Sri Lanka: Science Teaching in the National Languages.

Ranaweera, A. Mahinda

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ERIC Number: EJ148923

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1976

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Sri Lanka: Science Teaching in the National Languages

Ranaweera, A. Mahinda

Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 6, 3, 416-23, 76

Presents a history of the use of national languages as the medium of instruction in math and science education in Sri Lanka. Concludes that the transition from English to the national languages as the medium of instruction helped destroy class barriers. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language of Instruction, Official Languages, Science Education History, Science Instruction, Social Status, Textbook Selection

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Identifiers - Location: Sri Lanka

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