Comments on: A Donkey doing a Dog’s work: The Grade 1 entrance fiasco and the Chief Justice http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/ Groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Thu, 24 May 2012 11:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nave http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1905 Nave Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:06:19 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1905 CJ is doing politics...He is patronizing his electorate...the Sinhala Buddhist ...the new rich... and... the Sons and Daughters of 1956 who support communalism and militraism now in full control in our politics ...the culmination of the process started with the Citizenship Act of 1948 the "Sinhalization of Sri Lanka State"...Don't expect coconuts from a Arecanut tree...their fight is to didvide the cake which is not enough to share among this Greedy small section in our society... just 38 schools... Better if Ravaya and other publicists think about of our eduactional system which reprpoduces the inequalities in societiey...caste, class (in terms of economic wealth, ethnicity and bureaucratic power), region and religion, sex etc....the schools given to Provincial Councils are poor and backward...but funds are not allocating properly to develop them and the so called Provincial Laedaers doesn't have an approach and attitudes to chnage the statusquo... This will need a long article...but I will stoip here CJ is doing politics…He is patronizing his electorate…the Sinhala Buddhist …the new rich… and… the Sons and Daughters of 1956 who support communalism and militraism now in full control in our politics …the culmination of the process started with the Citizenship Act of 1948 the “Sinhalization of Sri Lanka State”…Don’t expect coconuts from a Arecanut tree…their fight is to didvide the cake which is not enough to share among this Greedy small section in our society… just 38 schools…

Better if Ravaya and other publicists think about of our eduactional system which reprpoduces the inequalities in societiey…caste, class (in terms of economic wealth, ethnicity and bureaucratic power), region and religion, sex etc….the schools given to Provincial Councils are poor and backward…but funds are not allocating properly to develop them and the so called Provincial Laedaers doesn’t have an approach and attitudes to chnage the statusquo…

This will need a long article…but I will stoip here

]]> By: suntzu http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1904 suntzu Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:49:07 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1904 punitham...I agree with what you say, except for the part where you say that this is a 'Buddhist country!' I belive that Sri Lanka is a country with a majority of Buddhist's...(69 to 70 percent)...the remaining 30 percent as we all know is made up of Hindus, Muslims and Christians. If 100 percent of the population in Sri Lanka had been Buddhist, we could call this a Buddhist country...but not otherwise! punitham…I agree with what you say, except for the part where you say that this is a ‘Buddhist country!’
I belive that Sri Lanka is a country with a majority of Buddhist’s…(69 to 70 percent)…the remaining 30 percent as we all know is made up of Hindus, Muslims and Christians. If 100 percent of the population in Sri Lanka had been Buddhist, we could call this a Buddhist country…but not otherwise!

]]> By: punitham http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1903 punitham Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:40:37 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1903 JM only shows how faaaaaar our education has yet to go. JM only shows how faaaaaar our education has yet to go.

]]> By: JM http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1902 JM Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:53:00 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1902 I mostly agree with CJ's set of recommendations. There's nothing particularly radical or groundbreaking here. It simply formalises the existing standards and processes. Why should we spend so much time and energy developing our schools, if people not from our race, caste or social class are going to benefit from it. We are not that altruistic. I'm an Anandian and it's principally a Sinhalese (Buddhist/Govigama) school. There are many other state and privately funded schools for Muslims and communities. These left wing bureaucrats and their NGO puppet-masters must be out of their minds to attempt this at a time when the Prime Minister, Army Commander, Navy Commander and the Defence Secretary are all Anandians. We don't want to study in Zahira or Hindu College and we don't want you in Ananda. I mostly agree with CJ’s set of recommendations. There’s nothing particularly radical or groundbreaking here. It simply formalises the existing standards and processes. Why should we spend so much time and energy developing our schools, if people not from our race, caste or social class are going to benefit from it. We are not that altruistic. I’m an Anandian and it’s principally a Sinhalese (Buddhist/Govigama) school. There are many other state and privately funded schools for Muslims and communities. These left wing bureaucrats and their NGO puppet-masters must be out of their minds to attempt this at a time when the Prime Minister, Army Commander, Navy Commander and the Defence Secretary are all Anandians. We don’t want to study in Zahira or Hindu College and we don’t want you in Ananda.

]]> By: punitham http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1901 punitham Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:22:47 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1901 Report from Asian development bank saying that Sri Lanka has a gap between the rich and the poor widening fast tells us all - omnipresent and disgusting political patronage kills off social mobility. In a Buddhist country? Buddhism must be saved from some people. Report from Asian development bank saying that Sri Lanka has a gap between the rich and the poor widening fast tells us all – omnipresent and disgusting political patronage kills off social mobility. In a Buddhist country? Buddhism must be saved from some people.

]]> By: punitham http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1900 punitham Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:22:57 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1900 This is regrettably a recapitulation of our politics of the last six decades. That means there must be an overhaul of our whole thinking about public policies. As everything is connected with everythingelse, public policies overlap human rights, aims and principles of good education, social mobility, social harmony ........ basically it is all about good governance. This is regrettably a recapitulation of our politics of the last six decades. That means there must be an overhaul of our whole thinking about public policies. As everything is connected with everythingelse, public policies overlap human rights, aims and principles of good education, social mobility, social harmony …….. basically it is all about good governance.

]]> By: groundviews http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1899 groundviews Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:45:25 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1899 <img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070812/images/Table-nws.jpg" alt="School admissions" /> See <a href="http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/08/first-to-chaos-then-to-school/" rel="nofollow">First to chaos, then to school</a>. Graphic from <a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070812/News/nws17.html " rel="nofollow">Sunday Times</a>. School admissions

See First to chaos, then to school. Graphic from Sunday Times.

]]> By: punitham http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1898 punitham Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:13:22 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1898 The culture of patronage has ramified all areas of the society to the detriment of the country. The culture of patronage has ramified all areas of the society to the detriment of the country.

]]> By: punitham http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1897 punitham Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:54:52 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1897 Thanks, Sanjana. I was a teacher and I'm horrified to see that 'parental consideration' comes into the equation. If schools select pupils on 'catchment area basis' teachers will do their best and all schools will then improve. Patronage of various kinds has been killing Sri Lanka and has been responsible for the widening gap between i. the rich and the poor and ii. the Sinhalese and the minorities and the resultant iii. loss of social harmony. Thanks, Sanjana.

I was a teacher and I’m horrified to see that ‘parental consideration’ comes into the equation. If schools select pupils on ‘catchment area basis’ teachers will do their best and all schools will then improve.
Patronage of various kinds has been killing Sri Lanka and has been responsible for the widening gap between i. the rich and the poor and ii. the Sinhalese and the minorities and the resultant iii. loss of social harmony.

]]> By: sittingnut http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1896 sittingnut Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:59:49 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1896 i don't think partial and selective commentary of this issue will lead to informative debate here or elsewhere. it is complicated and need to be covered in full if covered at all. at the very least it would be more informative if you can give the details of the earlier circular which was found have violated fundamental rights, after an application by some of parents of rejected children. what were the criteria there? why is there support from government supported schools with religious background and oldboys unions to old circular? and it would certainly be interesting to know what the alternatives mr sunanada deshapriya will support given his blog is named vikalpa. i don’t think partial and selective commentary of this issue will lead to informative debate here or elsewhere.

it is complicated and need to be covered in full if covered at all.

at the very least it would be more informative if you can give the details of the earlier circular which was found have violated fundamental rights, after an application by some of parents of rejected children. what were the criteria there?
why is there support from government supported schools with religious background and oldboys unions to old circular?

and it would certainly be interesting to know what the alternatives mr sunanada deshapriya will support given his blog is named vikalpa.

]]> By: groundviews http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1895 groundviews Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:39:55 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1895 Punitham, The Daily Mirror of 31st July 2007 has the judgment <a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/07/31/front/03.asp" rel="nofollow">here</a> and Lankanewspapers.com has a story about it <a href="http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/7/17589.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Both give the details you have requested. Best, Sanjana Punitham,

The Daily Mirror of 31st July 2007 has the judgment here and Lankanewspapers.com has a story about it here. Both give the details you have requested.

Best,

Sanjana

]]> By: punitham http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1894 punitham Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:27:08 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1894 I am clueless about what the CJ said. Can you please direct me to any source of information - in English? I am clueless about what the CJ said. Can you please direct me to any source of information – in English?

]]> By: Suren Raghavan http://groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1893 Suren Raghavan Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:04:11 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/08/08/a-donkey-doing-a-dogs-work-the-grade-1-entrance-fiasco-and-the-chief-justice/#comment-1893 Dear Sunanda I salute your brave decision to ‘comment’ on the almighty S C on their ‘guidelines’ for the education of future citizens of Sri Lanka. Does this not impart the infinite nakedness of our society? It further agonizes to witness the silence of the so called good people including the maha sangha. C.W.W’s soul must be lamenting as he envisioned a free education for all of us as a creative response to his own caste based suffering at the hand of then education system. I have a Sri Lankan friend who is reading his PhD with me, his mother had never gone to school (though she is so full of wisdom) his father was only a labourer. Now the SC guideline, with one single document has buried those proud human achievements. It seems the learned wo/men who are responsible for this advise have never read the Article 26 (1) of UDHR which reads’ everyone has the right to education’ So if this is the way the most venerable institution of Sri Lanka guides it own (Majority) Sinhalese, you please tell me what is the future for others and for those of us who work for the equal rights of everyone? Perhaps, Sri Lanka: A land like no other? Dear Sunanda
I salute your brave decision to ‘comment’ on the almighty S C on their ‘guidelines’ for the education of future citizens of Sri Lanka.
Does this not impart the infinite nakedness of our society? It further agonizes to witness the silence of the so called good people including the maha sangha.
C.W.W’s soul must be lamenting as he envisioned a free education for all of us as a creative response to his own caste based suffering at the hand of then education system. I have a Sri Lankan friend who is reading his PhD with me, his mother had never gone to school (though she is so full of wisdom) his father was only a labourer. Now the SC guideline, with one single document has buried those proud human achievements. It seems the learned wo/men who are responsible for this advise have never read the Article 26 (1) of UDHR which reads’ everyone has the right to education’

So if this is the way the most venerable institution of Sri Lanka guides it own
(Majority) Sinhalese, you please tell me what is the future for others and for those of us who work for the equal rights of everyone?

Perhaps, Sri Lanka: A land like no other?

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