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Advocacy, Education, Language

Teaching English for Promoting Social Cohesion

Had we had just one language in the world, human history would have been written without many of the ugly stains caused by racial and ethnic conflicts. Of course, one may point…

Susantha Hewa Susantha Hewa on 02/20/202302/20/2023
Colombo, Culture, Education, Human Rights, Religion and faith

Religious Indoctrination Violates Children’s Rights

Hobson’s choice is not that bad because it offers you two options: you can either take what is offered or take nothing at all. However, the tradition of parents indoctrinating children with…

Susantha Hewa Susantha Hewa on 01/24/2023
Advocacy, Colombo, Disabilities, Education, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Mainstreaming Education for Children with Disabilities

Despite having a high literacy rate, free education and good humanitarian development indicators, Sri Lankan society’s attitudes towards the disabled are still mired in the past although the country has 1.4 million…

Isuru Sampath Tennakoon and Lakmi Imasha Godakanda Isuru Sampath Tennakoon and Lakmi Imasha Godakanda on 12/03/202212/03/2022
Colombo, Culture, Education, Gender, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Love for Saree or Fear of Change?

A statement made by a teachers trade union has opened up another social debate. This is about the female teachers’ school attire. The union points out that just like in any other…

Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi on 11/30/202211/30/2022
#GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Education, Media and Communications

GotaGoGama: A Learning Curve

GotaGoGama is gone. Gota has returned. Things have regressed in the past two months or so. The nucleus of Sri Lanka’s popular protests have ceased to exist. Its last days were a…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202209/27/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Life after this Death?

“All that is solid melts into the air…” Marx and Engels (The Communist Manifesto) The socio-economic edifice that is Sri Lanka’s informal sector is collapsing.  According to the 2020 Labour Force Survey,…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 06/19/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Education, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

A Failed Government is Destroying Our Children

In May 2022, over half a million 16 year old Sri Lankan children sat their O’Level examination. Passing this exam is necessary for them to continue with their schooling. This batch (referred…

Ruwanthie de Chickera Ruwanthie de Chickera on 06/11/202206/11/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Culture, Education, Politics and Governance

Popular Struggles and Education

Following the token general strike last week against the backdrop of the ongoing protests to oust President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarian regime, a few school principals have been grumbling about students being deprived of…

Brian Jeganathan Brian Jeganathan on 05/05/2022
#GoHomeGota, Colombo, Education, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Emergence vs Emergency

Many people in the international community are now waking up to the realization that Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedented phenomenon. And unfortunately, due to the media’s predilection for sensational news, the…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 04/14/202204/18/2022
Colombo, Education, Pandemic, Politics and Governance, Youth

Tackling Access to Education During Covid-19

Sri Lanka can be justly proud of its educated population and high literacy rate due to decades of free education up to university level. Universal access to primary education has been achieved…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/24/202201/24/2022
Colombo, Development, Education

A Migrant’s View

I was born in 1990, a time when Sri Lanka was still going through its 30-year civil war which ultimately ended in 2009. I lived in greater Colombo, and I went to…

Gayara De Silva Gayara De Silva on 12/18/202112/19/2021
Colombo, Education, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

Digital Education During COVID-19

Photo courtesy of Centre for Poverty Analysis Education is often seen as a way out of poverty, increasing opportunities to earn, contribute to society and improve one’s status. Sri Lanka’s education sector,…

Karin Fernando Karin Fernando on 10/30/202110/30/2021
Colombo, Education, Gender, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Protecting, Educating and Empowering the Girl Child

While the lives of young girls in most countries around the world have certainly improved over the past few decades, there are still critical concerns that are unique to girls under the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/11/202110/11/2021
Education, Human Rights, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

Ensuring Access to Education in Difficult Circumstances

Today is International Day to Protect Education from Attack The United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 74/275 established the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, which falls annually on 9 September.…

Randev de Alwis Senal Senevirathne and Vidhurinda Samaraweera Randev de Alwis Senal Senevirathne and Vidhurinda Samaraweera on 09/09/202109/09/2021
Development, Education, Kilinochchi, Language, Media and Communications, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya

Literacy and the Dimensions of the Digital Divide

Literacy rates in Sri Lanka have hovered in the high 90s for the past decade or so, impressive figures no doubt; enough for the country to be publicised in official publications as…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202109/09/2021

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