Dr. c.w.w. Kannangara was an eminent Sri Lankan
educationist Who worked unceasingly to bring about reforms in
education. He became a minister of the Legislative council in
1923, the Minister of Education in 1931. As Minister of Education
he realised that the prevailing educational system was unsuitable
to the time when newly awakened nationalistic ideas were growing
in the people. In his education reforms bill of 1938, he made
changes which he thought the educational system and needed.
He was referring to the poor village child who
lacked the educational opportunities to bring out his talents
and abilities.
