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News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/08/07/higher-education-reforms-clearherpath-to-skills-and-jobs-in-sri-lanka
Published on: Wednesday 06 August 2025
After graduating from Sri Lanka’s University of Kelaniya with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature, Tharuvi Nanayakkarawasam was eager to start her career and make her mark on the professional ...
News Sri Lanka » Southern » Education: Half a Million Students, 150,000 Teachers to Benefit from New World Bank Support for Education in Sri Lanka
News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/06/27/half-a-million-students-150-000-teachers-to-benefit-from-new-world-bank-support-for-education-in-sri-lanka
Published on: Thursday 26 June 2025
COLOMBO, June 27, 2025—An estimated 500,000 students and 150,000 teachers across Sri Lanka are set to benefit from a new $50 million additional financing package approved by the World Bank yesterday ...
News Sri Lanka » Southern » 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: Monday 13 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 ...