This is Part 2 in our series on IDA-supported education programs in Sri Lanka. Part 1 Three Decades of Support to Improve Sri Lanka’s Education is available here For Sri Lanka, investment in education ...

Sri Lanka is poised on the crest of two great waves of opportunity. The first wave can transform the nation from a low-income country to a middle-income country The second wave can transform the ...

On a humid morning in a small government school outside Kurunegala, a teacher waits patiently as ten-year-old Isuru tries to read a sentence aloud. The words come slowly. He struggles with letters, ...

Sri Lanka is keen to establish itself as an education hub in Asia, trading on its strategic location, tourism appeal and significant development planned – which includes a US$1.4bn ambitious port city ...

The Sri Lankan government announced last month that it will introduce major changes to the education system starting in 2026. Its education program, however, is essentially based on the former ...

Sri Lanka’s violent ethnic conflict came to an end in mid-2009, when the separatist LTTE was militarily defeated by the Sri Lankan security forces. Following the end of the decades-long war, the ...

Representatives from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Technology, United States Embassy in Sri Lanka and Microsoft at the MoU signing. Colombo, Sri Lanka – March 20, 2024 – The Ministry of ...

Valued at $50 million and financed by the Saudi Fund for Development, the Faculty of Medicine has been developed to expand ...