Any form of effective free education by the government is an investment in the future. It should yield a return to the national economy. Otherwise, it is a waste. If the national wealth spent on ...

Susikala was working as a daily wage earner at a flower garden in Hatton, a hilly area in central Sri Lanka, when in April 2022 the government defaulted on its debt. The default sent the economy into ...

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report titled Tax Giveaways, Struggling Schools has revealed that extensive tax exemptions handed to big business by successive Sri Lankan governments over decades have ...

Sri Lanka is currently going through educational reforms, along with economic changes and other initiatives. Over the past ...

Education reforms are among the most consequential policy decisions a nation can undertake. They shape not only the intellectual capacity of future generations but also the economic resilience, social ...

After graduating from Sri Lanka’s University of Kelaniya with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature, Tharuvi Nanayakkarawasam was eager to start her career and make her mark on the professional ...

Free health and education must receive recognition as fundamental rights within the supreme law of the country to ensure citizens possess the legal authority to seek court intervention when these ...

On a humid morning in a small government school outside Kurunegala, a teacher waits patiently as ten-year-old Isuru tries to read a sentence aloud. The words come slowly. He struggles with letters, ...