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Sri Lanka allocates less than 2% of its GDP on education, which falls well below the international benchmark of 4-6%.
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Japan has agreed to provide Sri Lankan authorities 284 million Japanese yen in aid.
The tuition industry has to be regulated, it has been reported that the industry earns 65 billion rupees an annum.”
Teachers should be present in schools during morning hours to ensure the education of children
Will be provided computers, smart boards and printers.
The faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Kelaniya will reopen on June 06, the university adm...
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that all government and private schools and educational institutes will ...
The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) is saying that the authorities closed the Kelaniya University in orde...
Over the next two years, the Government will introduce a new public primary and secondary education system that is not s...
The Government will not grant permission to operate Sharia universities in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesingh...
Extra school sessions will not be held to cover up the lessons that were missed, as the schools remained closed till May...
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has asked the Government to implement a programme to regulate all private...
The Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has decided to re-open private Catholic schools across the country on...
All schools except Catholic schools will re-open on Monday, 6 May, as previously re-scheduled, Education Minister Akila ...
The Department of Examinations said that the re-corrected results of the 2018 A/L examination results were released toda...
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Scholars should take the decisions regarding country’s education and not politicians, President Maithripala Sirisena s...
A good education system is need to create a disciplined generation of children-President
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is calling for major reforms in the Higher Education system in Sri Lanka including t...
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President Maithripala Sirisena earlier this week announced an apparently unilateral decision to do away with the Grade 5...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says his government’s aim is to make Sri Lanka a highly competitive Social Market ...
Cabinet approval is being sought to set up a body to check the quality of education in all higher education institutes i...
UGC Chairman says Humanities and Social Science graduates are struggling to find employment.
ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give Sri Lanka 145 million US dollars for science and technol...
Seventeen out of 100 children in Sri Lanka are stunted, and at risk of cognitive and physical limitations, according to ...
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