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  2. Disability in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Council for Mental Health was established for disabled people who have mental illness. It serves as skills training centre and a shelter workplace. Sri Lanka Foundation for Rehabilitation of the Disabled manages "Rehab Lanka", a workshop giving employment to people with disabilities and earning some income for the organization.

  3. Legal education in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Legal education in Sri Lanka is based on the constitution and the legal framework of Sri Lanka which is mainly based on Roman-Dutch law.. The modern legal education in Sri Lanka dates back to 1833 when the Supreme Court was allowed by Section 17 of the Charter of 1833, to "admit and enrol as Advocates and Proctors, persons of good repute and of competent knowledge and ability upon examination ...

  4. Human rights in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The legacy of alleged human rights abuses continued to affect Sri Lanka after the end of the war. For example, the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Sri Lanka in 2013. The prime ministers of India, Canada, and Mauritius refused to attend due to concerns about Sri Lanka's human rights record, including "ongoing ...

  5. GCE Advanced Level in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    According to a 2010 study by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, symptoms of anxiety and depression were more common among students in GCE Advanced Level classes compared to other grades. Students in Grade 13 had the second-highest depression and anxiety scores, with examination-related issues being the most commonly cited problem.

  6. Suicide in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    According to the statistics of the Registrar General's office, at the time of independence (1948) suicide rate in Sri Lanka was 9 per 100,000 people. In the 1970s, it rose up to 19 per 100,000, and in the mid-1980s, it reached 33 per 100,000. The latest statistics for Sri Lanka show a suicide rate of 15 per 100,000.

  7. Healthcare in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Ruins of a 2,000 year old hospital in the historical city of Anuradhapura. Sri Lankan medical traditions records back to pre historic era. Besides a number of medical discoveries that are only now being acknowledged by western medicine, according to the Mahawansa, the ancient chronicle of Sinhalese royalty King Pandukabhaya had lying-in-homes and hospitals (Sivikasotthi-Sala) built in various ...

  8. National Hospital (Teaching), Kandy - Wikipedia

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    National Hospital (Teaching Hospital) Kandy is the second largest hospital in Sri Lanka. The bed strength of the hospital was 2291, as of 2011. [ 2 ] In 2019, Teaching Hospital Kandy was upgraded as the second National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

  9. Education in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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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 ...