Grade 6 module controversy: Need for consultation, oversight and quality control in education reforms View(s):In the final weeks of 2025, as Sri Lankan households prepared for the dawn of a new year, a website URL ignited a firestorm that threatens to derail the NPP Government’s efforts at Educational Reforms. The discovery of an “objectionable” link within a Grade 6 English language module, prepared under the government’s new education reforms, has transcended a mere clerical error. Beyond the moral panic: the need for consensusThe “rush to reform” has bypassed the essential checkpoints of cultural sensitivity, stakeholder consultation, and basic quality control. The path forwardIf the government wishes to save its education reforms from being swallowed by this controversy, it must pivot toward radical transparency. Publish a comprehensive white paper: The public deserves to see the full scope of the reforms beyond Grade 1 and Grade 6.

Source: Sunday Times January 03, 2026 18:59 UTC