THE REAL SCANDAL BEHIND BUDDY.NET

The dominant narrative is one of shock and negligence: How could this happen?

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Who approved this? Heads must roll. Fine. Investigate. Fire someone. Print new textbooks. Block the website. Feel virtuous. But let's examine what they're not talking about:

Why was an 11-year-old child completely unprepared to recognize that a dating site link was inappropriate?

Because in Sri Lanka's education system, we don't teach children:

Instead, we teach them English grammar through textbook exercises while pretending the internet doesn't exist, predators are a Western problem, and sex education is a foreign conspiracy to corrupt “our culture.” And when the inevitable happens, when a child clicks a link because no adult ever taught them what to watch for, you act surprised. This is not negligence. This is wilful ignorance codified as policy.

CID investigations and forcing resignations at the National Institute of Education. They're treating this as a quality control issue; a technical glitch in the printing process. But they will not touch the deeper rot, which is the decades-long refusal to implement comprehensive sexuality education in Sri Lankan schools, despite repeated recommendations from UNICEF, WHO, and their own education reform commissions. Why? Because 'religious leaders' and 'other politicians' feel uncomfortable admitting children need sex education would alienate religious constituencies, invite accusations of Western cultural imperialism, and require actual courage.