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Education

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Education, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Response to Devanesan Nesiah on “National Reconciliation Policy”

First, I must thank Devanesan Nesiah for his response in ) with his agreement on 7 of the 8 policy areas raised, and clearly expressing his doubts, disagreements and suggestions. As John…

Laksiri Fernando Laksiri Fernando on 06/05/201706/05/2017
Education, Healthcare, Issues

Why Doctors and Students Are Protesting Against Sri Lanka’s Only Private Medical College

In Sri Lanka, doctors and students have been protesting for months, requesting the government to shut down the private South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), the only private university in Sri Lanka currently…

Rezwan - Global Voices Rezwan - Global Voices on 05/21/201705/21/2017
18th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Education, Identity, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2017: Finalist

 is pleased to announce the ‘Corridors of Power’, a path-breaking project marrying constitutional reform and theory with architecture, is a finalist in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2017 awards, under the Urban…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/22/201703/22/2017
Advocacy, Corruption, Education, Issues

[VIDEO] RTI In Practice

The Right to Information Act officially came into effect on February 3, 2017. We compiled a short video on the process involved in filing a request for information. The information was compiled…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/03/201702/03/2017
Education, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Education and empowerment: the journey of Sri Lankan refugees

Sri Lankan refugees living in the camps of Tamil Nadu in India have been able to take control of their uncertain future through education. The story of their journey inspires many refugee…

Mayuran Jeevarathinam Mayuran Jeevarathinam on 01/29/201701/29/2017
Arts and Theatre, Batticaloa, Colombo, Education, Features, Groundviews at 10, Identity, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Story of One: On some lives erased and others that give hope

I first met Father Harry Miller in 2013. We sat and talked in his office on the top floor of St. Michael’s College, Batticaloa. Noisy crows had gathered outside his window, threatening…

Kannan Arunasalam Kannan Arunasalam on 12/20/201612/20/2016
Colombo, Education

The Danger in Distorted Education: Sri Lanka’s History Curriculum

Photo from Seven years since the conclusion of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, there is an opportunity to build bridges between divided communities. In this context, education is key to meaningful…

Shamara Wettimuny Shamara Wettimuny on 10/29/2016
Colombo, Education, Youth

The Case against Private Universities: A Response to a Growing Conversation

Photo courtesy News First Sri Lanka’s tertiary education sector and its resistance to the private sector has become a topic of gleeful conversation over the past week on social media. Some of…

Andi Schubert Andi Schubert on 08/06/2016
Education, Human Security, Issues, Reconciliation

Jaffna University – when entitlement is rejected

On the 16th of July, a clash happened between students at Jaffna University over the inclusion of Sinhalese cultural spectacles in the welcome event. Below is a brief of the events but…

Annemari de Silva Annemari de Silva on 07/28/2016
Colombo, Education, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Keeping the Lunatic Fringe in the Fringe

Photo courtesy July 2016 could have become a very small-scale reproduction of July 1983, attacks and counterattacks, panicky actions and fear-filled reactions, hysteria, mayhem and some murder. It didn’t because this July…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 07/24/201607/24/2016
Education, Media and Communications

The fruit of an ambitious social experiment – South Asian University Holds its First Convocation

As an idea, project and dream of considerable proportions, South Asian University has been discussed for more than a decade among leading intellectuals of the region, including people like Asish Nandy of India, Imtiaz Ahmed from Bangladesh, Kanak Dixit from Nepal and many others.…

By special arrangement By special arrangement on 07/03/201607/05/2016
Education, Issues, Politics and Governance

Information and Power: The Evolution of RTI

Inside India’s Central Information Commission, Professor M Sridhar Acharyulu is hearing a case on illegal occupation. The applicant wants to know if the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, (RCS) which deals with housing,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/20/201606/20/2016
Colombo, Education, Politics and Governance

Speech by Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on his retirement from Colombo University

Vice-Chancellor and Colleagues, I want to begin by thanking all of you for being present today. You all have also endured bad weather. I feel delighted to see so many friends from…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/24/2016
Culture, Districts, Education, Issues, Kurunegala, Long Reads

Contending with Rejection and Exclusion: Take Two on the Kuliyapitiya Debacle

Featured image courtesy BBC I preface this piece by acknowledging my own discomfort as an educator in addressing sticky issues of equity and justice in education. I was motivated to write this piece…

Tamara Handy Tamara Handy on 03/31/201603/31/2016
Education, International, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Struggle for Freedom in India

In early January, as part of his much hyped ‘Make in India’ agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‘Start-Up India’ initiative. This ode to venture capitalism is but a complement to…

Vijay Nagaraj Vijay Nagaraj on 03/28/201603/28/2016

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