NEXT School of Business, the premier Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM UK) study centre in Sri Lanka is now open for December 2009 exam registrations. NEXT created history once again by touching a record number of 500 students for the June 2009 session and maintained its position as the largest CIM institute in SL. NEXT is known for its 'expert lecture panel' amongst CIM students and the marketing fraternity in SL.

Speaking to the Education Times, the General Manager, NEXT School of Business Kumudu Abeywardene said "We touched 500 students for June 2009 examination; this is a record for CIM education and we have hit record numbers for the last three sessions repeatedly. We are very grateful to the students, their parents and employers for placing trust and confidence in NEXT and helping us to be the largest CIM institute by far". She went on to say "in difficult economic times it's heartening to have record numbers for CIM; this is purely as a result of our lecture panel at NEXT. We always believe that a practical subject like marketing has to be taught by senior practising marketers in the country. Our lecture panel consisting of Dusty, Bertram, Ravi, Tharanga and Jeffrey are all MBA qualified senior marketers in local and multinational companies holding COE and heads of marketing positions.

They are trained in UK by CIM and have many years of lecturing experience with a record of high pass rates". NEXT successfully introduced the new CIM syllabus for stage 1 and completed the second successful batch in May 2009. The record enrolments for stage 1 'new syllabus' is ample evidence of the confidence students and parents place on NEXT as their first choice for CIM education in Sri Lanka. The practical nature of the new syllabus is complimentary to the skills of the lecture panel at NEXT. They also have developed their on series of publications for all four subjects and assignment guidelines for the two assignment based subjects. According to Ms Abeywardene, 'the inquiries for Dec 2009 intake are flowing in; we are certain that we will have weekend classes full like last time.

In this session, the ever popular stage 2 weekend classes were full in no time and prompted NEXT to start weekday evening stage 2 classes to cater to the extra demand. This June, NEXT will commence the new syllabus for stage 2. The experienced lecture panel has prepared fully for the new subjects with NEXT publications and study material to support the students.

While conducting the new syllabus for stage 2 NEXT will continue with MRI & MMIP subjects due to the high demand and requests made by stage 2 students who have already completed two subjects. NEXT has become the institute of choice especially for MRI and MMIP.

Apart from the expert lecture panel, NEXT School of Business has a state of the art modern learning facility conveniently located at Havelock Road. NEXT is setting up a computer laboratory facility for the use of students. Ample parking and easy access through public transport are benefits students find at NEXT. Within a year of operation NEXT became the leader in CIM education in Sri Lanka and achieved recognition as a CIM Accredited Tuition Centre.

NEXT School of Business was set up by a group of professionals who are holding senior management positions in the Corporate Sector and who have in common the passion of empowering young executives with the knowledge, skills and competences required for career advancement and personal development.

For more information contact:
NEXT School of Business
327 Havelock Road
Colombo 06
Tel 5765405 /4
Fax 2554040
Email info@next.lk
www.next.lk

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1. Photo 1 - NEXT Premises
2. Photo 2 - State of the art classroom & facility.