National Children CouncilThe Department of Probation and child Care Service has established the National Convention Children’s Council on 01. October 2009, in terms of the Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, concurrently with the World’s Children’s Day, with the sole objective of ensuring Children’s Rights for participation and for their views to be respected by listing to their ideas.
Under the auspices of is Department, Children’s clubs have been formed as group institutions at village level, throughout the Island. These children’s clubs have been formed at Divisional and District level.
As the apex of this project of forming children’s clubs ,the National children’s Council has been established at the national level.
Under the auspices of is Department, Children’s clubs have been formed as group institutions at village level, throughout the Island. These children’s clubs have been formed at Divisional and District level.
As the apex of this project of forming children’s clubs ,the National children’s Council has been established at the national level.
National Children’s Councils
(The National Children’s Council is formed with office bearers and members of the District children’s councils)
District Children’s Council
(The district children’s council is formed with office bearers of divisional children’s councils)
Divisional Children’s Council
(The Divisional children’s council is formed with office bearers of village level children’s clubs.
Children’s Clubs
(Children’s clubs are formed with children at Grama Niladari’s divisional level)
Objectives of the National Children’s Council
- To promote the conduct, protection, development and participation of Sri Lankan children
- To create a generation of Sri Lankan children equipped with creative skills who would shoulder the national development.
- To create a patriotic ,Moral, healthy and joyful generation of children.
Composition of the National Children’s Councils
Office Bearers of the National Children’s Council from October 2009 to October 2011.
| Name | District | Post | Committee |
| H. M. Amila Chaturanga | Kandy | President | - |
| H. Noor Haseema | Kalutara | Secretary | - |
| M.A.T.M. Rupasinghe | Kegallle | Vice-President | - |
| Paskaran Sanbaj | Batticaloa | Assistant Secretary | - |
| M.G. Prabath Kumara | Matara | National Organizer | - |
| K.P. Chaturawga Sandaruwan | Kurunegala | Treasurer | - |
| P.L. Dusantha Prasad | Galle | Committee Secretary | Children’s Rights Promotion |
| W.D. Rashmi Vidyani | Rathnapura | Committee Secretary | New Scientific Discoveries and Social - Development |
| W.D. Rishni Niyoni Zoysa | Anuradhapura | Committee Secretary | Leadership and Skills Development |
| Rohansi Pieris | Mannar | Committee Secretary | Cultural and Moral Developmet |
| L.L. Gihan Chaturanga | Badulle | Committee Secretary | Information Technology and Mass Media |
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