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My Decision to leave Ceylon in 1981-by Sachi Sri Kantha Source:Thuppahis Sachi examining a winged bean pod in 1981 Prelude Willingly, I opt to use the ‘Ceylon’ word, because I was born in the blessed island Ceylon in May 1953. The place of my birth was Chilaw, solely for the reason it was the then work location of my father Sachithanantham, then employed as a clerk in the hospital services of the Department of Health. He was 30, but my mother was only 17. My parents are from Point Pedro, and it was an arranged marriage among the kin in Point Pedro’s adjacent regions. From 1961 to 1971, I had primary and secondly schooling at the Colombo Hindu College (Bambalapitiya, Ratmalana) and Aquinas University College. I entered the University of Sri Lanka (Colombo Campus) in January 1972, at the age of 18 years and 8 months. This entry was delayed ...

Aug 15, 2025 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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50 Years of challenges, resilience and excellence!-by Dr. Kingsley Bernard Source:Dailynews The University of Jaffna, located in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, has a rich and complex history deeply intertwined with the region’s cultural, social, and political landscape. The University of Jaffna was officially established on 6th October, 1974, as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka, under the name “Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.” The institution began with a few faculties and a limited number of students, focusing primarily on arts and science disciplines. If I may add some little known facts about how our first batch of students who joined the Jaffna Campus, lobbied the Government which resulted in then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike to consider establishing this campus! This was in early 1974, the intake of undergraduates to the University Campuses (then it was one University ie. the University of Sri ...

Sep 28, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Sri Lanka Is a Small Preview of a Global Default Crisis – By Ruth Pollard The country is already wracked with shortages. The social order may shatter if the economy isn’t infused with cash soon.   Source:bloomberg.com High school teacher S. Jeeva has spent two days in the baking sun lining up for cooking gas in the north of Sri Lanka’s capital. He’s been standing with thousands of others waiting for a delivery that, so far, hasn’t come. Meanwhile, many of his students, who will sit for important national exams Monday, have joined protests against the government at the waterfront along Colombo’s iconic Galle Face Green. Both are symbols of the economic and political crisis gripping the nation — the result of decades of corruption and financial mismanagement that pushed the country to default on May 19. It is, Jeeva says, his students’ democratic right to protest and demand a better government. Daily life has become ...

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Education for some but not for others: Learning support, disability, and free education-By Ramya Kumar C. W. W. Kannangara: “Talents and ability are not confined to any social class or group and any social system must provide for their emergence by the provision of equal educational opportunities.” (from Kannangara Report 1943) Source:Island Kuppi Talk stands for democratising education and educational spaces by addressing issues of access, (in)equality, exclusion and marginalization, within our education systems. This Kuppi Talk draws on conversations with principals/teachers, parents, and students, to look into the everyday forms of violence and exclusion experienced by children with special needs at our schools and universities. “I could not concentrate or sit in one place, but this was not recognised as a problem by my parents or teachers…it was when I went extreme that the problem was identified, that is when I became violent …. I was bored … .my ...

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