NDB helps to improve English language standards in SL schools
View(s):NDB and the British Council of Colombo have together embarked on a special project to enhance the teaching skills of Secondary English Language Teachers of Government schools, aimed at increasing the standard of English teaching in Sri Lanka.
This project commenced in 2012 and initially a batch of 120 secondary English language teachers in the North Western Province successfully completed this programme.
A training course in progress
With the success of the project and the positive impact it had on the teachers, it was decided to extend this initiative islandwide, the bank said in a media statement this week.
Thus a second batch of 200 state school English teachers will follow this programme conducted by British Council this year. These training programmes are currently being held in several parts of the island.
The teachers have been selected from the Government’s 1000 schools programme covering a majority of the provinces.
Commenting on the initiative, Chief Operating Officer of NDB, Indrajit Wickramasinghe said, “A knowledge of the English language is a key criterion in furthering ones career.
It is also the preferred language of scholars around the world, and most research is conducted, presented and written in English. Hence a good knowledge of the English language is vital for education, career advancement and international engagement.”
NDB’s wider approach to sustainability is categorised under three pillars of strategic, philanthropic and operational initiatives; out of which the strategic initiatives revolve around entrepreneurship and education. NDB continues its efforts to empower the youth of the nation through multiple projects that place emphasis on issues that are critical for sustainable economic growth and the future success of the nation as a whole.
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