Lasni Buddhibhashika Jayasooriya
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Lasni Buddhibhashika Jayasooriya
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How successful is the trilingual policy in Sri Lanka? What can post-conflict multicultural contexts do to promote social cohesion and linguistic harmony?

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The trilingual dream of post-war Sri Lanka
Purpose. Language issues play a key role in Sri Lanka’s post-war reconciliation, having contributed to past ethnic conflicts. Therefore, as a country still striving for post-war reconciliation, unders...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My recent paper on “Human Rights Education and Global Citizenship” discusses issues pertaining to human rights education in state sector schools in Sri Lanka through an analysis of civic education textbooks drawing from research elsewhere and relevant theories.
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Human Rights Education and Global Citizenship: an analysis of Sri Lankan Civic Education curricula
Human Rights Education (HRE) is crucial for Sri Lanka, having endured a 26-year-long civil war and various violent experiences arising from ethnic, religious and political tensions. In the context ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Shout out to a paper published earlier this year 🙌
This paper discusses how Bilingual Education policies in Sri Lanka has influenced identities of teachers and students therefore their impact on education in general and social harmony.

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Bilingual education and identity politics in post-war Sri Lanka
Multilingualism is widely celebrated as a quality that education should promote for purposes of peacebuilding, inter-cultural understanding and the fostering of transferable skills. But the experie...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Lasni Buddhibhashika Jayasooriya
Delighted to be publishing this, HRER’s first article focusing on #SriLanka
Hoping to publish many more!
@hrer.bsky.social has an open call for papers
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November 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM