Gateway offers the “Conversion Course” for students who have sat Sri Lanka O/Ls
View(s):Gateway College offers a unique course of study that is specially designed for students who have sat the Sri Lanka GCE O’level in December 2012. Students completing the ‘Conversion Course’ have the option of joining the June 2015 GCE London Advanced Level programme of study at Gateway College.
During this programme, the student will be coached for the London International GCSE May 2013 examination in English, Mathematics and three other subjects. Students intending to follow the Science stream will be afforded the opportunity of selecting from Physics, Chemistry or Biology. Students who are to pursue studies in the Business stream can select from Economics, Commerce or Accounting. They can also have a combination of Science or Business related subjects, selecting Physics or Accounting, Biology or Economics and Chemistry or Commerce. Practical work too will be included in the Science subjects.
A comprehensive computer training programme is also included in this course to enable the student to qualify for the prestigious International Computer Driving License issued by the ECDL Foundation at the end of the course.
The course also includes the Accelerated Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) that focuses on Career Success Skills that is designed to help young people reinforce a number of soft skills that they would seldom acquire in the school system.
In the second phase, following the completion of the Conversion Course, students will be coached for the London GCE AS and A2 examinations.
Students entering Year 12 GCE (Advanced Level) in June 2012 will have three options:
Offer 4 GCE A Level subjects
Offer 3 GCE A Level subjects and International Diploma in IT
Offer 3 GCE A Level subjects and International Diploma in Business
Students taking 4 A/L subjects will be coached to do the GCE A/S in June 2014 and GCE A/L in June 2015 in the four selected subjects. Students have a range of subjects in Science, Mathematics, Business, IT and Humanities streams to select from.
Students taking 3 GCE A/L subjects and the Diploma will be coached to do the GCE A/S in June 2014 and GCE A/L in June 2015 in the three selected subjects, and coached for two years for the International Diploma which they would obtain in 2015. This Diploma is the first year of a UK Degree. The second and third years of the degree could be completed in Sri Lanka at Gateway or in many selected Universities in New Zealand, UK, Australia or Malaysia according to the wishes of the student.
Gateway College stands out among the international schools in Sri Lanka as it follows the English National Curriculum from Foundation Stage up to Advanced Level. The experienced and qualified staff of the school is supported with state-of-the-art facilities and resources. Gateway College enjoys accredited teaching center status from Edexcel-UK, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and NCC Education-UK. Gateway students excelled at the Annual Edexcel Awards Ceremony that was held recently. Gateway received the highest number of Edexcel High Achiever Awards as well as the highest number of World Prizes.
Gateway Colleges are located at Colombo: No. 185, Koswatte Road, Off Royal Gardens, Rajagiriya 011-2888288, Kandy: No. 80, Wariyapola Sri Sumangala Mw., Asgiriya, Kandy 081 – 2233670 and Negombo: No. 62, Negombo road, Kurana. 031-2227722. Details of the Gateway Graduate School can be obtained from the Registrar by writing to ggs@gatewayworldwide.com or by calling 0772256356, 2583848 or 22593213.
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Minuri Dharmasena and Isuri Ratnayake of Gateway College who received the best IGCSE results in Sri Lanka with 12 A Stars each. Minuri also received the best IGCSE result in one sitting with 11 A Stars at the June 2012 examination.
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