Change education system without becoming laughingstock before international community: Sajith

Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) - It is high time that Sri Lanka’s education system is changed to be in line with the changing world, without becoming a laughing stock of the international community, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said referring to the incident at the World Economic Forum involving Minister Sunil Handunetti.

“One should learn a lesson from what happened recently at the World Economic Forum. One should not become a laughing stock. What we saw at the World Economic Forum is a result of Sri Lanka’s failure to change its education system. I stressed the importance of improving the English language skills of school children, but I was ridiculed. However, it has become very clear that my suggestion was valid,” he added.