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Bens fostering students to face challenging future Source:Dailymirror St. Benedict’s College Kotahena has spelt out its purpose: to give hope and opportunity to students to lead lives with dignity and freedom Learning while the world has changed dramatically over the years, education in Sri Lanka, as well as in most parts of the world, has remained stuck in the past. Relying on standardised testing to evaluate competencies, students are taught to memorise, repeat and regurgitate. They are trained to know the answers, with little or no attempt to help them find the answers. It’s about memorising as much information as possible rather than learning how to think. St. Benedict’s College, an institution with a 158-year history, is gearing rapidly to change this outdated mode of educating our future generations. ...