The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
In his response to our first part of this series, Prof. A. Rameez, Vice Chancellor, Professor in Sociology, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, has said the following in an email. “As
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With students heading and parents worrying about impending school exams in a month, it is not a waste of time to delve into why students are in school and why their child
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This investigative report is open for response as the accused have been named by the reporter-editors As funny, stupid and pseudo-intellectual as it may sound, the above title of this article is
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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision…Helen Keller Ever since the dawn of this century, we have had unprecedented upheavals in geo-politics, public health, warfare, rapid
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The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller is celebrated on October 20th each year. This day marks the anniversary of IFATCA (International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations), which was founded
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker prize for fiction, according to the Guardian London. The judges praised the “ambition of its scope,
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The Committee of the Vice Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) notes with concern the recent spate of incidents of ragging and student indiscipline that have occurred with the resumption of on-site academic activities
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You have heard it said that our education system is broken, it is in a perilous state. For that matter, we read in social media stories of political appointments to Government schools,
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s latest book, Marijuana on My Mind: The Science and Mystique of Cannabis, published by Cambridge University Press Martin was an intelligent and cocky young man whose
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We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men. — Martin Luther King, Jr. A grave concern confronting the civil aviation community is that, with the proliferation of military activity will inevitably
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