Bogoda Premaratne

Who is Bogoda Premaratne?

Deshabandhu Bogoda Premaratne was a Sri Lankan educator.

Bogoda Appuhamilage Premaratne, devoted his life to the cause of education of the youth in a changing post colonial society with admirable success. He joined the Department of Education in Sri Lanka and served in various capacities with increasing responsibilities first as a teacher, then as Principal of several secondary education schools and teacher training schools. He ended his civil service career as the Commissioner of Examinations.

Premaratne then served at the United States-Sri Lanka Foundation for Fulbright Scholarship as the lead in the selection committee from 1976 to 1988. Concurrently, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Educational Reforms Committee of Sri Lanka in 1980, whose Committee report was accepted and implemented subsequently.

At the request of Sri Lanka's President, he served as the Secretary of the Ministerial Committee for Education, Cultural and Social Services where he established the Research Unit for the Social Values at the National Institute of Education of Sri Lanka.

He died on 26th December, 2013. He was 92 at his death.