{"id":5605,"date":"2025-12-30T06:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2025-12-30T06:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:23:42","slug":"strong-opposition-from-sangha-council-to-education-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=5605","title":{"rendered":"Strong opposition from Sangha Council to education reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The implementation of the proposed new education reforms would destroy both the country\u2019s future generations and the current government, Venerable Induragare Dhammaratana Thero stated.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Induragare Dhammaratana Thero made this remark while attending a Sangha Council meeting held in Colombo today.<\/p>\n<p>The Sangha Council meeting, organized to clarify the objectives of the new education reforms, was held this afternoon (29) at the Colombo Foundation Institute.<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting, Professor Venerable Induragare Dhammaratana Thero emphasized the need for extended discussion, consultation with subject experts, and consideration of the experience of seasoned administrators before making such fundamental changes.<\/p>\n<p>The Thero warned that the proposed changes to the education curriculum could become the biggest crisis facing the country today.<\/p>\n<p>Dhammaratana Thero added that implementing these reforms in the current manner would harm future generations, potentially destroy the government, and is akin to trying to force a round peg into a square hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The implementation of the proposed new education reforms would destroy both the country\u2019s future generations and the current government, Venerable Induragare Dhammaratana Thero stated. 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