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Grooming the best Software Engineers

WHAT IS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING? We hear this term “Software Engineering” every day – but what does it really mean? What do Software Engineers learn, and what kind of work they do for a living? Well, simply stated Software Engineering is a field dedicated to the designing, implementation, and maintaining high quality software. Software – of [...]

Wisdom Business Academy celebrates 10�Years of Excellence along with RGU

Wisdom Business Academy celebrated the 10th year anniversary in grand style on the 08th September 2012 at the Crystal Ball room, Taj Samudra Hotel. The longest standing institute for CIMA in Sri Lanka, joined hands with Robert Gordon University, Top modern university in the UK to deliver a BA Accounting Degree, CIMA top-up pathway within [...]

Accelerate your career through the ANC Executive Development Programme

For CIMA/CIM/HND/ABE or ICASL Part Qualified Students “Our past EDP students have gained 30% – 300% increase in their salaries and significant promotions and career advancement within the first two years of completing the programme” Are you at a point in your life where your qualifications need a boost? Does your career need a kick [...]

SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION VISITS CINEC

The South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Hon. Prof. (Ms) Hlengiwe Mkhize, accompanied by the South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka His Excellency Geoffrey Doidge and a distinguished South African delegation visited the Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College (CINEC) on the 07th of September 2012 as part of the itinerary of their [...]

NDB Bank establishes a Federated Training Solution

The rapidly advancing globalized corporate environment, and the geographic expansion of corporate networks within and outside the country have brought into focus the urgent need for widely spread knowledge enhancement and training facilities. Therefore, it is clear that quick access to information, knowledge and quality training, are a crucial imperative in order to survive and [...]

Taylor’s University is a member of the Taylor’s Education Group which also includes Taylor’s College, Garden International School, Sri Garden Kuala Lumpur, Australian International School Malaysia and Nexus International School. Established in 1969, Taylor’s is one of Malaysia’s most successful and reputable private higher education institutions and is ranked among the Top 20 universities in [...]

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Sri Lanka Division recently held its bi-annual Convocation for the students who graduated in March and May 2012. The Convocation celebrated the success of 269 students completing all examinations of the Institute in Sri Lanka. The May 2012 exam results which marks the fifth diet of examinations under [...]

Access a World ranked university Study with Monash

If you are looking for higher education after A/Levels, Monash University is one of the best options. Your son or daughter can start their programmes while waiting for their exam results. They can commence their pathway in to one of the best universities in the world right here in Sri Lanka through Monash College programmes [...]

A survey of more than 300 CEOs, CFOs and HR Directors conducted by CIMA and AICPA showed that over two fifths (43%) of respondents partially attributed the failure of their firms to achieve key financial targets to ineffective people management, whilst almost the same proportion (40%) say it has reduced their company’s ability to innovate. [...]

Serendib Education Foundation Contributing to Academic Excellence to help build the community and the nation

Serendib Education Foundation(SEF) incorporated under Parliament Act No. 54/2009 recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary. The SEF provides financial support to talented students who have excelled in their secondary education and have the ability and skills to reach greater heights as they pursue higher studies. “Today SEF is celebrating 20 years of being in service to [...]

Recycling is the first action that anybody comes up with when they are asked how we can ‘go green’ and help take care of earth. Recycling is actually just one way of minimising waste. In general, the best way to minimise waste is to reduce, reuse, and recycle. REDUCE – this is the basic step, [...]

Another season of CIMA Spellmaster gets underway

Spellmaster the popular TV series, endorsed by the Ministry of Education, which provided fun, education, entertainment and made CIMA a household brand, is to be telecast once again. This time more than 7500 students entered the competition from all over the island; these students had to sit a dictation test wherein 50 words were given [...]

American Creative Educationist Liz Doles joins AOD Design Campus

Sri Lanka’s International design campus AOD recently commenced its 2012/2013 academic year with several additions and improvements. Expanding its already impressive multicultural faculty of design experts, AOD recently invited the US creative educationist Liz Doles to join them as vice principal. Liz is a summa cum laude graduate (highest honours) in Art History and Japanese [...]

High Quality degrees in a typical University environment at Northshore College of Business and Technology

In early days to receive higher education in Sri Lanka, the only method that a student had was to, study hard and sit for the very competitive G.C.E. Advanced Level examination and get in to a state university. However, due to the extremely limited capacity in the state universities, more than 80% of the student [...]

International Pre School chain- Modern Montessori International (London), in Sri Lanka to give your child a unique opportunity

The world’s most popular and progressive Montessori method, Modern Montessori International (London) MMI) has been introduced to Sri Lanka through ANC-MMI, giving pre-schoolers the advantage of a higher rate of development in physical, social, emotional and cognitive areas. Currently practiced widely in Singapore and other Asia Pacific countries like India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, [...]

ICBT Campus the Best Edexcel Centre in Sri Lanka for the second successive year

The leader in private sector higher education ICBT campus received another International accolade from Edexcel UK as the best Edexcel in Sri Lanka, with most number of students. This is the second successive year Edexcel UK has recognized ICBT Campus as the leading center in Sri Lanka. The award was presented by Ms. Isabel Sutcliffe, [...]

ICT Lifetime Achiever 2012

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT Sri Lanka Section (BCS CIITSL) has called nominations for the ICT Life Time Achiever’s Award-2012. This year too, an ICT industry leader in Sri Lanka will receive the prestigious “ICTA-BCS ICT Lifetime Achiever Award” for the contributions made in shaping the ICT industry to what it is today. Sri [...]

New Zealand offers exceptional opportunities for Sri Lankan students

New Zealand Education, the lead agency for the promotion of New Zealand education around the world, successfully concluded the New Zealand Education Fair in Sri Lanka, opening its doors to hundreds of students in the Island. Prospective students in Sri Lanka discovered a plethora of opportunities at the Fair, which showcased New Zealand’s tertiary educational [...]

Diploma in Teaching at BCAS – paving the path for a rewarding career

The 12th intake of Professional Diploma in Teaching will commence at the end of September at British College of Applied Studies (BCAS) – Kandy Campus. Continuing a success story of seven years in teacher training and over a decade in providing higher education excellence, the course itself has undergone strategic developments where more emphasis on [...]

Join Waiariki Institute of Technology, NZ through Rivil International Education Consultants

New Zealand is becoming the most popular education destination for Sri Lankan students and it has shown an increase of 50% student arrivals for the current year. Rivil International Education Consultants offer student placements for New Zealand Universities and Government Institutions to pursue further studies in various subjects. New Zealand maintains a highly structured education [...]

Randil Perera writes from Adelaide, South Australia

I am Randil presently at the famous University of Adelaide in South Australia where I am studying for a Bachelor of Corporate Finance degree. I entered the university in February 2012 having enrolled through Edlocate. I had my secondary education at St Joseph’s College Colombo and at the London A/L examination offering Economics, Business Studies [...]

American College of Higher Education – an International Campus of Broward College, USA.

American College of Higher Education (ACHE) functions as the International Campus of Broward College USA, in Sri Lanka, and is approved by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools (SACS), a regional accrediting agency in the USA. ACHE is the only American Education provider in Sri Lanka to be approved by a US Regional Accrediting [...]

CCBT Awarded ACCA GOLD Status in just one year

The Cosmopolitan College of Business and Technology (CCBT) was recently awarded Gold Status as a tuition provider, by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). CCBT conveniently located just opposite the British Council Colombo is an educational institute that offers students a professional and an academic qualification in finance and accounting through the Association of [...]

Almost 233,000 students have faced the advanced level examination in 2012. Possibly around 30,000 will get university entry. Even most of these students who are eligible for university entry will not get the study areas they prefer, but will be ‘compelled’ to choose what’s available. What about the balance 200,000 students? What will be their [...]

Launching of OpenArc ‘Industrial BIT’, ‘IDSD 2012’

OpenArc, the only industrial campus offering BIT Degree with Software Development Practice and job assurance: “Water, Water everywhere, not a Drop to Drink”. Is this true with IT human resource pool of our country as well? – a question to be answered by every employer in the IT industry. When we advertise for IT graduates [...]

St. Servatius’ College�is a boys’ school located in Matara�, the southern-most District of�Sri Lanka. It was founded by�Jesuit fathers�in 1897. The school was nationalised in the and it is now managed as a government school. The start of St. Servatius’�College goes back to nearly 114 years. The�Bishop of Galle,�Joseph Van Reeth�who was keen to develop [...]

Weligama Siddhartha’s aim to produce leading citizens

Weligama Siddhartha College is a national school which has a prominent and long history of more than 120 years. It has contributed several good citizens to society who have been superior in both provincial and national level studies as well as extracurricular activities. It was inaugurated on Vesak Full Moon Poya Day in 1881. Mudalige [...]

After A/L? Why waste time

Out of the students who sit the GCE A/L examination only around 10% can find places in the public sector universities in all the fields.This has created frustration among the youth and they wondered aimlessly without being able to continue their higher studies. IDM having identified this problem way back in 1981 has introduced alternate [...]

“The Leadership module in the 12 Month MBA at Oxford College of Business is cutting edge”

In an economy that is being shocked continuously by internal and external forces require cutting edge leadership to stay afloat. This also makes an executive of today to be strongly mobile to move to new industries that require strong General Management skills. Which is why the need to be qualified with a Masters Degree is [...]

Battle Royal for top slots at TMC’s Wisdom Quiz

Royal College Colombo bagged the top slot among the 11 school teams that took part in the TMC- ICTA Wisdom 2012 Quiz competition held at the Galle Face Hotel – last Sunday 16th September, having competed alongside 45 other teams from the Mercantile Sector, Banking Sector and teams formed by independent groups. They also emerged [...]

Graduate with an American Degree in Sri Lanka

Make the smarter choice and join with pending A/Levels More than 275,000 students sat for their A/Level examinations in August. With approximately around 17,500 university admissions and other recent developments many students and parents are looking at foreign university options. Today joining a degree programme with pending A/Level results has become the most attractive and [...]

Become a Medical Doctor

Obtain a World recognized Medical Degree and practice in Sri Lanka or Overseas PATHE Study Medicine is the leader in Sri Lankan medical education industry. Owned by Sri Lanka’s leader in university education “ANC Education” today PATHE Study Medicine offers multiple options for students who are interested in joining the noble Medical profession. PATHE Study [...]

APIIT Sponsors Ananda College Career Guidance Fair 2012

The Career guidance fair and seminar organized by the ’93 group of the Ananda College Old Boys Association�and�powered by�APIIT was held on the�22nd�of September 2011 at the college auditorium for the 7th consecutive year.�APIIT was very happy to be the main sponsor for the seventh consecutive year since this informational event is specially organized for [...]

APIIT launches the BA (Hons) Degree in Marketing Management

The suite of business degrees provides students with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge from either a generalist perspective or through professional specialization. The awards share a common first year, allowing students the maximum choice opportunity. Innovative learning and teaching approaches are designed to ensure student employability is high on the agenda. APIIT Business [...]

A unique feature of APIIT MBA programmes: Foreign residential workshops

APIIT Graduate School was established with the aim of producing highly competent professionals who are globally competitive in the relevant fields and contribute to the socio economic development of the country. In order to achieve its mission, APIIT Graduate School offers up-to-date, internationally recognized Masters Degree programmes with curricula adapted to the needs of the [...]

BCAS Campus Awarded Performance Excellence 2011 by Edexcel

BCAS (British College of Applied Studies) was recognised and chosen as the best performer in Sri Lanka for the year 2011 by the Edexcel International, UK. At a function held in Colombo recently Edexcel’s Director for Centre� Assessment, Evaluation & Research Ms. Isabel Sutcliffe who was on a very brief visit to Sri Lanka presented [...]

Salient silent heroes of Jaffna need help to continue good work

Nimisha Muttiah a Speech Language Pathologist at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA on a recent visit to Sri Lanka in July this year, took time to journey to Jaffna; to see for herself how children with special needs were being handled and of her weeklong she spoke Vijayaluxmi Sivananthan of LakbimaNews. ‘I spent most of [...]

Sathara celebrates 33 years of nurturing Sri Lankan students knowledge

In 1979, the ‘Sathara’ publication began as a small sapling but over 33 years it has spread its branches and now stands tall as a grand tree. Since that first day, Sathara was a tree that has nourished and provided many children with a cooling shade, in terms of knowledge. Following is a short discussion [...]

ESOFT recruits new students for Bucks New University – UK Honours Degree Programmes

ESOFT Computer Studies (Pvt) Ltd announces that it has started recruiting new students for B.Sc. (Hons) Computing and B.A. (Hons) in Business and Finance Honours Degree (BA) Programmes it is conducting in collaboration with the Bucks New University of the United Kingdom. To this effect, the Bucks New University of the United Kingdom and the [...]

K-AIMS incorporated in 2009 as an ACCA tuition provider, reflected its well-earned reputation for providing a strong foundation to ACCA students by being recognized recently as a Gold Status tuition provider. The Gold approval requires tuition providers to meet a range of challenging performance targets covering the institution’s overall management and more specifically its ACCA [...]

Welcome to IIHE

IIHE is the ONLY institution in Sri Lanka directly associated with the prestigious University of Wales, UK, offering a BSc (Hons) Degree in Business Management and MBA. This association is one of the longest standing relationships between a private tertiary education institute in Sri Lanka and a University of international repute which goes back to [...]

One of the noteworthy features of the Sri Lankan education system is ‘accessibility’ to education for all irrespective of ethnicity, gender, caste, class, religion or social background. The results of such a scheme can be seen in the high level of literacy across the country and the emancipation of women in society. We can indeed [...]

CA Sri Lanka grants associate membership to 215 new graduates at 2012 convocation

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) granted the distinguished associate membership status to 215 passed finalists of the chartered accounting course offered by the Institute at the 2012 annual convocation held at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla on Thursday. Joining a fraternity of nearly 4200 existing CA Sri Lanka members, the [...]

IIT graduates are an asset says satisfied employer

A popular saying holds that employees are what make the Company. This is true even in today’s technologically advanced world. No matter how many computers, programmes and other sophisticated machinery are used, the Company owning these would be nothing without the driving force of its employees. At the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) this practical [...]

European countries compete to attract, and retain, foreign students

THE HAGUE — British graduates looking to work at the supermarket chain Tesco might be surprised to learn that speaking Mandarin fluently and being open to a move to China can go a long way toward getting a good job with the company. Related Simplifying Italy to Lure Global Graduates (August 13, 2012) Education Briefs [...]

Horizon Campus, Malabe, a higher education institute approved by the Board of Investment (BOI), is now on course to mark two years (in January 2013) in providing the highest quality in higher education with its link to the University of London, United Kingdom, programmes through the London School of Economics and Political Science, and its [...]

Winner of the APIIT ALL ACCESS competition

Finals of the ‘APIIT All Access’ competition was held last week at the TNL studio and was aired live to the audience where the two finalists who qualified during the month long competition battled it out at the quiz. The competitor who answered the most number of questions correctly was named as the winner of [...]

OES is proud to announce the opening of an office in New Zealand

OES takes another step forward to serve our clients better by opening an office in Auckland. The Auckland based office would provide support to clients who require assistance during their stay in New Zealand. Students who go for higher studies and those who migrate to New Zealand are able to contact OES Services New Zealand [...]

The Hindu Students of undergraduate or Masters study programmes are allowed to work for two years in Australia after the course completion, while those who finish ‘Masters by Research’ or Ph.D programmes can work for four years post-study Biotechnology, Accounting, Construction, Mining Engineering, and Highway Engineering are a few subjects the Australian universities are most [...]

Several colleges are scrapping government-aided courses such as philosophy and languages citing the money provided by the State to run the courses is insufficient. A B.A. degree in psychology or philosophy may not be the best bet for a job, when so many B.Com and B. Tech�graduates abound — this line of thinking has increasingly [...]

MSU’s Forensic Science providing legal evidence

The Management & Science University (MSU) is one of Malaysia’s top universities.� As a university of choice MSU focuses strongly in the critical areas of studies that encompass medicine, health and life sciences, business, management, accounting, hospitality, information sciences and engineering. One of the programme offered under the area of health and life sciences is [...]

Gateway celebrates – 15 years of Flying Colours

Gateway’s kids programme that enables Sri Lankan children to become confident IT users from an early age, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. The quindecennial event will be marked by a grand and colourful Kite Festival, themed 15 years of flying colours, at the Galle Face Green, on the 29th of September from 2.00 [...]

The industry-institute survey aims to showcase the best practices in AICTE-approved institutes in the branches of chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engeneering, Electronics and Communication and Computer Science and Information technology Survey is an attempt to map best practices being followed by institutions and industry, to recognise them and to create a benchmark of quality [...]

International Scholar Educational Services hosts Malaysian Education Exhibition 2012

The Malaysian Education Exhibition 2012 was held on the 15th and 16th of September 2012. The exhibition was declared open by the chief guest, His Excellency Azmi Zainuddin, the Malaysian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. The Malaysian Education Exhibition, organised by International Scholar Educational Services, brought together thirteen Malaysian universities in one location. Four of [...]

World-class maritime training in Australia

Sachith Malalagama always knew he wanted to pursue a career in the maritime field, so after gaining his A-Levels he studied marine engineeringand then sailed for a few years. After gaining valuable experience in the operational aspects of ships, further study beckoned. “Although I enjoyed sailing, I wanted to study more about ships and I [...]

Join IIHS to be a Part of the 4th Revolution of the World: Biotechnology!

IIHS Student Irosha Pursues her dream to become a Biotechnology Researcher International Institute of Health Sciences (IIHS) the premier healthcare education provider in Sri Lanka is the 01st institute to initiate an Australian Biotechnology programme in Sri Lanka. IIHS is an “Extended Campus of Box Hill Institute in Australia” and conducts the 1st year of [...]

The PIXEL Awards

The Australian Catholic University (ACU) recently held an awards ceremony for winners of the ‘PIXEL’ photography competition. The awards ceremony held at Taj Samudra and Mr Gotabaya Jayarathne, Secretary to the Ministry of Education was the Chief Guest, and was also present HE Robyn Mudie, Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Ms Liz Hern, Associate [...]

St. Jude’s College, Kurana a shining beacon

The introduction of a brand new Chapel at the St. Jude’s College at Kurana took place on Wednesday the 13th of September 2012. The centre of attraction was the establishment of an Institute of Higher Education for religious knowledge known as the ‘Kithunana’ by the Reverend Doctor Leslie Fernando. Since there was a great difficulty [...]

The American University Transfer Programme at ANC

With close to 750,000 international students, America remains the No. 1 destination for international students, including significant numbers of students from the UK, Australia, and Canada. America could indeed be called the “World’s University”! For the past 10 years ANC, a member of Sri Lanka’s largest private education group, has led the way in developing [...]

US Ambassador at Bates stall at US trade show

Bates Strategic Alliance, among Sri Lanka’s leading integrated communications agencies, participated in the US Trade Show 2012 organized by the US Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce, held at the Colombo Hilton last week.

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