ARS - 2011http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1692024-03-29T01:18:35Z2024-03-29T01:18:35ZEnglish Language: A viable communication tool for sustainable developmentZakayo, M.A.http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/81352023-04-24T10:55:15Z2011-01-01T00:00:00ZEnglish Language: A viable communication tool for sustainable development
Zakayo, M.A.
Today, the English Language has become the most popular language in the world as a meaningful tool to develop mutual understanding and cooperation among nations. No country in the world can avoid using English. Countries that rejected English initially, like Russia, Japan and China, are now expanding their English education to cope with the international development needs.
Sustainability is a challenge facing every country today. There are threats to environment and ecosystem because of global warming, rising sea level and desertification; hence earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, cyclones and floods are very frequent. Consequently, countries are looking for avenues to solve the problems in order to sustain development.
Today, Sustainable Development is an international issue. A country cannot achieve much in protecting the ecosystem alone because the world is rapidly becoming a global village. Every country in the world is dependent on others. Carbon dioxide emissions from European factories contribute to the increasing temperature in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The answer to this problem is a global outlook. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of English communication skills as a tool of disseminating knowledge in international forums as regards problems of development and how development can be sustained in and among nations. Literature in English as a tool for communication will be used for this study.
It was found that the introduction of compulsory English education in all countries, as is done in Sri Lanka for university students, will be a milestone in achieving mutual understanding and cooperation in the future world that will bridge the communication gap between nations and peoples, and, thus, help in sustaining development and solving the problems of development easily.
2011-01-01T00:00:00Zමිනිස් ක්රියාකාරකම් තුළින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නායයෑම් වලට සිදුවන බලපෑම් පිළිබඳ අධ්යයනයක් (පේරාදෙණිය නගරය ඇසුරින්)Werake, W.M.M.S.http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/81342023-04-25T07:29:45Z2011-01-01T00:00:00Zමිනිස් ක්රියාකාරකම් තුළින් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නායයෑම් වලට සිදුවන බලපෑම් පිළිබඳ අධ්යයනයක් (පේරාදෙණිය නගරය ඇසුරින්)
Werake, W.M.M.S.
2011-01-01T00:00:00ZIndividual factors and student involvement in extracurricular activitiesWijewantha, P.http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/81332023-04-24T10:39:30Z2011-01-01T00:00:00ZIndividual factors and student involvement in extracurricular activities
Wijewantha, P.
Universities are not only places of knowledge creation and dissemination but they have a broad mission: developing and molding a “whole student”. Extracurricular activities are activities performed by students, outside the realm of the normal curriculum of university education. A deep investigation using available sources of literature indicates that there is a knowledge gap especially in the Sri Lankan context, with respect to factors affecting student involvement in extracurricular activities within the university.
Primary data for the study were collected through a self developed, personally administered structured questionnaire. Circumstances justified that this study should be conducted among the 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates when considering the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya. The sampling technique t used could be identified as Systematic Sampling, which is a Complex or Restricted Probability Sampling Method. A sample of 100 undergraduates was selected for the study.
Based on the study, it was concluded that there is no association between the individual factors of gender, ethnicity, religion, school attended, location of home town and family income level, whereas there is an association between the relationship status of undergraduates and their involvement in extracurricular activities. Further this creates the need to investigate whether the extracurricular activities available for students at university will develop the employable undergraduate required by the world of work.
2011-01-01T00:00:00ZIssues and challenges of rural educational development with special reference to Education Division in MawanellaWijethunga, W.T.A.W.Thennakoon, T.M.S.P.K.http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/81322023-04-26T06:57:48Z2011-01-01T00:00:00ZIssues and challenges of rural educational development with special reference to Education Division in Mawanella
Wijethunga, W.T.A.W.; Thennakoon, T.M.S.P.K.
Education receives a prominent place in society among other social concerns, due to its significance from the social development perspective. Although there were many efforts taken by the government to develop education, yet many issues and challenges in rural educational secto should be addressed. Educational improvement and then rural development cannot be expected, without identifying these issues and solving challenges particularly in rural school education. Therefore, the present study is specifically geared to identify the current issues and challenges towards the improvement of rural school education, illustrate the spatial distribution of rural schools in the study area and suggest the feasible solutions for the identified issues.
Two schools in Mawanella Educational Zone were selected for this study. Stratified random sampling was used to cover 6% of the students, 20% of their parents, and teachers were also selected. Six different methods were employed to collect data: pilot survey, interviews, discussions, case studies, observations and questionnaire survey and photographs.
The findings of this study were in close relationship with factors such as number of members in the family, parent‟s occupation, income and educational attainment of the student etc. Further, the study ascertained the way in which attitudes of parents and students influence the development of rural education. Problems related to student learning process and their adverse effects on educational development were also identified. Close proximity among schools, decreasing demand for rural schools, reduction of student‟s performance level, lack of resources, relationship of parents and teachers, poor functioning of school development societies and negative attitudes towards rural schools, were also highlighted as challenges of rural educational development.
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