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This is Colombo the heart of Sri Lanka Here we go… One territory—different living standards and lifestyles.   One human being—different races, cultures, religions, customs, etc. One City—15 zones Colombo English name Sinhala name 1 Colombo Fort Kotuwa 2 Slave Island Kompanyaweediya 3 Colpetty Kollupitiya 4 Bambalapitiya Bambalapitiya 5 Narahenpita, Havelock Town, Kirulapone North Narahenpita, […]

The Library That Changed Lives

The direction of my life, studying on top and beneath trees, on the seashore, and walking here and there for my advanced level (A/L), was changed thanks to the Colombo public library. The times I spent without proper knowledge about libraries, and the time I was not that much interested in reading books, were changed […]

Sri Lankan Education Needs Oxygen – Part III

Part-III With a simple reader friendly writing style Sri Lankan educational culture Education has become one of the major elements in Sri Lankan society. This is especially in the school education system. The school education system presently has become so competitive, which parents put a great effort into as their first attempt of admitting children […]

Teenage Grounds The Future – Part I

Part-I With a simple reader friendly writing style The importance of uprooting hardly rooted barriers, and self restricted mind frame, for the development of societies. I here highly emphasise on attitude changes through education and how much it is needed for the present societies to rethink and reorganise their existing harmful behaviours on young people […]

Sri Lankan Education Needs Oxygen – Part II

With a simple reader friendly writing style Sri Lankan Educational Structure Sri Lankan education structure is divided mainly into five as, Primary from grade 1 to 5, secondary grade 6 to 9, senior secondary grade 10 to 11, collegiate and tertiary grade 12 to 13, and university. According to the above classification, except university education […]

Sri Lankan Education Needs Oxygen – Part I

Part-I  With a simple reader friendly writing style Defining Education The general definition for education is a process of teaching, training and learning specially in schools, colleges, or universities to improve knowledge and to develop skills. Education helps to upgrade and uplift society from the place where it is to a higher place. For this […]