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ADB GRANTS FUNDS TO MODERNISE SRI LANKA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM.
AsiaPulse News, June, 2003
MANILA, June 16 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank is helping to modernize Sri Lanka's postsecondary education system through a US$45 million equivalent loan approved for a project to increase access to distance and online learning programs.
An ADB release says the Distance Education Modernization Project aims to provide a full range of quality courses for secondary school graduates who lack access to conventional universities by setting up a national network of telecenters and affiliated facilities in existing schools.
Over 18 years, the project will provide about 1.4 million additional students with access to postsecondary education.
Less than 3 per cent of the university age group in Sri Lanka is enrolled in public universities - compared...
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