Comments on: Beyond Literacy: A Wish-list for Sri Lanka

By: FASEENA

FASEENA — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:49:22 +0000

can anyone send some details about closing date of A/L exam for private candidates in 2009?

By: Anaconda

Anaconda — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:40:29 +0000

Correction… the asshole has fled the country with more than 500 million Rupees… Under developed Dog… Filthy piece of shit…

By: azdaktoday

azdaktoday — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:58:18 +0000

Isn’t Sakivithi Ranasingha, the man against whom there are complaints on a fraud of 5 million Rupees, made by various people at the Mirihana police station?. He is suppose to have left the country. What kind of an English teacher is this idiot?This beggar cannot pronounce the sounds even properly.

By: muhandiramalage navaratne

muhandiramalage navaratne — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:45:20 +0000

hi, sujatha & The enlightened one ,

thanks for giving info.
i am here in u.a.e. i am planing to come sri lanka next december.
i would like to promote his English package in sri lanka.
can anyone send some more details about it, i am distributor here in a sales feild.
send mail: thiranagamaruwan@yahoo.com .
thank you ,
regards,
navaratne.

By: kudabolana

kudabolana — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:27:17 +0000

we want to enter the ict education forum in sri lanka

By: The enlightened one

The enlightened one — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:02:51 +0000

Hi!
Sakwithi Ranasinghe sirs website is: http://www.sakwithiranasinghe.com, you can also access through http://www.sakwithi.com

By: Ancient Clown

Ancient Clown — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:53:40 +0000

The benefits of the Art of Wire Tree-making is far reaching and must be experienced to be understood. Truly, a lesson between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’ is immediately apparent.
“On one hand”…(I hold a roll of wire and say); “This is an example of someone who heard me tell them how to make a tree…on the the other hand,”…(I hold a finished tree and say); “Now this is an example of someone who ‘LISTENED’…SEE, ‘listening’ requires action.”
I don’t think I know…I just know I’m thinking.
Ancient Clown

By: sujata

sujata — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:10:18 +0000

One of the intents of this post was to point out the need to bring attention to the O/L pass rates, and diffuse the attention from the race to 13,000 places in the universities. A decent pass rate at the GCE (O/L) is a more tangible goal, I believe, than trying create more public universities for all those qualify at the A/L. Overall, the intent was to identify some realistic goals. Yes, transferring spouses of the Colombo-based officials to the central province is one of many things that need to be done to get there. However, I don’t think education has stood still in this country. Curricula have changed, largely for the better. There are more projects and assessments at the school level.

As for international schools, it is time they got a little more respect, I think. In countries where governments work, you don’t need international schools. In USA, UK, Europe primary and secondary education is provided almost 100% out of public funds. In countries that are characterized by low growth, poor governance and many other ills, citizens are the people who suffer if there were no private opportunities. Most countries have understood this reality (private secondary enrolment: Brazil , 19%; Colombia,40%, India, 40%; Indonesia, 54%; http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication48pdf.) We have pursued the holy grail of honest politicians and conscientious officials long enough. It is not going to get any better. Sri Lanka has to get real and give more support to the international schools and let some of the tutories grow into proper schools. Giving some help with buildings and land and setting up a regulatory mechanism would be the smart thing to do by the government.

By: douglas king

douglas king — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:48:47 +0000

All this discussion about IT, teachers and O level standards are fine, but in reality msot schools in Sri Lanka show little difference from 10, 20, 30 or even 40 years ago. Broken blackboards propped up on chairs, several classes in one hall with noise levels and distractions making good teaching or learning difficult if not impossible. In the Central Province alone tere is a shortage of over 600 English teachers, mainly in rural areas, whilst many urban schools are over-staffed. So-called International Schools and tuition classes have become parallel education systems.

By: Anjula

Anjula — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:57:05 +0000

Hi,

I would like to get in touch with you about a development related youth forum. It will be launched very soon.
Through the site we hope to capture the voices and ideas of young people in Sri Lanka, and also to highlight issues, share ideas, etc.

Furthermore, infoshare is also looking at some IT literacy improvement projects. There maybe some possibilities we can discuss.

Pls mail me on anjula@info-share.org
cheers!

Anjula