Myths and realities about education
He was the first, and perhaps only, Sri Lankan
student who had money voted by name out of the public exchequer for
his education. That grand gesture led to a deep seated sense of
debt, a personal obligation, that he actually rendered to the full,
by paying with his life. Of Lalith's multi-faceted interests in
serving the people of Sri Lanka perhaps his greatest hope lay in
promoting quality education as means of providing equality of
opportunity.
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'Pro-people, pro-development budget'
THIS is precisely the difference between Mahinda
Chinthana and Ranil's Chinthana. It is the role of the State as well
as the role of the market and not market alone. It is not spending
regardless, no matter where resources come. Subsidies are necessary
not as a permanent feature but as a temporary measure to give
reliefs to the poor, the disadvantaged.
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