State Ministry of Higher Education

The State Ministry of Higher Education (Sinhala: උසස් අධ්‍යාපන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය, romanized: Usas Adh‍yāpana Rāj‍ya Amāt‍yāṅśaya; Tamil: உயர் கல்வி இராஜாங்க அமைச்சு) is a Non-cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on higher education 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.[2][3]

State Ministry of Higher Education
උසස් අධ්‍යාපන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය
உயர் கல்வி இராஜாங்க அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Superseding agency
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters18 Ward place, Colombo 7
6.9166°N 79.8669°E / 6.9166; 79.8669
Annual budget
  • LKR 30 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • LKR 133 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Vacant, State Minister of Higher Education
Ministry executive
  • Mrs. J.M.B. Jayawardana, State Secretary
Child Ministry
Websitemohe.gov.lk

The current State Minister of Higher Education is vacant.

Ministers
Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

Ministers of Higher Education
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National Party14 February 1980J. R. JayewardeneMinister of Higher Education
A. C. S. HameedUnited National Party18 February 198928 March 1990Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Higher Education, Science and Technology[4][5]
Lalith AthulathmudaliUnited National Party30 March 1990Minister of Education and Higher Education[6][7]
W. J. M. LokubandaraUnited National PartyAugust 1993D. B. Wijetunga[8]
Richard PathiranaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994[9][10]
Indika GunawardenaSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development[11]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Education and Higher Education[12][13]
W. A. Wiswa WarnapalaSri Lanka Freedom Party28 January 2007Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Higher Education[14][15][16]
S. B. Dissanayake22 November 2010[17][18]
Kabir HashimUnited National Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion[19][20][21][22]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party22 March 201517 August 2015Minister of Higher Education and Research[23][24][25][26]
Lakshman KiriellaUnited National Party4 September 201514 October 2015Minister of University Education and Highways[27][28][29]
14 October 201525 February 2018Minister of Higher Education and Highways[30][31]
Kabir HashimUnited National Party25 February 201822 November 2019[32][33][34]
Bandula GunawardaneSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna22 November 2019Gotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation[35]

Secretaries
Higher Education Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Sunil Jayantha Navaratne22 November 2010Higher Education Secretary[36]
Udaya R. Seneviratna19 January 2015Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotio Secretary[37]
D. C. Dissanayake8 September 201527 November 2019University Education and Highways Secretary[38][39][40]
D.M.A.R.B. Dissanayake27 November 2019PresentHigher Education, Technology and Innovation Secretary[41][42]

See also

References
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