Brain-Drain

At present Sri lanka is one of the very few countries in the world to have a free education system in place. In which the Lankan government invest heavily for the future betterment of our country. This is a fact that seem to have been forgotten by many of our citizens and fellow countrymen.

As soon as a student finishes his or her advanced level examinations, the current "trend" of our parents is to find the best achievable universities in the world. Be it because a friend has done so, or because the idea has been implanted in them by some member of the family. Most of them dont even wait for the results to come! Which shows that they have put quite a lot of thought into the matter for a long time.

This has been an issue of our country for more than a decade during which the numbers have always increased. We can always boast that there are many Sri Lankans working in world's most esteemed organisations such as the NASA and Microsoft, but we should also account for the difference those brilliant minds might have made working here. Yes, many of us might blame the government for not being able to give them the necessary support. But they should remember that it was the government who funded their education from their ABC's for 13 expensive years and they should have the courtesy of returning at least a bit of their effort to help our country.

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On the other hand there are students who go abroad to complete their degrees and come back. This, in my opinion, is an effective way to learn of the latest technologies in the world and the modern methods of different fields. But in the end they do come back and share their knowledge here.

So finally, I believe that everyone of us who had gone through the free education system in our country are forever in debt to the country and the society and whatever we do later on in our lives should be an effort to repay that debt.
