APIIT wins National Moot Competition 2012
APIIT Moot Team emerged National Champions at the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Competition 2012, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). APIIT Law School Team was commended for their excellent performance at the competition. As National Champions, the APIIT Moot Team will now proceed to Dhaka, Bangladesh for the South Asian Rounds. [...]
Over 280 students select the Cardiff Metropolitan MBA at ICBT Campus in September
In a day and age where you can practically buy yourself a MBA, more than 280 students enrolled for the Cardiff Metropolitan MBA programme in Sri Lanka at ICBT Campus. There are many foreign MBA programs in Sri Lanka delivered in different styles, some are validated with no direct relevance to the awarding University, some [...]
Be a winner with an American University Degree
Are you wondering what to do with your child’s future after the exams? Your decision today will affect not only their future careers but also the success or failure of their whole lives. In an increasingly competitive job market, your child will be competing with highly talented and skilled internationally qualified graduates with right education [...]
Graduate to success with Achievers- Now in Gampaha
Achievers Lanka Business School founded in 2006 has over the years proved to be one of the best places to study for the CIMA Professional Qualification. Achievers opened their latest branch in Gampaha on 8th September 2012 in order to give an opportunity to the students living in and around Gampaha to be part of [...]
TOYP award for Rajarata Uni. scientist
Dr. Faiz Marikkar was one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Sri Lanka (TOYP) to receive their awards from Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at the recently held awards ceremony. Dr. Marikar won the award for his outstanding academic accomplishment. An old boy of St. Aloysius College, Galle, Dr. Marikar is one of the [...]
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 [...]
APIIT Foundation: First Step towards becoming a professional after O/L
The APIIT Foundation Programme, quality assured by Staffordshire University, UK, is specially designed for students with O-Level qualifications. It imparts skills and knowledge required to pursue higher education in Business and Computing disciplines. Thus, the APIIT Foundation is an attractive pathway to enter the internal British Degree Programmes conducted at the APIIT City Campus in [...]
Medical Degree Programmes (MD and MBBS)
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. Fully owned by Sri Lanka’s leader in university education “ANC Education”, PATHE Study Medicine offers multiple options for students who are interested in joining the noble Medical profession. Over the [...]
Meet Monash University representatives from Australia
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. Monash University is ranked in the top 1 per cent of world universities. As a member of the prestigious Group of Eight, an alliance [...]
Asian grammar school initiates to reach human potentials through multiple intelligences in the classroom
It is expected that every human being is equipped with natural talents and innate intelligences. Hence it is worthwhile to understand and broaden our notion of the spectrum of intelligence. Human intelligence is defined as the result of interaction of a number of individual capacities, predominantly determined by biological characteristics, psychological processes, social surroundings and [...]
CMA Fast Track for students awaiting A/L results
The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka incorporated by Parliament Act No.23 of 2009 has created a new Fast Track Pathway for students awaiting A/L results to become Professional Management Accountants now referred to as Professional Accountants in Business. The CMA Foundation Level exam has been converted to a Multiple Choice Questions and [...]
A taste of APIIT Law School
The students waited with bated breath as their Lecturer illustrated on the board, a picture of a coconut palm and a girl in a flowery beach dress beneath it. The students were asked to imagine that they were survivors of a plane that had crashed in a remote part of the Pacific. They were also [...]
Exploring New Avenues in Interior Design – Exhibition and Set Designer Ruwean Gunaratna from AOD
At a time when innovation and creativity are the highest value additions sought after by businesses, ‘Design’ has become one of the most versatile professional avenues offering hundreds of rewarding careers. Sri Lanka’s growing design industries are also currently making room for these new and challenging careers that are fast proving to be extremely important. [...]
Over 280 students select the Cardiff Metropolitan MBA at ICBT Campus in September
In a day and age where you can practically buy yourself a MBA, more than 280 students enrolled for the Cardiff Metropolitan MBA programme in Sri Lanka at ICBT Campus. There are many foreign MBA programs in Sri Lanka delivered in different styles, some are validated with no direct relevance to the awarding University, some [...]
Sri Lankan banking sector successfully completes the annual cyber security drill for the second time
Information security specialists watching the Internet for latest trends report the acceleration of cyber attacks based on Advanced persistent threats (APT) on the banking and financial sector, which accounts for many millions in losses to both banks and their customers. The opportunity costs to the due to these attacks on the banking industry might be [...]
“Science is a subject to Enjoy & to Research”
The “Science Day” was organized by Mr. Lakmal Perera –one of a leading Science lecturer in the industry recently, with the objective of encouraging the students to gain knowledge on the latest developments in the field of ‘Art of Science’ and the application of scientific knowledge in the day to day lives. The event was [...]
National Institute of Labour Studies offers a range of Diploma programmes.
In a corporate environment, it is important that employers and heads of organisations have a good knowledge of Labour Law, and Human Resource Management in order to ensure that personnel are treated in a fair manner and to ensure that the organisation operates efficiently and effectively. The National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) was established [...]
Edlocate assists students to get excellent tertiary qualifications in Malaysia
“Malaysia – Truly Asia” is a quote that is being frequently used by many tourism related advertisements. Malaysia since of the recent past has always projected itself as a well developed country in Asia and one of the fastest developing countries in the world. They have managed to achieve this development also maintaining their own [...]
“Passion to Excel “, JCI TOYP 2012 Awards a huge success
The 32nd JCI TOYP 2012 Awards Ceremony was held on the 19th of this month at Waters Edge Hotel with the patronage of Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development as the chief guest. This is undoubtedly the most coveted youth award which recognises the achievements of Ten most outstanding youth of the county, who have [...]
Get ready for the next challenge! Join IBSL to get a Professional Qualification and a Degree
Q: Can you give a brief introduction to what is IBSL? A: The Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) has earned the distinction of providing the required competency developments for the banking and the non- banking sectors for more than 47 years. Established in 1964 and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1979, the [...]
After A/L: Amplify your knowledge with NorthshoreCompetency Development Program:
The Northshore College of Business and Technology, which is a premier institution for internationally recognized British Degree Programmes for students in Sri Lanka, launches a Competency Development Program (CDP) for the students who have completed their Advanced Level examinations and awaiting results. The objective of this course is to develop Knowledge, Proficiency, and Skills expected [...]
Time is precious – Enter a final year American Degree with HND, CIMA, abe or CIM
Complete an American degree in Sri Lanka at ANC Education within just 1 year Now there is exciting news for students who are looking at an internationally recognized degree after their professional qualifications. There are many students with professional qualifications such as HND, CIMA, abe and CIM in Sri Lanka today. Many such students have [...]
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, [...]
Edexcel, UK awarded BCAS Campus in Sri Lanka
The Edexcel, UK the internationally recognized qualification awarding body has recognized BCAS (British College of Applied Studies) as the best performer in Sri Lanka for the year 2011 and presented the Performance Excellence Award. The award was accepted by BCAS’ Chief Operations Manager Mr M S M Fouzer on behalf of the organization at a function held in Colombo [...]
Four students bring great honour to Sri Lanka by obtaining CIM World Prizes
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) felicitated four Sri Lankan students for their outstanding performances at the 2011 CIM examinations at the Institute’s Graduation Ceremony and Membership Investiture held recently. Anya KushlaniDalpadado for Stakeholder Marketing (Professional Certificate in Marketing), SunethTharakaWijesinghe for Marketing Planning Process (Professional Diploma in Marketing) and HasithaSampathDissanayake for Marketing Leadership and Planning (Professional [...]
Importance of the Washington Accord* for prospective Engineering Graduates
Engineering is a very popular field of study among students wishing to pursue higher education. There are many institutes from various countries offering engineering degrees and wanting to attract international students. Some of these courses are offered here in Sri Lanka as well. There is a large disparity in the cost of studying in different [...]
MSU’s biomedical science programme alternatives to medicine profession
Despite the future assurance in the field of medicine, many aspiring to become medical doctors or dentists failed to realise their dreams as there are insufficient places available for pursuing such specialise programme. However at the Management and Science University (MSU), you will find alternative career opportunities in medicine through the Faculty of Health and [...]
CIMA knowledge fast forward
CIMA knowledge fast forward is a knowledge sharing initiative which strives to improve the conceptual clarity of the business community with regard to a core management/financial accounting or business related knowledge area, describing the concept, and explaining how it applies in practice. Sudarshan Senaratne is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, [...]
Experts believe the Sri Lankan hospitality and l leisure sector needs professionally qualified managers
As Sri Lanka experiences a surge of growth in the hospitality and leisure sector, experts believe that more attention must be paid to empowering the sector personnel with globally acceptable qualifications. “ We have to look beyond what is currently taking place and encourage hotel sector managers to acquire internationally recognized qualifications.”, says Eraj Abeywardena, [...]
After A/L why waste time? Join IDM for your Higher Studies Leading to B.Sc. (Hons) Degree level
The desire of all students who have completed their GCE A/L exam is to join a university to pursue higher studies or to obtain a suitable employment. There is very high competition to enter the traditional university system in Sri Lanka and IDM having identified this problem has introduced a number of full degree programmes [...]
Another success story of IIT- Suren Nannayakkara, CTO of MAZARIN
“IIT students certainly possess an edge over other IT students. Now from an employer’s perspective, I can truly see the difference when I interview candidates from different IT educational backgrounds for the same position. Its astounding what a difference in teaching methodology and course structure can do for a student in terms of the industry [...]
ACCA awards KBBS with Gold Status
Knowledge Based Business Studies (KBBS) is now an Association of Chartered Accountants’ (ACCA) ‘Gold-rated tuition provider, having met ACCA’s criteria to be upgraded to this status. Gold award approvals are granted only to high-quality tuition providers that ACCA is confident to recommend to students.The award recognizes that the Institute has met a range of challenging [...]
Minhath NS is ready to face challenges
Minhath National School is the one and only Tamil medium school in the Dickwella Educational Zone in the Matara District which has produced several extraordinary personalities to the nation since its inception. This school was initiated in 1903 in a small hut under the leadership of Mr. Mohamed Kasim. After 15 years the school was [...]
Devinuwara NS aims to be the best in Southern Province
Devinuwara National School is located in the historical city of Devinuwara. It belongs to the Devinuwara Educational division, in the Matara Education zone. This school has provided a whole lot of educated, intellectual and loyal citizens to the country during its 77 year history. This school was started in 1934 in a small mud and [...]
The British School in Colombo celebrates its 18th birthday
The British School in Colombo has had steep progress over the years, since its inception in 1994. It is an independent, coeducational, international day school, which prepares students for the IGCSE and A-Level examinations, as well as for the IB Diploma Programme. The school has a strong tradition of sending students to leading universities around [...]
“RASOGHAYA 2012”
Annual Literary Function of Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya Bandarawela Media Unit and the Sinhala Language Section of Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya Bandarawela have organized the annual literary function “RASOGHAYA” 2012, on 4th October 2012 at the Town Hall Bandarawela. The Great Artist, the Senior Lecturer Jayalal Rohana will grace this great occasion as the chief guest and [...]
