{"id":106471,"date":"2022-12-27T05:54:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T05:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=106471"},"modified":"2022-12-27T05:54:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T05:54:50","slug":"education-is-a-right-not-a-privilege-by-umanda-jayobandara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/education-is-a-right-not-a-privilege-by-umanda-jayobandara\/","title":{"rendered":"Education is a Right, not a Privilege &#8211; By Umanda Jayobandara"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Education is a Right, not a Privilege &#8211; <span style=\"color: #808000;\">By Umanda Jayobandara<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106472 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C5622AQH0Awj88FaiDg\/feedshare-shrink_800\/0\/1671560403775?e=1675296000&amp;v=beta&amp;t=7-R4wrR8pTNc0LWHPNOHMr27hGeSk7LUuTJudeNY7Ys\" alt=\"degree\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Source :\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/umanda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Umanda Jayobandara Linkedin<\/span> <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This picture belongs to Punniyaselvan, a first person from Glasow, Nanu Oya, to graduate from University of Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This is a huge win for everyone in that village and for free education in Sri Lanka as a whole. I don&#8217;t want to say more, but this picture tells the whole story of this young man and the people who cared about him and the way he never forgot them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Everyone should be able to get an education, and it should be free for everyone. I stand up for free education and fight for it with all my heart. Everyone here in Sri Lanka gets a free education all the way to university, thanks to Honourable C.W.W. Kannangara, who was the father of free education in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka is a great country with kind people and a lot of history. Yes, we are going through a very hard time, but stories like Punniyaselvan give us hope, courage, and the power we need to fight hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Congratulations, young man! 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