Accountability Yes, Personal Attacks No: Defending Democratic Discourse – Making a Textbook Error Into a Political Battleground – Lionel Bopage

A single mistake that was in a Grade 6 English textbook has ignited a huge firestorm in Sri Lanka. What should have been a straightforward quality control issue has instead become a full-blown political crisis. This has raised urgent questions about accountability, democratic discourse, and the future of education reform in the country.

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