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Felicitation ceremony for Grade 5 Scholarship Examination achievers Education system fails to meet job market demands – Dr. Bandula Gunawardana – BY CHAMINDA PERERA Source : sundayobserver Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardana on Monday said that the country’s education system does not provide a workforce to meet job market demands. As a result of this, the youth produced by free education start sowing the seeds of hatred in society,” the Minister said. Minister Dr. Gunawardana was speaking at the felicitation ceremony for children of Lake House employees, who performed exceptionally well at the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination in 2020, at the Lake House premises. The children received gift packs from the Minister at the ceremony organised by the Lake House Benefit Fund. The ANCL management led by Chairman Anusha Palpita was present. The Minister while deploring the examination centric education system in the country, said that Sri Lanka is the only country ...

NTC introduces pre-paid travel card-by Irangika Range Source:Dailynews The National Transport Commission (NTC) has initiated the pilot project introducing a pre-paid travel card that can be used to pay bus fares when traveling in buses. The prepaid card system was initially implemented in private buses plying from the Makumbura Multimodal Transport Center in Kottawa to Galle on the Southern Expressway under the patronage of Transport, Highways, and Mass Media Minster, Dr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday. A prepaid credit card functions like a regular debit card and allows passengers to deposit the money required for the pre-payment method and thereby pay the money related to the journey. As a very secure payment method, this card is currently available through the People’s Bank. This payment facility is also available for existing cards. ...