NIE director general Dr. Gunapala Nanayakkara says that the syllabus will be amended to suit the mentality of children.

Educationists as well as psychiatrists made representations in this regard to the NIE, he says.

A committee to formulate a national syllabus framework will be appointed to carryout the task of simplifying the syllabus under three categories - from grades one to five, from grades six to 11 and from grades 12 to 13.