LankaWeb – WHEN A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT EXISTS ONLY ON PAPER. Sinhala-Speaking Citizens in Northern Sri Lanka: Unequal Access to National-Language Education, Administration and Public Services

Shenali D Waduge A NATIONAL LANGUAGE EXISTS— BUT IS NOT AN EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE RIGHT FOR SINHALESE CITIZENS IN NORTH SRI LANKA. Sri Lanka’s Constitution recognises Sinhala and Tamil as National Languages subsequent to 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord & 13th amendment. It was a provision forcibly passed legislatively. The Constitution further provides that a person is entitled to be […]