Educational Background Toward Crimes in Sri Lanka (1948

Educational Background Toward Crimes in Sri Lanka (1948 – 1970)

Educational policies of Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike were not liked by Christian community. Education and employment opportunities for many Tamil youth were limited after the enactment of Sinhala Only Act. Sirimavo Bandaranaike tried to reduce the invasion of Christian missions over Sri Lankan education system. She nationalized most of the private schools and stopped state subsidies to remaining private schools.

College of Advanced Technology in Katubedda in 1956, University of Vidyodaya in 1958, University of Vidyalankara in 1959, and the Colombo campus of the University of Ceylon in 1967 were established to expand the education system. By the mid 0f 1960s, examinations were conducted in Sinhala and Tamil languages to expand the admissions for universities, but with the problem of lack of funds, by the late 1960s, admissions were decreased. Sinhalese were majorly defeated from this problem. This defeat led to 1971 JVP riots, as a result of frustration.

Until two decades after independence, Hindu and Christians held the majority of secondary education and university programs, but with the handling of government goes to Sinhalese continuously, Tamils lost their government service opportunities. They began to strength their educational capacity over science and medicine and gradually Tamils held the majority in those fields. When Sinhala Bachelor of Arts students were being disrupted by changes in the labor market, Tamil science students were embarking on lucrative professional careers. As a result, it became a major political problem as Sinhalese started riots to reduce the numbers of Tamil students in science and medical faculties.

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