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News channel or source: https://eastasiaforum.org/2023/07/19/think-of-the-children-in-sri-lankas-economic-crisis/
Published on: Tuesday 18 July 2023
Sri Lanka hangs on the precipice of losing its much-lauded educational achievements after two and half years of interrupted learning from COVID-19 and now an economic collapse. Often viewed as a model ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Education: European Union funds nine Capacity Building for Higher Education projects in Sri Lanka
News channel or source: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/sri-lanka/european-union-funds-nine-capacity-building-higher-education-projects-sri-lanka_en?s=238
Published on: Friday 19 September 2014
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in collaboration with the University of Peradeniya announced EU-funded Capacity Building for Higher Education (CBHE) projects ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Education: How Low Taxes Drove Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis and Squandered its Education Lead
News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/10/14/tax-giveaways-struggling-schools/how-low-taxes-drove-sri-lankas-economic-crisis
Published on: Tuesday 14 October 2025
Susikala was working as a daily wage earner at a flower garden in Hatton, a hilly area in central Sri Lanka, when in April 2022 the government defaulted on its debt. The default sent the economy into ...