Sri Lanka, Nov. 5 -- Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the free education system will collapse if SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa's election manifesto is implemented.

"The future generation will be deprived of free education if the policy manifesto of Rajapaksa is implemented," he said.

He was addressing an intellectuals' discussion organised by several youth organisations at the Public Library auditorium yesterday.

According to him, Rajapaksa in his election manifesto has proposed to eliminate the Z-score used for the university entrance. "If this was implemented, we will lose free education at a time when our government has increased the university entrance," he said.

He said when the Z-score formula is used, q...