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(Daily News – by Rasika Somaratne) The initiative to draw a national road map to popularize English throughout the country reached its Second Phase yesterday at Temple Trees under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s patronage. Presidential Task Force on English and IT Coordinator Sunimal Fernando says the phase two targets a wider [...] (Sunday Island) Newspapers published the news about a protest staged by students, when Minister S. B. Dissanayake went to declare open a building at the Peradeniya University on July 12th. No one remembers now, what happened when JR went to open a Private Medical College, during his tenure of [...] (Sunday Observer – by Prof. Upali Vidanapathirana) Is the ‘economic miracle’ another political slogan? Should not people of this country have dreams of doubling Sri Lanka’s rate of economic growth and per capita income? Should not Sri Lanka strive to achieve such a dream by mobilising all her energy? Internally, Sri Lanka [...] T T Jayaratnam (Daily Mirror) Mahajana College, situated at Tellipallai is one hundred years old this year (2010). During the year 1910, the Thuraiappah family with the devoted assistance of the public at Tellipallai and adjoining villages, shouldered the task of establishing an English medium school at Tellipallai, primarily for the [...] (Daily Mirror – By Ingrid Knutson) Canada is privileged to have two leading Sri Lankan university Vice Chancellors who are extremely knowledgeable about Canadian society. They studied in Canada for years before returning home to Sri Lanka to take on leadership positions. There are currently 13 Moratuwa faculty members who studied in Canada [...] (Daily Mirror) English is English. There are different ways (and uses) of English in different countries. For instance Australians say (‘Good die’ for ‘Good day’) and the Americans pronounce ‘vase’ with an “eh” as against “vase” with an ‘ah). In one particular song ‘potato is sounded (with an oh) as against [...] (Sunday Observer – by Sahan Hasaranga Wasala) “The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.” Thanks to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, we are witnessing a fast growth of our economy. Simultaneously we have many investors coming into our peaceful motherland and starting huge development projects. Vibration analysis of [...] Private tuition a global issue Confronting the Shadow Education System: What Government Policies for What Private Tutoring? (2009), by Mark Bray. Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). 132 pp. €20. Electronic copy free of charge from www.iiep.unesco.org. (Sunday Island – Reviewer: Dr. W. Ariyadasa de Silva) Most readers [...] (Sunday Observer – by Dr. Antony Fernando) The number of candidates who passed in English at the last (2009) G.C.E. O/L exam is, as revealed by the Department of Examinations, only 28%. As many as 72% have failed. Since nearly 250,000 sat for it, close to 2,00,000 have not made the [...] (Daily News – by T. Vijayabaskar, Management Department Eastern University Sri Lanka) Generally in all organizations there are two types of resources being used. They are human resources and physical resources. Between these resources HR is vital for organizational sustainable competitive advantage. Since among four Ms that is to say, Men, Material, [...] The complexity of the English spelling system is to blame for soaring levels of illiteracy among teenagers, according to a researcher. (The Island) By Graeme Paton, Education Editor A high number of “inconsistencies” in the way basic words are spelt makes it much harder for children to read and write at a [...] (Daily News – by Dr. Lal Mervin Dharmasiri) Government has recently taken a policy decision to bring the private sector for higher education system. Under this initiative, it is expected that international/foreign universities will be in Sri Lanka and provide their facilities on this basis, there will be a competition [...] (Lakbima – By Izeth Hussain) I have been reading only in a rather perfunctory way the articles on Standard English and Sri Lankan English that have been appearing in our newspapers for several weeks. But I believe that a person of my generation who followed an English Honours course under Ludowycke from [...] Standard Sri Lankan English and English teaching in the context of International Standard English The first part of this article was published yesterday. (Daily News – by Methsiri Cooray- Attorney at Law and Vice President of the OPA) Public discourse on Sri Lankan English began with its discovery by the Presidential Initiative in [...] |
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