Ministry of Higher Education and Highways (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Higher Education and Highways
Ministry overview

Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	18 Ward Place, Colombo 6°54′59.30″N 79°52′01.50″E / 6.9164722°N 79.8670833°E / 6.9164722; 79.8670833Coordinates: 6°54′59.30″N 79°52′01.50″E / 6.9164722°N 79.8670833°E / 6.9164722; 79.8670833
Annual budget	Rs. 31 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs. 143 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible	Lakshman Kiriella, Minister of Higher Education and Highways
Deputy Ministers responsible	Mohan Lal Grero, State Minister of Higher Education Dilan Perera, State Minister of Highways
Ministry executive	D. C. Dissanayake, Secretary
Child agencies	Road Development Authority Road Maintenance Trust Fund University Grants Commission
Website	mohe.gov.lk

The Ministry of Higher Education and Highways is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for higher education and highways. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on higher education and highways and other subjects which come under its purview.^[1] The current Minister of Higher Education and Highways, State Minister of Higher Education and State Minister of Highways are Lakshman Kiriella, Mohan Lal Grero and Dilan Perera respectively.^[2]^[3] The ministry's secretary is D. C. Dissanayake.^[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Higher Education and Highways is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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**Ministers of Higher Education**
	Party	Took office	Left office		Ministerial title	Refs
Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	000000001980-02-14-000014 February 1980		Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene	Minister of Higher Education
Hameed, A. C. S.A. C. S. Hameed	United National Party	000000001989-02-18-000018 February 1989	000000001990-03-28-000028 March 1990	Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology	^[5]^[6]
Athulathmudali, LalithLalith Athulathmudali	United National Party	000000001990-03-30-000030 March 1990		Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Education and Higher Education	^[7]^[8]
Lokubandara, W. J. M.W. J. M. Lokubandara	United National Party	000000001993-08-01-0000August 1993		Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga		^[9]
Pathirana, RichardRichard Pathirana	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000001994-08-19-000019 August 1994		Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga		^[10]^[11]
Gunawardena, IndikaIndika Gunawardena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002000-10-19-000019 October 2000		Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology Development	^[12]
Amunugama, SarathSarath Amunugama	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002001-09-14-000014 September 2001		Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Education and Higher Education	^[13]^[14]
Warnapala, W. A. WiswaW. A. Wiswa Warnapala	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002007-01-28-000028 January 2007		Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Higher Education	^[15]^[16]^[17]
Dissanayake, S. B.S. B. Dissanayake		000000002010-11-22-000022 November 2010		Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Higher Education	^[18]^[19]
Hashim, KabirKabir Hashim	United National Party	000000002015-01-12-000012 January 2015	000000002015-03-22-000022 March 2015	Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena	Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion	^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Amunugama, SarathSarath Amunugama	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002015-03-22-000022 March 2015	000000002015-08-17-000017 August 2015		Minister of Higher Education and Research	^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Kiriella, LakshmanLakshman Kiriella	United National Party	000000002015-09-04-00004 September 2015	000000002015-10-14-000014 October 2015		Minister of University Education and Highways	^[28]^[29]^[30]
Kiriella, LakshmanLakshman Kiriella	United National Party	000000002015-10-14-000014 October 2015			Minister of Higher Education and Highways	^[31]

Secretaries

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**Higher Education Secretaries**
Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
Navaratne, Sunil JayanthaSunil Jayantha Navaratne	000000002010-11-22-000022 November 2010	999999999999-99-99-0000	Higher Education Secretary	^[32]
Seneviratna, Udaya R.Udaya R. Seneviratna	000000002015-01-19-000019 January 2015	999999999999-99-99-0000	Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotio Secretary	^[33]
Dissanayake, D. C.D. C. Dissanayake	000000002015-09-08-00008 September 2015	999999999999-99-99-0000	University Education and Highways Secretary	^[34]^[35]^[36]

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External links

mohe.gov.lk

Ministries of Sri Lanka

Culture and education	Buddha Sasana Education Higher Education and Highways Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs National Heritage National Languages and Social Integration Plantation Industries Youth Affairs and Skills Development

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