Submission of Proposals for formulating a New Education Act (Advertisement posted by National Committee for the Drafting of a New Education Act on January 17, 2008) On the Directions of His Excellency the President, the Minister of Education, Hon. Susil Premajayantha has appointed a National Committee under the chairmanship of Dr G. B. Gunawardena and comprising panel of eminent scholars in the field of Education to inquire into the Education Ordinance No.31 of 1939 and its amendments, identify aspects appropriate for the present and formulate a New Act for General Education in Sri Lanka.
NUS or National University of Singapore is a premier university in Asia with school leavers form all over the world competing for places. NUS admit school leavers from India, Malaysia, Pakistan and other countries on the strength of each local public examination but Sri Lankan students, even those with the 3As that we felicitate here, have to submit scores for SAT examination conducted by Education Testing Services in USA.. In South Asia, Sri Lanka join the ranks of Bangladesh and Burma as countries whose school leaver exams are not recognized by NUS. American high school diplomas are not recognized by NUS either but the high school diploma in America is not meant to be a universal university entrance qualification.