3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
| (a) to organise, maintain and uplift the educational activities and- pre training programmes for the poor children and youth, who have no educational facilities ; |
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| (b) to find opportunities for training in pre-vocational education in the fields of sports, computer training and mass-media ; |
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| (c) to teach English, Tamil and other languages to needy students ; |
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| (d) to provide assistance to deserving students by way of providing scholarships, loans and grants to pursue studies and research in Sri Lanka and abroad ; |
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| (e) to establish libraries, archives and cultural centres to preserve and protect the cultural heritage of all communities in Sri Lanka ; |
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| (f) to establish a research centre and a museum to perpetuate the memory of late T. B. Tennakoon ; |
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| (g) to establish and maintain institutions for the welfare and rehabilitation of destitute, disabled, aged, sick and displaced persons ; |
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| (h) to utilize the youth labour for the welfare of the general public ; |
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| (i) to train persons for leadership ; |
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| (j) to encourage the farmers and to establish societies of young farmers ; |
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| (k) to encourage the persons engaged in the activities for the furtherance of national unity by conducting seminars, discussions and workshops ; and |
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| (l) to commemorate or honour outstanding persons or institutions who or which have contributed towards national unity, by the grant of awards, prizes, scholarships and fellowships. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts