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  2. Decolonization of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Rhodes Must Fall movement is said to have been motivated by a desire to decolonize knowledge and education in South Africa. [1] Decolonization of knowledge (also epistemic decolonization or epistemological decolonization) is a concept advanced in decolonial scholarship [note 1] [note 2] that critiques the perceived hegemony of Western knowledge ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Decolonization - Wikipedia

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    Early studies of decolonisation appeared in the 1960s and 1970s. An important book from this period was The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by Martiniquan author Frantz Fanon, which established many aspects of decolonisation that would be considered in later works. Subsequent studies of decolonisation addressed economic disparities as a legacy of ...

  5. Decoloniality - Wikipedia

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    Jonatan Kurzwelly and Malin Wilckens used the example of decolonisation of academic collections of human remains, which were collected during colonial times to support racist theories and give legitimacy to colonial oppression, and showed how both contemporary scholarly methods and political practice perpetuate reified and essentialist notions ...

  6. Kumaratunga Munidasa - Wikipedia

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    Kumaratunga Munidasa (Sinhala: කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස; 25 July 1887 – 2 March 1944) was a pioneer Sri Lankan linguist, grammarian, commentator, and writer. He founded the Hela Havula movement, which sought to remove Sanskrit influences from the Sinhala language. Considered one of Sri Lanka's most historically ...

  7. Decolonization of higher education in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Decolonization is the dismantling of colonial systems that were established during the period of time when a nation maintains dominion over dependent territories. The Cambridge Dictionary lists decolonization as "the process in which a country that was previously a colony (i.e. controlled by another country) becomes politically independent."

  8. Policy of standardisation - Wikipedia

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    The issue was compounded further by the fact that in Jaffna, where a largely Tamil populace resided, [5] students had access to English-medium education through American missionary schools. In addition, many Tamils sought jobs in government service and the medical and engineering professions due to the lack of opportunities in the densely ...

  9. C. W. W. Kannangara - Wikipedia

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    C.W.W. Kannangara, known as the father of free education in Sri Lanka, played a pivotal role in transforming the country's education system. Born in 1894 in a small village in Ambalangoda , he faced numerous challenges in his early life, which fueled his determination to ensure that others would not suffer the same educational disadvantages.