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Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental right, the constitution mentions that 'the complete eradication of illiteracy and the assurance to all persons of the right to universal and equal access to education at all levels" in its section on directive principles of state policy ...
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The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [3]
The school was founded on 14 January 1887 as a Parish school affiliated to St. Paul's Church with 24 students and four teachers, with Stella Coban (1887 – 1892) as the first principal. [1] In the early years of the school the majority of the students belonged to the Burger community and the medium of education was English. In 1957 the school ...
A pirivena (plural: piriven) is a monastic college for the education of monks in Sri Lanka. In ancient time, they were also centers of secondary and higher education for lay people. As of 2018, 753 piriven have been founded and maintained by the Ministry of Education. [1] Young monks undergo training at these piriven prior to their ordination.
Sri Lanka's sovereign dollar bonds were all trading higher on the day after the island nation cleared the first review under its IMF bailout programme. The bonds were trading between 49.1 to 50.4 ...
It was established on 10 February 1967 with R. I. T. Alles as the founding principal, [1] [2] and was named after the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake. It provides education from Grades 1 to 13 in Sinhalese, Tamil and English languages. It is the second-largest multi-ethnic school in the country.
12th and 16th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2006-2015/2021-2022) → Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Economic Affairs → Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund → Chairman of the South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre (SEACEN) Board of Governors → Chairman of the SAARC Central Bank ...