Sri Lanka: 'English as a Life Skill': Landmark job-oriented Presidential Initiative

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Daily News



'English as a Life Skill': Landmark job-oriented Presidential Initiative



President Mahinda Rajapaksa with great foresight and deep understanding of
the problems faced by Sri Lanka due to lopsided, archaic methods in the
teaching of English has embarked on a highly laudable and pragmatic
initiative in keeping with its current global use as a principal means of
communication, and in so doing will pay the way for providing
highly-productive employment in both the public and private sectors
throughout the country.



The President-inspired project will get off the ground on April 23 when a
three-day 'Business Mela' on the teaching of job-oriented English language
skills commences at Hotel Galadari, Colombo, organized by the Board of
Investment (BOI) in collaboration with the Public Survey and Research Unit
(PSRU) of the Presidential Secretariat.



Full story:

http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/04/22/fea01.asp

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Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138

Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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