EDUCATION IN SRI LANKA

[neo76]

Meka mama kiyanna nevei hithagena gitiye.
Aanduwata wadipura aadaayam enne income tax, vehicle import, petrol consumption wage dewal walin. When compared to that, the income get less income from the people who do less transactions, use public transport etc.
But, when government is giving back facilities like education, government is not giving one person a higher amount and another person a smaller amount.

So, when considering that, governments like Sri Lanka is doing a more cooperative work. (taken more from more financially competent people, but given back facilities almost equally)
So, what you said was correct.
If government did not get involved in primary and secondary education, many people would not have been able to think about education in Sri Lanka.

If I have posted wrong figures, sorry for that.

But my point was not that.
I was telling that primary and secondary education is perfect.
I was discussing about how to improve the opportunities for tertiary education.
But, you were talking about increasing the dedicated percentage from GDP to education from one figured value to two figured value.
This is not going to happen.
You check this out in ten years.
Believe me or not.

 

[neo76]

මේ තර්කය වැරදියි සහොදරයා.
අපි නොමිලේ අද්යාපනය දෙනවා කියන එක තනිකරම බොරුවක්.
දවසෙම වැඩ කරන කම්කරුවෙක් හවස කෑමට ගන්න පාන් ගෙඩියෙන්, දවසම හිගා කාලා තමන් ඉන්න තැනට යන හිගන මනුස්සයෙක් ගන්න බස් ටිකට් එකන් පවා මේ රටේ මිනිස්සු ගෙවනවා අපි ඉගෙනගන්නවට. එහම මිනිස්සු ගෙවපු සල්ලි වලින් උගන්නපන් කියන එක අසාදාරන ඉල්ලීමක්ද.නැහැ එහෙව් සල්ලි වලින් 1% යි දෙන්නේ ආ ඉදා ඉගෙන ගනින් කියල. හුගක් එවුන් තමන්ගෙ අතින් වියදම් කරල හරි දරුවට මොකක් හරි තැනකින් පාටමාලවක් කරල දෙනවා.
ඉතින් එහම ඉන්න එකද හරි?දුප්පත් රටක ආන්ඩුව අදයාපනේ වෙනුවෙන් මැදිහත් වුනේ නැත්නම් ඒ රටට ගොඩ ඒමක් නෑ. මොකද දුප්පත් මිනිස්සුන්ට ඉගෙනගන්නවාට වඩා එදාවේල කන එක වැදගත්.
ආයේ ඔය නොමිලේ අද්යාපන කතාව කියන කොට පොඩ්ඩක් හිතල බලන්න.

Dawasema kulee wada karala, hawasata paan gediyak kana manussayagen boho wita aanduwa aadayamak labala naha. Annduwa e wenuwata, athyawashya aahara drawyath paaduwata deela thiyenne.
E manussayage putha igena ganne, wadiyen salli upayapu manussayek gewapu adayam badu, petrol badu, waahana aanayanaya karaddi gewapu badhu walin.

Brother. you have not realized this truth i guess.
This truth may be bitter.
But, it's the reality.
I was not expecting to tell this, because it may hurt some one.

 

[neo76]

Api wage rataka aanduwe madihath weema nathi unoth, salli thiyana minihaat prashnayak naha. Eth salli nathi kena naththata nathi wenawa.
Amarikaweth narak wechcha dathak ugullaganna bariwa duk windina kochchara denek innawada.
Aanduwe madihath weemen karala thiyenne, athi nathi paratharaya adu kireemai.
Salli thiyena kenagen wadiyen aragena, salli nathi kenata wadiyen deela thiyenne.
Ape rate hamadaama labeemata wada, wiyadama wadiy.
Wiyadam wadiyak karanna suba saadanaya sandaha. (defence, education, health etc)
Waradi than athi. Mama ewa hariy kiyanne naha".
Ehema thiyagen, education walata two figured value ekak GDP walin denna kiyana eka harima aathmaarthakaami illeemak.
Hamadaama "diyaw, diyw" kiya kiya, anunge deyak gannawata wadaa, thamangen ratata mokakda karanna puluwan kiyala hithana eka neda honda.
Oya kiyana widihata, naya wela hari, salli thiyana minihatama thawa tax gahala hari, wadak nathi upaadhi daarin thawa bihi kaloth. eeta passe "rassa diyaw, diyw" kiyala lipton wata ravume hari, Pettah rail way station eka issaraha hari kaa gahai.
Langadi ara upaadi daarin godakata pinata wage rassa dunne, samaaja saadaranayak karanna neda. Eth e hunga degek AGA office wala nikan neda inne.
Eyalata padi gewanneth rate inna productive miniha gewana tax walin neda.

Ehema nevei. Thamangen ratata karanna puluwan mokakda kiyala hithanna one.
Productive graduates la wadiyen bihi karanna one.
I was talking about a way, how to increase productive graduates, without causing an extra burden to the country.

I'm sorry brothers if i did hurt anyone.
This is just what I think and I can be wrong.
Nothing said above, is personal

 

[neo76]

I usually don't criticize others views in this extent.
Please forgive me if anyone got hurt.
Just don't take it personal and try make it a productive discussion.
Once again, this is only what I think and I'm not perfect.
and what you say may be more correct than what I said.
Open for discussion.

But, by the way, I strongly believe, if someone can live, without becoming a burden to the country, that itself is a great service to the nation.

 

[BINGU_PUTHA]

owa nikan surathal kathane.... padu nolabana/laba nolabana widiyata charitiyak karanna puluwan un lankawe innawane.... ane mahaththayo kerena wadak kiyanna.....

ohoma charity hoya hoya yana welawe profit balan inna ekekuwa set kara gaththanan ara charity campus gahanna hithaddi mehe degree denna patan ganna puluwan....

එතකොට සල්ලි තියෙන සුලුතරයයි, නොමිලේ අද්යපනයෙන් එන සුලුතරයි තමයි අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙන්නේ.

එහෙත් ලක්ෂ ගනම් වියදම් කරන්න බැරි, බහුතරයක් ගැන කාටවත් හැගීමක් නැහැ. ඒගොල්ලොන්ට මොකක් හරි වැඩ පිළිවෙලක් තියෙන්න ඕනේ.

 

[BINGU_PUTHA]

exactly. The universities should be taken as non-profit organizations.
They could generate more income through education-tourism.
And with that money, they can increase the number of local trainees getting
free tertiary education.

I never meant that we should reduce the number of intake for tertiary education. I was talking about how to increase the number of intake for free tertiary education.

Even in the current setup, the extremely rich people can give tertiary education for their kids. I was talking about how to extend that facility to the middle class as well

ඔය තියෙන්නේ. හොද අදහසක්

 

[GuneBhai]

Dawasema kulee wada karala, hawasata paan gediyak kana manussayagen boho wita aanduwa aadayamak labala naha. Annduwa e wenuwata, athyawashya aahara drawyath paaduwata deela thiyenne.
E manussayage putha igena ganne, wadiyen salli upayapu manussayek gewapu adayam badu, petrol badu, waahana aanayanaya karaddi gewapu badhu walin.

Brother. you have not realized this truth i guess.
This truth may be bitter.
But, it's the reality.
I was not expecting to tell this, because it may hurt some one.

 

[neo76]

I just like to share a "story".
This was told by one of my friends.
He told that, he might not mind dying, when he is old.
He told that, he might not mind being born again in a new family.
But he told that, he certainly DO MIND, and don't like to learn and face exams
from the beginning again, in this set up.

Even in the news, we hear that, some mothers suicide with kids, for
exam/ education related matter. A college mate of mine also did suicide
following unsuccessful A/L.

So, learning in this system would be very stressful for some people.
What I wanted to say was, we could minimize this education related
stress if we could improve the opportunities for the youth.
At the same time, we should find ways to achieve this without
much burden to the country.

 

[GuneBhai]

එතකොට සල්ලි තියෙන සුලුතරයයි, නොමිලේ අද්යපනයෙන් එන සුලුතරයි තමයි අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙන්නේ.

එහෙත් ලක්ෂ ගනම් වියදම් කරන්න බැරි, බහුතරයක් ගැන කාටවත් හැගීමක් නැහැ. ඒගොල්ලොන්ට මොකක් හරි වැඩ පිළිවෙලක් තියෙන්න ඕනේ.

ithin ehenan amerikawe oka hariyata karanne...? Germany wala karanne? Indiayawe karanne?

ayi lankawe karanna barida..?

anika bahutharaya gana hithala thama private universities danna kiyanne... un laba ganna one nisa huga denekuta athulu wenna ganna adu karanawa... anduwata thiyenne ewa niyamana karana ekayi ethakota!

 

[neo76]

Thanks.
At least there are few who agrees with me.

 

[GuneBhai]

I just like to share a "story".
This was told by one of my friends.
He told that, he might not mind dying, when he is old.
He told that, he might not mind being born again in a new family.
But he told that, he certainly DO MIND, and don't like to learn and face exams
from the beginning again, in this set up.

Even in the news, we hear that, some mothers suicide with kids, for
exam/ education related matter. A college mate of mine also did suicide
following unsuccessful A/L.

So, learning in this system would be very stressful for some people.
What I wanted to say was, we could minimize this education related
stress if we could improve the opportunities for the youth.
At the same time, we should find ways to achieve this without
much burden to the country.

yes A/Ls are corrupting the children. This exam is not intended to meassure how much a candidate is learnt but to find any method to make him ineligible to the higher education.

In fact the trick of passing A/L is not how much knowledge you have but how you wright the exam in 3hrs. time. Total BS method.

 

[GuneBhai]

Thanks.
At least there are few who agrees with me.

Many agree with you mate. But there are some people who have gotten a swollen head by getting educated in a gov. uni. They do not want others to get any qualification similar to theirs. They will go to mars if they can stop it.

It is nothing but sheer jealousy and minority complex.

 

[neo76]

ithin ehenan amerikawe oka hariyata karanne...? Germany wala karanne? Indiayawe karanne?

ayi lankawe karanna barida..?

anika bahutharaya gana hithala thama private universities danna kiyanne... un laba ganna one nisa huga denekuta athulu wenna ganna adu karanawa... anduwata thiyenne ewa niyamana karana ekayi ethakota!

Machan, umba nam maarai.

Yes exactly.
We have to create a competition among private universities.
Then the prize will come down to an affordable limit.
(Affordable even to upper and lower middle class)
Government only has to moderate.
Government can even say, a certain percentage (e.g 5%) of students, they should give scholarships.
How about that.
Even the poor people might get a chance for a schol.

Meka hungak unta therennathi ekane macho prashne.

Ekko graduate una ekek kamathi naha thawa ekek graduate wenawata

 

[BINGU_PUTHA]

ithin ehenan amerikawe oka hariyata karanne...? Germany wala karanne? Indiayawe karanne?

ayi lankawe karanna barida..?

anika bahutharaya gana hithala thama private universities danna kiyanne... un laba ganna one nisa huga denekuta athulu wenna ganna adu karanawa... anduwata thiyenne ewa niyamana karana ekayi ethakota!

In developed countries (e.g. Canada), a student can take federal/provincial government loans for their studies. Free education is provided up to secondary education (high school).

Apart from that, we invest money for our child for his education through long term plans (people can earn lot of money here compared to SL) and ALSO GOVERNMENT ADD FUNDS TO IT TOO.

What is the cost of typical 4 year degree in recognized SL private university?.

 

[neo76]

Many agree with you mate. But there are some people who have gotten a swollen head by getting educated in a gov. uni. They do not want others to get any qualification similar to theirs. They will go to mars if they can stop it.

It is nothing but sheer jealousy and minority complex.

Exactly.
I have seen many educated people, blocking other getting graduated.
This situation is worse in post graduate studies.
What I say is, we should let the younger generation have a better education, better time. We had hard times. Never mind. But, we should make more opportunities for the younger generation. That's how we should think if you truly love your country.
As I said before, you should not take pains in developing the country.
Just make them more opportunities to learn in more productive fields.
They then will get engaged in productions/ services with better quality and quantity. With each transaction, government will get taxes.
These tax rupees can be made to work, for social benefit.
That's my vision about development

 

[neo76]

In developed countries (e.g. Canada), a student can take federal/provincial government loans for their studies. Free education is provided up to secondary education (high school).

Apart from that, we invest money for our child for his education through long term plans (people can earn lot of money here compared to SL) and ALSO GOVERNMENT ADD FUNDS TO IT TOO.

What is the cost of typical 4 year degree in recognized SL private university?.

Superb post.
Will get back to you with information

 

[neo76]

yes A/Ls are corrupting the children. This exam is not intended to meassure how much a candidate is learnt but to find any method to make him ineligible to the higher education.

In fact the trick of passing A/L is not how much knowledge you have but how you wright the exam in 3hrs. time. Total BS method.

Super.
Well said

 

[neo76]

එතකොට සල්ලි තියෙන සුලුතරයයි, නොමිලේ අද්යපනයෙන් එන සුලුතරයි තමයි අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙන්නේ.

එහෙත් ලක්ෂ ගනම් වියදම් කරන්න බැරි, බහුතරයක් ගැන කාටවත් හැගීමක් නැහැ. ඒගොල්ලොන්ට මොකක් හරි වැඩ පිළිවෙලක් තියෙන්න ඕනේ.

Hariyatama hari.
Mamath kiyanne okama thamai

 

[BINGU_PUTHA]

private universities are essential in SL. No one can oppose it, But in current situation, poor children may not be afford it. Many families in SL can not afford that. I know one family who spend more than 20 lacks to get a three year degree. If you have two children, how many families in SL to support such expensive education?

So there should be a way to fund them, may be as a loans, may be through some other forms (not as few scholarship).

Is this the wrong/jealous thinking?. Is education is only for those from government universities and those have lot of money?

 

[BINGU_PUTHA]

Hariyatama hari.
Mamath kiyanne okama thamai

සල්ලි තියන අය, ලංකාවේ හෝ වේවා, පිටරට හෝ වේවා ඉගෙනගන්නවා. ඒගොල්ලොන්ට ප්‍රස්නයක් නැහැ.