President criticises opposition over shifting stance on education reforms

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Colombo, Jan. 27 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today accused the Opposition of changing its position on the government’s education reforms saying attempts to create confusion would not derail the administration’s reform agenda.

Speaking at an event in Gampola, the President said the government remains committed to moving forward despite what he described as efforts to build false narratives around the reform process.

“I saw one person who was strongly opposing these reforms now asking why they were stopped,” President Dissanayake said, in an apparent reference to Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.

Premadasa, who had earlier been critical of the proposed reforms, has recently said the Opposition is prepared to support the government’s efforts. However, he also accused the government of failing to introduce reforms for Grade 6, claiming that many children had been left disadvantaged as a result.

The Opposition Leader maintained that responsibility for halting the reforms lies with the current President and government, and not with the Opposition.

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Nihal Perera Tuesday, 27 January 2026 07:06 PM

President, Before you were elected, you used university students and was protesting for everything for decades and now that you are ruling the country, you are criticizing the same when you were doing the same before. How pathetic!!

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Sohan Tuesday, 27 January 2026 09:54 PM

Lol. A fellow who does not have a clear policy talks rubbish. Where is Uganda money and tax cut.

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S P Tuesday, 27 January 2026 09:54 PM

There’s no logic in blaming the opposition because it was the government that panicked and reversed the reforms. A good strong government would have first prepared the reforms carefully taking into consideration all the consequences (intended and unintended) but once made the decision would have gone ahead no matter what. That’s how all our previous governments achieved necessary reforms.

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RanjithT Tuesday, 27 January 2026 10:57 PM

Comrade. You are the axecutive president. You got 159 in the middle of Diyawannawa. Stop blaming others for your lack of knowledge, experience and intelligence to plan and execute. Be a man be a comrade go ahead and implement the reforms or is it that the NIE is not ready with all the text books and work books for teachers and long way off from training the teachers.

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MR. PRESIDENT, THE MAJORITY ARE STAYING THE COURSE AND PRAYING Tuesday, 27 January 2026 11:22 PM

MR. PRESIDENT, WELL SAID. OPPOSITION LEADER KNOWS THE ONLY LEADERSHIP ROLE HE HAS IS IN HIS PARTY AND FOR HOW LONG (ANYONE GUESS)!! DESPERATION LED HIM TO ALLIANCES AND NOW BACK TO SUPPOSEDLY UNP!. WHEN THE MAJORITY INCLUDING CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING, STRUGGLING DURING THE PAST GOVT, GUESS THE OPPOSITION LEADER WAS HALLUCINATING!!.

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Ram P Wednesday, 28 January 2026 04:25 AM

AKD, Without faulting others you do your part and get the reforms through. We know how politicians criticise actions of governments without considering their merit.

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