INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ministry of Education officials stated that arrangements have been made to launch new educational publications compiled to provide education
on sexuality from the pre-childhood development stage to the adult community, on the 7th of March 2024.This was stated when the
Parliamentary Caucus for Children chaired by Member of Parliament Rohini Kumari Wijerathna met in Parliament recently, the Communications
Department of Parliament said in a statement today.The officials stated that research has confirmed that these educational publications on
sexuality have been prepared with the primary objective of improving the limited knowledge of people pertaining to sexuality education,
which is the basis of many concerns in Sri Lanka.These educational publications have been prepared to suit from preschool children to 13th
grade up to the adult community
Officials expressing views before the Caucus stated that these sexuality education publications have been compiled by experts in the
respective fields under the full supervision and approval of the Ministers of Education and Health.Under the first phase, these sexuality
education publications are proposed to be provided as E publications, the release said
Accordingly, the officials emphasized that by formally imparting knowledge about sexuality to all age groups in the society, many crises
emerging in the society can be alleviated and children can be made safer by way of the said.Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa,
Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Eran Wickramaratne, K
Sujith Sanjaya Perera, Imran Maharoof and officials from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health were present at the Committee
