{"id":841,"date":"2025-08-22T06:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/?p=841"},"modified":"2025-08-22T06:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:04:49","slug":"field-excursion-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/field-excursion-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Excursion – 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Political Science and Public Policy successfully conducted its three-day Annual Field Training Program for final-year undergraduates, in collaboration with IFES and USAID. The program was held in Giradurukotte from July 31 to August 2 2025.<\/strong>
\nIt included interactive focus group discussions (FGDs) involving professionals and local politicians. These discussions aimed to gather insights and perspectives on various election-related topics, including:<\/strong>
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 the impact of the 2024 political shift on rural societies in Sri Lanka,<\/strong>
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 youth politics and governance in contemporary Sri Lanka,<\/strong>
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 challenges to women&#39;s political participation in rural Sri Lankan societies, and<\/strong>
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 the impact of government interventions in paddy farming on Sri Lanka\u2019s agrarian communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was followed by a field research exercise designed to assess the level of awareness among the general community regarding election participation and the electoral process.<\/strong>
\nThrough questionnaires and field observations, undergraduates gathered valuable data and perspectives on the knowledge, attitudes, and challenges related to elections within the community.<\/strong>
\nThe program concluded with student presentations reflecting on their field experiences, offering thoughtful analysis and sharing recommendations based on their findings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Department of Political Science and Public Policy successfully conducted its three-day Annual Field Training Program for final-year undergraduates, in collaboration with IFES and USAID. The program was held in Giradurukotte from July 31 to August 2 2025. It included interactive focus group discussions (FGDs) involving professionals and local politicians. These discussions aimed to gather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}