Trilingual program will make nation great
by L.S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI
Sri Lanka will use the program for a trilingual Sri Lanka to make the
nation great, India’s former President Dr. Abdul Kalam said.
Dr. Kalam arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday to participate in the launch
of the Trilingual Sri Lanka initiative program launched yesterday.
2012 has been declared as the year of Trilingual Sri Lanka.
The objective of the program is to create a harmonious nation and a
dignified society fluent in the three languages, Sinhala, Tamil and
English.
The ten-year program for a Trilingual Sri Lanka project was launched
by the Presidential Secretariat in association with the Ministries of
National Languages and Social Integration, Public Administration and
Home Affairs, Higher Education and Education.
Dr. Kalam said that languages have an important role in connecting
people’s minds, articulate the aspirations of the people and shape the
dreams of a nation. Learning in one’s mother tongue is quite natural.
However, learning other languages and a link language would create
harmony of thought and this could lead to a prosperous and peaceful
society, he said.
Dr. Kalam delivered a talk on ‘Ignited Minds of Youth is a Great
Resource for Nation” at the Bandaranaike Centre for International
Studies yesterday, organised by BCIS.
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