While the debate on banning of mobiles in schools is raging it is refreshing to hear of a school that is using the mobile as a teaching device and teach proper use of the device at the same time. As the mobiles becomes smarter they will become affordable alternatives to computers. (See http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-07-27-cellphoneschool_N.
Concern on English and IT education from grass root level to policy level is increasing day by day. The author of this article tries to give more alternatives for this issue with a view of global context. The BBC and the use of English I would like to warmly congratulate our President on his recent initiative in promoting English and IT. All those with any compassion for the underprivileged would support this, because it is the underprivileged who would benefit most from it. The JVP and the JHU would probably not be delighted because they have been traditionally against the promotion of English.
 Modern mysteries of education By Dr Harsha Aturupane, Senior Economist, Human Development Unit, South Asia Region, World Bank http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090322/FinancialTimes/ft308.html Prof. J.
Eight thousand of the 10,000 principals failed examination God bless the students (Lanka-e-News, June 11, 2009, 7.20 PM; http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?
Prof. Carlo Fonseka, formerly of the Medical Faculty of Colombo, is an authority on this subject. When asked as to why some people persist in the belief that Medical education should be a State monopoly and PMCs are wrong, he replied; “One reason is that it has always been a State monopoly and we have produced some of the best doctors in the world, so, something of proven value and established merit should not be changed†By Ishara Jayawardane download I Think I Love My Wife In the recent past, there has been much debate about the establishment of Private Medical Colleges (PMC) in Sri Lanka. A range of arguments have been put forward and the topic remains open to debate. Will the establishment of a Medical College be a boon or a mistake?
By Carlo Fonseka The Island – 07th April 2009 http://www.island.lk/2009/04/07/opinion2.html Recently at very short notice I deputized for the Chairman of the University Grants Commission at the launch of “Adyapanaya 2009”, a Higher Education and Career Exhibition organized by the private sector. Obliged to speak impromptu, I made a few off the cuff remarks.
පළමු à·à·Šâ€à¶»à·šà¶«à·’යට ළමුන් ඇà¶à·”à·…à¶à·Š කරගà·à¶±à·“ම ජà·à¶à·’ක අර්බුදයක් කළේ කවුද? අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± පද්ධà¶à·’යට අදà·à·… à·ƒà·à¶¶à·‘ ගà·à¶§à¶½à·– වස෠ගනිමින් කරලියට ගෙන à¶à·’බෙන පළමුවන à·à·Šâ€à¶»à·šà¶«à·’යට ළමුන් ඇà¶à·”à·…à¶à·Š කරගà·à¶±à·“ම ජà·à¶à·’ක අර්බුදයක් ලෙස හුව෠දà·à¶šà·Šà·€à·“ම අප දකින්නේ මිà¶à·Šâ€à¶ºà·à·€à¶šà·Š ලෙස යි. නිදහස් අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶±à¶º රටට හඳුන්ව෠දී අඩ සියවසකටà¶à·Š වඩ෠කල් ගචවී ඇà¶à¶à·Š, අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶±à¶ºà¶§ වගකියන ඇà¶à·Šà¶à¶±à·Š මෙම à¶à¶à·Šà¶à·Šà·€à¶º වටහ෠නොගà·à¶±à·“ම ජà·à¶à·’යේ අවà·à·ƒà¶±à·à·€à¶šà·’. දේà·à¶´à·à¶½à¶šà¶ºà¶±à·Šà¶œà·š හ෠නිලධà·à¶»à·’න්ගේ à·ƒà·à¶¶à·‘ වගකීම වන්නේ සමà·à¶¢ විෂමà¶à· à·„à·à¶šà·’à¶à·à¶šà·Š අවම කිරීම යි. නමුà¶à·Š පළමුවන à·à·Šâ€à¶»à·šà¶«à·’යේ ගà·à¶§à¶½à·–à·€ අර්බුදයක් දක්ව෠වර්ධනය වී ඇà¶à·Šà¶à·š ඔවුන්ට මේ à·ƒà·à¶¶à·‘ උවමනà·à·€ නොමà·à¶à·’ නිස෠බව පෙනේ.
– කිසිම දූෂණයක් නà·à·„à· – අමà·à¶à·Šâ€à¶ºà·à¶‚à·à¶º විකට ජවනිකà·à·€à¶š… එසේනම්, 1 වසරට කප්පම් ඇයි? ඇà¶à·”ල් වීමේ ගà·à·ƒà·Šà¶à·” ලෙස රු. 6500 ක් ගෙවීම පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶à·’ක්ෂේප කළ ගම්පොළ සහිර෠විදුහලේ දෙමව්පියෙකු පà·à·ƒà¶½à·Š පරිà·â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶ºà·šà¶¯à·“ පහරදීමකට ලක්වූ බව ලංකà·à¶¯à·“ප පුවà¶à·Š පà¶à·š පළවූ පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à·€à·˜à¶à·Šà¶à·’යක දà·à¶šà·Šà·€à·š. පහර දෙනු ලà·à¶¶à·–වකු පවස෠à¶à·’බුණේ ඔහු නිස෠පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶§ අවà·à·Šâ€à¶º මුදල් ලබà·à¶œà¶ නොහà·à¶šà·’ වූ බවයි. පà·à·ƒà¶½à·Š සංවර්ධන සමිà¶à·’ය විසින් අළුà¶à·’න් පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶§ ඇà¶à·”ළුවන සෑම 1 වසර සිසුවෙකුගෙන්ම රු.
By Ariyarathna De Alwis The Pasala – February Volume පූර්ව නිදහස් යුගයේ ලංකà·à·€à·š පà·à·ƒà¶½à·Š අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± කâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶¸à¶º සම්පූර්ණයෙන් ම පà·à·„à·š පà·à·€à·à¶à·’යේ පෞද්ගලික පà·à·ƒà¶½à·Š ලෙස බව අපි දනිමු. එම මිල අධික හ෠පළà·à¶±à·Šà¶à·’යකට පමණක සීම෠වු අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶±à¶º ගමේ ගොඬේ අහිංසක Â¥ දරුවන්ට ලබà·à¶¯à·“මේ අරමුණෙන් සී. ඩබ්. ඩබ්. කන්නන්ගර à·â€à·Šâ€à¶»à·“මà¶à·à¶«à¶±à·Š විසින් නිදහස් අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± පනචගෙන෠බව ද අපි දනිමු.