State Ministry of Higher Education

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The State Ministry of Higher Education is a non-cabinet government ministry in Sri Lanka. It helps create and run national policies for higher education and oversees higher education institutions to improve quality, expand access, and standardize programmes.

Headquarters: 18 Ward Place, Colombo.

Budget (2018): recurrent 30 billion LKR; capital 133 billion LKR.

Minister in charge: Vacant (State Minister of Higher Education). State Secretary: Mrs. J.M.B. Jayawardana.

Child agency: University Grants Commission.

Website: mohe.gov.lk.

In Sinhala: උසස් අධ්‍යාපන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය; in Tamil: உயர் கல்வி இராஜாங்க அமைச்சு.