This is why I constantly preach autonomy and a local approach to education reform, coupled with a move toward greater voluntary collaboration between schools across the country.

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The battle for autonomy is just beginning, and the critical question of spending reform is far from settled.

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Until now, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's strategy has been to push for a military solution while contemplating a constitutional reform that would provide the Tamil minority with more autonomy in the north and east of the country.

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