Sri Lanka, April 11 -- The education system is one of the most important elements in sustainable development and shared prosperity of a country.

Although Sri Lanka is considerably far ahead compared to other developing countries at school level education, a clear disparity exists between them and us in education and producing skilled professionals and technical experts to suit the job market of the country.

Therefore, a new education policy is long overdue and promptly required to keep up with the rapidly developing world.

As an encouraging and inspiring move, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has launched a digital platform, offering a great opportunity for the public to submit creative proposals and innovative ideas to formulate a new pol...