<div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: <a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a><br><br><br>Daily News<br><br><br><br>'English as a Life Skill': Landmark job-oriented Presidential Initiative<br>
<br><br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><br>Full story:<br><br><a href="http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/04/22/fea01.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/04/22/fea01.asp</a><br><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br>Harold F. Schiffman<br>
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