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Sir Ivor Jennings:
The multifaceted educationist
The 42nd death anniversary of Sir Ivor Jennings,
an author of Ceylon constitution and the first Vice Chancellor of
Peradeniya University, falls today. The Vice Chancellor was Knighted
in 1948 and subsequently the Doctorate was conferred in recognition
for his administrative service to the Peradeniya University. The
Doctorate, very much unlike today, was meant for the really
deserved.
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LSSP: 72 years of principled politics
The LSSP led the fight for welfare measures,
such as free education and for the trade union and political rights
that our people enjoy today. The fight to eliminate poverty and
injustice continues. While recognising that these objectives can be
fully realised only in a socialist society throughout the world, in
the interim the LSSP continues the fight to minimise poverty and
injustice and to defend human and democratic rights.
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Mobiles play an important role in the life of students
However, contrary is the picture at the moment
as it's evident among students in higher institutions of learning
namely polytechnics and an universities. The usage of mobile phone
has become so common and fashionable that a close friend once
remarked. "These days it has lost its 'prestige', because it is too
common in campus".
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