A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, May 30, 2014
Few jobs for high achievers in former Sri Lanka war zone
Northern Province gets top exam results but offers few prospects
A student stands in a house damaged during the war in the Mamaduwa area, Vavuniya district. (photo by Amantha Perera)
When results of Sri Lanka’s 2013 national university entrance exams were released last December, education officials in the former war-torn Northern Province had reason to be proud.
Of the 16,604 students from the north who sat for the exams, 63.8 percent obtained the minimum requirement to gain entry into national universities.
Northern Province gets top exam results but offers few prospects
A student stands in a house damaged during the war in the Mamaduwa area, Vavuniya district. (photo by Amantha Perera)
When results of Sri Lanka’s 2013 national university entrance exams were released last December, education officials in the former war-torn Northern Province had reason to be proud.
Of the 16,604 students from the north who sat for the exams, 63.8 percent obtained the minimum requirement to gain entry into national universities.