Arming the people with a weapon of choice
President's initiative on English as a Life
Skill:
The problems of English Language knowledge and
education in Sri Lanka, as we see it today, date back to the time
when in the early 1940s the State Council adopted a resolution by JR
Jayewardene, supported by many educationists and nationalist
politicians of the day, to make education in the Mother Tongue -
mainly Sinhala and Tamil - the medium of instruction in our schools.
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Debate
Violence on TV:
Broader picture
Much has been said and debated about television
in Sri Lanka and the channels that offer programmes mostly for adult
viewing especially teledrama and news casts depicting crimes and
violence, it is imperative that we should seriously consider the
effects of these programmes specifically on our children and the
youth.
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