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The nationwide initiatives will target diverse groups, including schoolchildren, university students, youth, women, MSME
Sri Lanka and Vietnam celebrates the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2025
General public will be given an opportunity to submit their views and suggestions later
Financial literacy and entrepreneurship will be introduced as a compulsory subject carrying one credit from Grades 6-9
Committee is intended to act as a bridge between existing state bodies.
Construction of a national level e-Learning Center and two provincial ICT centers in the Southern and Eastern Provinces
"ICT should be taught from Grade 1 to 13. And we will make it a compulsory subject"
"These organizations can achieve great things.
Wickremesinghe proposed smart classrooms in 2016 under his previous government
"We must re-look at the NVQ qualification and bring it in line with the Australian one,
To raise awareness and engagement among youth on Financial Management and Economic Transformation Bills.
Minimum qualification recognized for university admission by the 193 United Nations Member countries,
“We’re lacking in this area, and we are on the verge of increasing our teachers in the area of special education.”
“We will be giving priority to Korean, German, French, Hindi, Chinese and Japanese,”
"The primary focus of the grant is to establish a state-of-the-art educational infrastructure."
India will send 30 teacher trainers to train more than 2,200 Sri Lankan teachers in upcountry
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"The Indian Government is helping us financially to develop the quality of education
"Just because they are graduates, they can't be made teachers,"
The project aims at equipping 200 schools in the Province with necessary digital tools.
Sri Lanka has been eyeing for more foreign investment into tertiary education sector
Non-academic staff at state universities have been protesting for 65 days demanding wage hike
"Education in a country cannot be maintained without discipline"
Teachers should be present in schools during morning hours to ensure the education of children
Will be provided computers, smart boards and printers.
Will offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes including in medicine and IT.
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