Cww kannangara biography sample paper

C.w.w kannangara essay in english grade 10

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2. Born

3. Perents  Emily Wijesinghe  John Daniel Wijekoon Kannangara

4. Christopher William Wijekoon Kannangara was born on 13 October 1884, atWee Badu Walawwa (his maternal ancestral home) in the village ofWewala, off Hikkaduwa in the Southern Province of Ceylon. It has been inaccurately quoted that Kannangara was born in Randombe, (off Ambalangoda). Born to John DanielWijekoon Kannangara, the Deputy Fiscal in the Police Magistrate's Court Balapitiya, and Emily Wijesinghe, daughter of MudliyerWijesinghe. He had fyra siblings and his mother passed away when he was small. Early Life

5. Education His academic prowess enabled him to win a Foundation Scholarship to Richmond College, Galle, a prestigious secondary school at the time

6. Family

7. Spouse(s

8. Childrens  Dr. Chithraranjan Swarajweera Wijekoon Kannangara  Kusumawathi Wijekoon Senevirathne -nee Kannangara

9. Early career  he j

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The implementation of this free education scheme put an end to the social inequality that was inherently promoted by the colonial education system. For this reason, Kannangara is remembered as the ‘Father of Free Education’

As Sri Lankans, most of us are blessed with the free education of this country. If you compare this blessed word, ‘free education’, with the globe, you would understand more value of this.

And we have seen people just consider free education as being all about ‘education for free’ and think it is merely like a product or service given free of charge. In this context, Jayawardena (2013) defined free education as ‘Free education is not only to provide ‘education’ at free of cost but to provide equitable access to every child irrespective of the demography, exploit the individual strengths and cultivate good values to become a law-abiding citizen’.

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C. W. W. Kannangara

Sri Lankan politician and lawyer

Dr. Cristopher William Wijekoon Kannangara (Sinhala ආචාර්ය ක්‍රිස්ටෝෆර් විලියම් විජේකෝන් කන්නන්ගර; 18 October 1894 – 23 September 1969) was a Sri Lankan Lawyer and a politician. He rose up the ranks of Sri Lanka's movement for independence in the early part of the 20th century. As a lawyer he defended the detainees that were imprisoned during the Riots of 1915, many of whom were the emerging leaders of the independence movement. In 1931, he became the President of Ceylon National Congress, the forerunner to the United National Party. Later, he became the first Minister of Education in the State Council of Ceylon, and was instrumental in introducing extensive reforms to the country's education system that opened up education to children from all levels of society.

Born in the Southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa, his academic progress at the free Wesleyan school enabled him to win a Foundation Scholarship to Richmond College,