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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Distance education goes on-line to help rural youth - Anushka Nanayakkara, Sri Lanka Sunday Observer
The number of students following distance education programmes is increasing at the rate of 40 per cent per year. The Ministry of Higher Education and Sri Lanka Institute of Development and Administration have taken steps to launch the Distance Education Programme recently to cater to the growing demand. President of Commonwealth of Learning Sir John Daniel, an expert in the on-line Distance learning projects was in Colombo to launch the new project on Thursday. "The Distance Education Modernisation Project", was funded by the government of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank.

 



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