Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Sri Lanka: What was Wrong at Peradeniya? A Critical View

Our time was a period of transition. Many of the special degree students who followed lectures in Sinhala or Tamil could have followed or sat for assessments in English.


by Laksiri Fernando- 


( October 31, 2017, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) Peradeniya undoubtedly was picturesque, but could it be said about its education as well? With the risk of gaining criticism, I am again critically relating my personal experiences at the university of Peradeniya (University of Ceylon) between 1964 and 1968, first year at the Colombo campus. I might come back on more theoretical stuff some other time.