▁ ▁Their ▁intr usion ▁into ▁J aff na ▁also ▁had ▁other ▁un int ended ▁consequences . ▁The ▁concentration ▁of ▁efficient ▁Protest ant ▁mission ▁schools ▁in ▁J aff na ▁produced ▁a ▁rev ival ▁movement ▁among ▁local ▁H ind us ▁led ▁by ▁Ar um uga ▁Naval ar , ▁who ▁respond ed ▁by ▁building ▁many ▁more ▁schools ▁within ▁the ▁J aff na ▁pen ins ula . ▁Local ▁C athol ics ▁too ▁started ▁their ▁own ▁schools ▁as ▁a ▁counter measure . ▁The ▁state ▁also ▁had ▁its ▁share ▁of ▁primary ▁and ▁secondary ▁schools . ▁Thus ▁s atur ated ▁with ▁educational ▁opportun ities , ▁many ▁T amil s ▁became ▁liter ate . ▁This ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁colonial ▁government ▁to ▁h ire ▁T amil s ▁as ▁government ▁servants ▁in ▁British - h eld ▁C ey lon , ▁India , ▁Malays ia ▁and ▁Singapore . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁became ▁independent ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁about ▁ 6 0 % ▁of ▁government ▁jobs ▁were ▁held ▁by ▁T amil s , ▁who ▁formed ▁hardly ▁ 1 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁The ▁popular ly ▁elected ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁saw ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁outcome ▁of ▁a ▁strategy ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁majority ▁Sin hal ese ▁that ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁red ress ed . ▁These ▁measures ▁d eter ior ated ▁the ▁already ▁fra il ▁political ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁communities ▁and ▁many ▁exper ts ▁believe ▁it ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁causes ▁of ▁the ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁Civil ▁War . ▁ ▁Cont