010 Higher Education Secretary [32]
Udaya R. Seneviratna 19 January 2015 Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotio Secretary [33]
D. C. Dissanayake 8 September 2015 University Education and Highways Secretary [34][35][36]

References

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