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The World Bank has offered Sri Lanka a US $ 60 million grant for the Education Ministry to support its education development programs .World Bank's Country Director Peter Harrold said the grant would be prepared by the year-end. The grant is planned for a four-year period from 2006 to 2010.
At a ceremony to launch the report Treasures of the Education System in Sri Lanka, a comprehensive and scientific analysis of Sri Lanka's education system ever done by the leading funding body, Peter Harrold commended the efforts by the State to enhance quality, accessibility and standards in the fields of school and tertiary education levels.
Education Secretary Dr. Tara de Mel noting that the government is acutely sensitive to the critical role education is playing in the economic growth and poverty reduction strategy in the country, said her aim was to ensure university access for all 100,000 students who qualify at the GCE Advanced Level.
She said the launch of this
landmark report was timely as they were moving towards a more advanced
cycle of education reforms, with rapid modernisation and acceleration of
development to reach global standards.
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