{
  "id": 1793739,
  "title": "Granting an allowance to students with Special Educational Needs from low-8ncome families",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/granting-an-allowance-to-students-with-special-educational-needs-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:11:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/granting-an-allowance-to-students-with-special-educational-needs-from-low-8ncome-families/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2026 budget proposes providing a monthly allowance of LKR 5,000 per student for students with special educational needs. Applications were called from low-income students with special educational needs studying in all schools across the island to verify the eligibility, and 5,530 applicants have satisfied the requisite criteria. Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}