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By Wimal Nanayakkara: Although Sri Lanka has provided universal free education since 1939, around one-fifth of poor children drop out of school after the age of 14 years and another-two thirds after the age of 16 years. Comparison of estimates based on the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES)-2012/13 and HIES-2016, conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), show only a marginal improvement. With the closure of schools following the COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden shift to online learning, poor children with no access to e-learning opportunities risk falling even f...

As most of the world knows, we did. >> reporter: and telling them to remember those experiences few others can relate to. >> you attended state dinners, hiked in national parks, met national leaders, and managed to laugh at your dad's jokes during the annual thanksgiving turkey pardon. all while being kids, attending school, and making friends. and through it all you had each other, just like we did. >> reporter: and while the white house is often seen as a seat of power for the first family, it's also a home. michelle obama telling jimmy fallon it will be hard to leave the place where her chi...