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<h1 class="">Sri Lanka, UNDP promote social inclusion through language labs</h1>
<span class=""> Author </span><span class=""><a class="" href="http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/author/editor/" title="View all posts by LBO" rel="author">LBO</a></span><br><span class="">Posted on </span><a href="http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lanka-undp-promote-social-inclusion-through-language-labs/" title="4:03 PM" class="">June 21, 2016</a><span class=""> | </span><a href="http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/category/other-news/" rel="tag">Other News</a>
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<p>Jun 21, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s multicultural society should be
regarded as a strength and not a weakness to promote national
co-existence, a minister said.</p>
<p>“Multiculturalism and pluralism is not a weakness but a strength to
our country,” Mano Ganesan minister of national co-existence, dialogue
and official languages said at the opening of the second United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) assisted language laboratory recently.</p>
<p>“My goal is to establish 16 language laboratories across Sri Lanka.
On a journey to realize this and achieve national co-existence, I thank
the UNDP for their assistance.”</p>
<p>The opening of this second laboratory is part of an effort to bridge
the existing language gap and support the implementation of the official
languages policy which will allow citizens to receive services from any
public institution in the language of one’s choice.</p>
<p>This can also promote wider dialogue in Sri Lanka, enhance the
quality of public service delivery to all citizens, and build social
cohesion by bringing together previously marginalized and excluded
groups.</p>
<p>“UNDP is encouraged by the continued emphasis placed by the
Government of Sri Lanka on the implementation of the Official Languages
Policy,” Lovita Ramguttee, resident representative UNDP Sri Lanka said.</p>
<p>“We strongly believe this support contributes towards further
strengthening the institutional capacity of the Department of Official
Languages enabling it to almost double its intake of current students
thus supporting Sri Lanka in working towards Sustainable Development
Goal 16 which focuses upon promoting peaceful and inclusive societies
for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and
building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all
levels.”</p>
With an investment of an estimated 10 million rupees each, the new
labs have been equipped with language teaching equipment and technology,
which will facilitate more student-centered and interactive teaching
using some of the latest techniques and technology available for
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