The Colombo School of Construction Technology Pvt Ltd will open its doors on the 31st of January 2009 to provide BTEC Higher National Diplomas acrecredited by EDEXCEL Limited of United Kingdom .
The Colombo School of Construction Technology (CSCT) is equipped to educate the young professional who wants to start or enhance their career in the Building services industry. Currently the school offers two Higher National Diplomas (HND): one in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics and one in Construction management. Both diplomas have been developed under the guidance and direction of Prof Chitra Weddikkara and Dr Raufdeen Rameezdeen who are the most well known names in the country in the fields of quantity surveying, construction economics and construction management teaching.
The Higher National Diploma offered by CSCT is a 2 years course with 18 months of taught subjects and a 6 month industry placement. Each diploma consists of 18 subjects out of which 6 are core subjects and 12 are specialist. In addition the school will provide a course on communication and mathematics for those who do not have a mathematics background. The diploma is open for admission for students from all walks of life- students who have just completed their Advance Levels or those already in the industry who want to obtain a formal qualification. The great advantage of this diploma is that a student upon completion of the course is ready togo into the workforce or if he/she wants to pursue further study they can obtain entry in to the 2nd year of a university degree in a similar programme in the UK . If students are unsure of their career path, CSCT advisors will provide counseling services for students and provide advice on the best path to take with future goals in mind.
Students obtaining a HND from CSCT will be unique from other students as they will obtain a diploma that has been designed with the end result in mind. That is the course has been specially structured to meet the competing demands of the building services industry. The diplomas are taught by the most senior teachers in the field of construction and by some of the foremost practitioners in the country. Students will be taught in small class rooms with individualized attention and class rooms will be kept to a manageable size to ensure quality with a good mix of lectures and hands on practical work. CSCT is equipped with modern class rooms with state of the art equipment. It has a large computer lab and library which boasts the latest journals and books necessary for students in the building services industry.
CSCT will also run short courses in areas such as computer aided estimating; computer design and industry specific courses designed for practitioners. These courses will be advertised on their website and the print media as and when they are available. If CSCT doesn't have the short course you want, organizations and groups have the opportunity to provide their specifications to CSCT and they will design a course tailor made to your requirements.
The Colombo School of Construction Technology will have an information morning on Saturday, 7th February 2009 from 9am 12noon for both new and prospective students. Here you will get an opportunity to meet some of the lecturers and talk about options for your career path.
Please visit our website for further information at www.csct.edu.lk. Or contact student service on 11 - 288 5932 and/or contact@csct.edu.lk
Special Message from the Chairman of the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL)
 As the Chairman of the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) I am indeed happy and proud that a long standing need of the construction industry of Sri Lanka will be fulfilled by establishing the Colombo School of Construction Technology to cater to the needs of the construction community of Sri Lanka.
Having a school of technology in the construction industry will benefit the employers of the construction firms by providing employees with the opportunity to obtain a formalized qualification in the industry and also provide school leavers an opportunity to become a member of this high demand industry. The construction industry has a shortage of over 40,000 skilled employees and this institution will be able to bridge the gap and overcome the demand.
I hope that the Colombo School of Technology will become a useful and constructive local partner of the Advanced Construction and Training Academy which is a project of the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka. This link between these two institutions I am sure will pave the way for high construction workers for the betterment of the domestic construction industry.
I wish the newly established Colombo School of Construction Technology all the best.
Dr. Rohan Karunaratne |
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