UNESCO to start journalism school here
Chandima EDIRIMANNE
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Dr Mervyn Silva |
UNESCO is proposing to start a school of journalism in Sri Lanka to
train international journalists, UNESCO officials told Media and
Information and Highways Deputy Minister Dr. Mervyn Silva at his
ministry yesterday.
UNESCO officials who met the Deputy Minister and discussed details of
the project, said they had the resources and personnel to start it soon.
The Deputy Minister said a building to site the school of
international journalism would be provided by the government. There was
no difference whether the journalists were of private or public sector
as they were like brothers of the same family, he said. UNESCO Director
Arumugam Parshu Raman, UNESCO National Commission Sri Lanka Secretary
R.P. Perera, Deputy Minister's Media Advisor Sarath Wickramasinghe and
Information Assistant Director Hilmy Mohamed were present.
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