3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
(a) to promote education in Sri Lanka ; |
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(b) to promote the general welfare of students ; |
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(c) to encourage talented students who receive education in Sri Lanka or abroad to further their education, and to grant scholarships to these students ; |
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(d) to foster co-ordination at local and international level in the field of education by the establishment and maintenance, of educational, higher education, technical and research institutions and by creating and maintaining projects necessary for that purpose; |
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(e) to provide cash, material and other facilities for the use of students, in a way, the Corporation may think fit ; |
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(f) to organise activities such as national games to promote training in leadership to students ; |
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(g) to engage in the National Development and welfare projects and to hold seminars, workshops, group studies and lectures within or outside Sri Lanka and to print, publish and distribute books, periodicals, pamphlets, news sheets and magazines that the corporation considers to be suitable and to establish and maintain projects conducive thereto and to establish and maintain social services and social welfare activities necessary for the attainment of the objects of the Corporation; and |
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(h) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary or incidental to the attainment of all or any of the aforesaid objects. |
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