Open distance learning
Alternative provider of quality education:
The Open School Department in NIE has completed
six years of its journey and has proved that the Open Distance
Learning (ODL) mode is a viable option in the educational arena. The
NIE with the assistance of Prison Department in Welikada will
organise a series of activities to create awareness on open
schooling among all the stakeholders of the country.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Nationalist Moment
Ranil hasn’t had a stellar track record as a
politician. Indeed some would describe him as a political disaster
who got to where he is now not on account of skill or intellect but
by virtue of being so-and-so’s so-and-so. He seems to have been
motivated only by one thing: self-interest. He’s always looked out
for himself, not party, not country and no, not even friends. While
cleverer, more talented and politically senior individuals took
risks, he stayed home. They invited death and paid the price for
being careless. He didn’t take risks. He put the country at risk
instead
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Rain Water Harvesting Policy in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans are world famous for
its water resource management. The first ever dam built in the world
Tissa Wawe (3rd Century BC) is recorded from this island (History of
Dams, 1994) and also the famous proclamation by King Parakramabahu
the Great (1153-1186 AD), “.....let not even a small quantity of
water obtained by rain, go to the sea without benefiting man”
(Arumugam, 1969, quoted from Mahawansa), shows the wisdom and
commitment of ancient kings and people to conserve and efficiently
manage water resources.
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