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We like to share the following piece by Professor Savitri Goonasekere and Dr.  Jayantha Dhanapala on behalf of 'The Friday Forum" which deals about institutional developments in Sri Lankan universities."The Friday Forum, in a spirit of democratic engagement wishes to draw attention to what our group considers priority concerns that  must be addressed and resolved to prevent further deterioration and a possible collapse of the state education system."The piece appeared in Colombo Telegraph and can be found here:http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-friday-forum-on-crisis-in-the-education-sector/Source: AISLS