President to launch digital education platform ‘publiclearn.lk’ today

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe will launch a digital education platform titled publiclearn.lk today at the Presidential Secretariat, making it easier for Sri Lankans to find free courses and achieve their education and professional goals via digital means.

Public Learn is a one-stop shop signposting users to free courses from some of the world’s leading universities.

The platform has been put together by Regent Global. Regent Global’s joint CEOs Tharshiny Pankaj and Dr. Selva Pankaj, as a CSR initiative for the group.

Both Selva and Tharsiny were born in Sri Lanka and spent their early years in the country before leaving for the UK during the civil war. Public Learn democratises learning by inducting hundreds, if not thousands, of formal outside-in education courses on almost any subject. Outside-in education is the process of acquiring new knowledge. Public Learn also gives Sri Lankans access to several courses that offer inside-out education. Inside-out education is about growing as a person; developing the character, attitude and mind-set needed to succeed in life. State for Education UK Former Secretary Sir Gavin Alexander Williamson CBE will do a virtual address. The developer is keen to promote the platform for the private sector employees to be used for CPD and educational interventions.

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