Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » Education: Think of the children in Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
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 » Education: Education key to promoting equality and mutual respect: PM
Education is the most powerful tool to create public understanding of mutual respect and equality, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr. Harini ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Sri Lanka’s Biggest IDP Education UK, Canada, USA, and Ireland Study Abroad Fair: Empowering Sri Lankan Students to Access Global Education Opportunities
Education has long been one of the most transformative tools for personal and national development. In an increasingly globalised world, access to high-quality international education is a privilege ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake government announces market-driven education reforms
The Sri Lankan government announced last month that it will introduce major changes to the education system starting in 2026. Its education program, however, is essentially based on the former ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Rethinking Sri Lanka’s Education DNA: Towards a Comprehensive Reform Aligned with Global Standards and Local Wisdom
Now in Sri Lanka, we can witness various discussions on education with ranking, and global recognition aligned with KSA factors (Knowledge, Skills, and attitude) of students. But up to now, Sri Lanka ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Classrooms without walls: Inclusive education and Sri Lanka’s next big priority
On a humid morning in a small government school outside Kurunegala, a teacher waits patiently as ten-year-old Isuru tries to read a sentence aloud. The words come slowly. He struggles with letters, ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Sri Lanka-Bhutan partnership deepens with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya's Bhutan visit
Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya's official visit to Bhutan has opened new avenues for co-operation between the two countries, placing education, sustainable development, ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Sri Lanka’s education system the answer to national integration
Sri Lanka’s violent ethnic conflict came to an end in mid-2009, when the separatist LTTE was militarily defeated by the Sri Lankan security forces. Following the end of the decades-long war, the ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Funding of higher education in Sri Lanka
(A response to Prof. Shamala Kumar’s article, “Public funding of higher education: Seeking private funds to fill the gap?” in The Island of 10 June 2025) Prof. Kumar rightly draws attention to the ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Towers of Learning: Higher Education in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is poised on the crest of two great waves of opportunity. The first wave can transform the nation from a low-income country to a middle-income country The second wave can transform the ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: China, Sri Lanka unveils general education digital transformation project
China and Sri Lanka on Wednesday jointly launched a project aiming at the digital transformation of general education in Sri Lanka. The China-Aid Digital Transformation Project of General Education in ...
News Sri Lanka » Education: Sri Lanka delays education reforms after outcry over gay website link
The leftist ruling party was due to enact sweeping changes to the current school testing system this month in a bid to ease exam pressure and improve digital literacy. But it has faced public uproar ...