'Window of Opportunity opens for Lankan education'
 

PROF. UMA Cumaraswamy in her letter of invitation to me to this Round Table says that "traditional formal methods of education alone are far too inadequate to meet the demands set by the Millennium Development Goals". I cannot agree more. As a force contributing to social and economic development, Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has fast become an indispensable part of the main stream of educational systems.

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Males storming a female bastion:

Lanka's 'Beauty-rush'
 

SRI LANKA'S beauty industry has come a long way since its humble beginnings many decades ago. Today, it has produced many talented and skilled people in this field, of international standing. Many young people have made beauty and hair dressing a lucrative career. Some who have done well and set up their own establishments, have also provided jobs to other youth.

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