Sri Lanka, April 28 -- The 10th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Lecturers Association was held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo over the weekend with the participation of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led National People's Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The NPP, who strongly opposed tuition classes, calling tuition culture a racket, presented a completely different stance by saying they will not stop tuition classes if they came to power. Here are the views expressed by various academics about the NPP's views.

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We have no intention of jeopardising the teaching profession - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of...