http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/ This is an XML content feed of; News Portal from Sri Lanka : Last 10 News Bulletins Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz NewsPad - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:10:19 +0000 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:42:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz NewsPad 1.02 30 www.amarasara.info/amnews/RSS_news_feed.asphttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/images/amarasara-news1.jpghttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=989Catholic Church protest : Distortion of whose history?
- by Janaka Perera
(29.07.2010 - Asian Tribune)

The media reported recently that Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic clergy is reacting in spontaneous protest against the Education Department’s history text books. It is however not clear which sections and paragraphs in these books the clergy is referring to.

If the books criticize the Catholic religion itself and carry derogatory remarks about Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary and the Bible there is no question that the books should be withdrawn since such criticism would be offensive to Catholics and Christians. But if the Catholic Church is objecting to references on the use of religion by European Colonialists as a Trojan horse to consolidate their power in the conquered territories that is an entirely different issue. It cannot and should not be swept under the carpet in the name of ‘religious harmony’ however unpalatable it may be to some.
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]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:42:23 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=9892010-07-28 20:42:23 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=959Royal College 175 th Anniversary : A forgotten incident
- by Janaka Perera
(29.06.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

As Sri Lanka’s Royal College celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding this year on a grand scale of pomp and pageantry that perhaps no other school in the country can match, it is a moot question to ask whether there are alternate voices from within or outside Royal College, that have different views on how the grand old school should celebrate its anniversaries and success with the virtually unlimited resources it commands.

Parties on the streets may not be every student’s cup of tea in so far as celebration of school anniversaries or use of school resources is concerned, however plenty they may be. To be fair by Royal College it has not been without dissident voices even within its student ranks, who have grappled with moral conscience and spoken out in favour of others less privileged than the ‘elite’ students attending some Colombo based schools.
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]]>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:27:42 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=9592010-06-28 19:27:42 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=890Learning Korean without Speaking
- by Antonio Graceffo
(31.05.2010 - Asian Tribune)

South Korea : Normally, ALG say you do 800 hours of listening, then you start speaking, and you do writing and reading last. The reality is, however, if you are not at the Automatic Language Growth (ALG) school in Bangkok, it is nearly impossible to arrange these type of lessons for yourself.

And, strict ALG takes two years to learn a category three language, such as Chinese, Thai or Korean. Most people working in a foreign country can't invest two years in learning, particularly if they are on a one year or two year contract.
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]]>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:56:15 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8902010-05-30 17:56:15 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=878The surrendered LTTE cadres are all uneducated : Training them is another challenge
- by K. T. Rajasingham
(28.05.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Colombo : Almost ninety per cent of the surrendered cadres of the Liberation Tigers Tamil Eelam are uneducated. “They have not even completed their secondary education,” said Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms D E W Gunasekera speaking to Asian Tribune.

Minister Gunasekera said initially nearly 11,000 LTTE cadres surrendered after May 19 last year.

Out of them a total of 3000 were released and a balance of 8000 of them are with the rehabilitation centers. The Minister further said even this week they have released about 200 cadres.
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]]>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:53:08 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8782010-05-29 00:53:08 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=807SB wants to attract overseas students to Lankan Universities
(07.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

Newly appointed Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake said the country’s university system should be modernized to attract students from overseas including the Middle East. Such a measure would also generate good income, he said after assuming duties yesterday.

Dissanayake emphasized that the doors of the Ministry are open not only to the leaders of the Inter University Students Federation but to any undergraduate to discuss problems with the Minister. This also applies to all staff from the Vice Chancellor down to the sanitary labourer, he said.
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]]>Thu, 06 May 2010 22:51:18 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8072010-05-06 22:51:18 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=797Liberate universities !
(05.05.2010 - The Island, SL - Editorial)

Sri Lanka has made a name for herself as a country that has effectively neutralised terrorism. The JVP terror was defeated on two occasions, in 1971 and in the late 1980s. The LTTE terror which spanned three decades was brought to an end last year.

However, there are still pockets of terrorism of a different kind. They are the national universities, where some thugs in undergraduates' garb are unleashing hell. These mentally deranged elements resort to all forms of terrorism from torture to murder. They cut, stab and club one another in internecine battles that erupt far too often on campuses. New entrants have to undergo torture at the hands of psychopaths who call it ragging.
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]]>Wed, 05 May 2010 06:34:02 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7972010-05-05 06:34:02 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=796ICT conference and exhibition in Jaffna this week
(05.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) has focused its attention on further improvement of the standard of life of the people of the North. As one of the steps in this regard, ICTA has organised a workshop and an exhibition at the the Jaffna library this week.

ICTA said that this event will be conducted to disseminate information on projects that will benefit especially farmers, women, children, small scale entrepreneurs as well as differently abled persons.

The workshop will be held today (05.05.2010) and the exhibition will be on tomorrow (06.05.2010). A special focus at this event will be creating awareness of projects initiated by the e-Society programme of ICTA.
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]]>Wed, 05 May 2010 06:18:01 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7962010-05-05 06:18:01 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=792Lanka worst affected by ragging : Chief Justice Asoka de Silva
- by S. Thillainathan from Colombo
(05.05.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Colombo : Sri Lanka, of late, is worst affected by the menace of ragging in the world. It has now spread from universities to other institutions such as Technical Colleges, said Chief Justice Asoka De Silva.

He was addressing the national convention on student discipline: Anti Ragging and Anti Violence held at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute yesterday. This was organized by the University Grants Commission and Vice Chancellors and directors committee.

The Chief Justice said only about 10 per cent of students who sit for the advance level examination qualify to enter universities each year and these privileged few are the cream of the country who could guide the country to a new phase.
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]]>Tue, 04 May 2010 22:34:10 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7922010-05-04 22:34:10 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=770How colonial education system helped aggravate the Sinhala-Tamil problem
- by Shenali Waduge
(02.05.2010 - The Nation, SL)

Sri Lanka’s maladies are many, confining to more than one root cause. A factor that must not be forgotten is how the primary issue stemmed from the education system introduced by the colonial rulers that eventually helped shape the destruction that was to follow.

To most the present conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamils is connoted to depict a conflict between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority and the oppression of the majority upon the minority. This perception was first given weight during the mid 1950s when the Sinhala majority government passed legislation (linguistic) making Sinhala the only official language. It was also alleged that legislation was introduced to curb Tamil entrance to university and Tamil access to state employment. Much of this chagrin against the Sinhalese conveniently omitted to acknowledge how prior to the introduction of the legislation the unprecedented privileges given by the colonial rulers to the Tamils who were privy to the best of missionary schooling and plum jobs in the state sector. In spite of this, Tamil was made an official language in the early 1900s.
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]]>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:52:17 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7702010-05-01 23:52:17 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=729Student designs low cost optical 3-D scanner
(27.04.2010 - Daily News, SL)

Uva Wellassa University is the first ever entrepreneurial university in Sri Lanka. It fulfils the requirement of producing undergraduates with entrepreneurial skills much needed for the country. Daily News Business highlighted its importance recently.

This is the first of a series of articles based on final year student research reports on value addition which will be useful for industrialists as well as readers. Interested parties can contact the Uva Welassa University.

Nalinda A.N. Ranasinghe, a final year student, specializing in Mechatronics under the Science and Technology Degree program did a project titled ‘Low cost optical 3-D scanner for surface registration of simple objects’ with the objective of designing and implementing a low cost 3-D laser scanner device that is capable of scanning and reconstruction of 3-D models of simple objects.
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