by polity.lk | Jul 26, 2021 | Workshops
Enhancing Civic Education: TOTs and School Workshops (September 2019 – March 2020) A two-day training of trainers was organized in two language-based phases for teachers of Civic Education in the Galle, Matara, Hambanthota and Ampara Districts. The trainings focused...
by polity.lk | Jul 26, 2021 | Workshops
Enhancing Civic Education: Teacher Training Programs (March – April 2018) Training programs were conducted for teachers of Civic Education, and addressed key topics in the local Ordinary Level syllabus. The trainings were conducted in two phases based on medium of...
by polity.lk | Jul 23, 2021 | Intervention
Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’ Devaka Gunawardena The Left in Sri Lanka—currently more of an aspirational idea, than an active movement—is once again at the crossroads. Those people who at least explicitly self-identify as Left appear to be split...
by polity.lk | Jul 14, 2021 | Statement
A call to action against the detention of Hejaaz Hizbullah and Ahnaf Jazeem, anti-Muslim violence, and attacks on democracy Decades of majoritarian politics, and the more recent descent towards authoritarianism and militarisation, have eroded the foundations of our...
by polity.lk | Jun 28, 2021 | Essay
In Memoriam: Malathi de Alwis (1963 – 2021) and Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021) It is with deep sadness that Polity marks the untimely loss of not one but two great Sri Lankan scholars Malathi de Alwis and Qadri Ismail in the space of five months of each other. As Andi...
