Parents hold silent protest against postponement of grade 6 education reforms

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Colombo, January 17 (Daily Mirror) - A silent protest was held yesterday in front of the Ministry of Education yesterday morning opposing the decision to postpone the education reforms related to Grade 6 until 2027.

The protest was organized by the Parents’ Association of children due to enter Grade 6 this year. The parents said that issues surrounding the controversial module should be resolved without delay and that the proposed education reforms for Grade 6 should be implemented this year as originally planned.

During the demonstration, five parents were allowed to engage in discussions with a group of officials from the Ministry of Education regarding their concerns.

Similar protests were also reported from other parts of the country. A group of parents staged a demonstration in Medirigiriya town demanding the immediate implementation of the Grade 6 education reforms. Another protest was held in the Malimbada area of Matara with the same demand.

Meanwhile, a separate protest organized by the Samatha Jana Balawegaya took place in Anuradhapura city, opposing the new education reforms.

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Jude Saturday, 17 January 2026 10:09 AM

Opposition money well spent.

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Ck Saturday, 17 January 2026 10:59 AM

This sure is a 'set-up' to counter the growing opposition, rightfully so, to so called Reforms.

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joshua Saturday, 17 January 2026 11:35 AM

They should be protesting against the opposition whop were hell bent on scuttling the reforms process for political agenda including the foul-mouthed Wimal who staged an eye wash fasting. There were few monks who also put their 2 cents against the reforms as usual.

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waths Saturday, 17 January 2026 12:12 PM

Obviously, these are Pelawatte generated protests!

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Lion Saturday, 17 January 2026 02:17 PM

It’s not silent , parents were angry ,some of the parents are teachers, they accused the media personal who were in front of them for telecasting derogatory pictures and news against 6 grade education reforms . Parents challenge the media personal to read the reforms and say any thing wrong in them.

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