Sri Lanka, July 20 -- Within two years after the Free Education Ordinance, 44 central colleges were established throughout the country mainly in the rural areas with well equipped buildings,laboratories and hostels

Much has been said and written about the great C.W.W. Kannangara for his salutary role in the introduction and implementation of the free education policy in Sri Lanka. The nation owes a debt of gratitude to him. But we have almost forgotten other great people behind the story of free education.There are two unsung heroes behind the great story of free education.

The first one was Rev. James Home Darrell,an Englishman Rev.Darrell was born 1872. In 1890,he entered the Cambridge University where he excelled in Mathematics and o...