Bloomberg Aptitude Test conducted by NetAssist International at Sabaragamuwa University
View(s):68 Students from the Faculty of Management Studies of Sabaragamuwa University sat for the Bloomberg Aptitude Test on Wednesday 10th July 2013.
Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT) is a free-of-charge, two-hour, on-line test offered by the Bloomberg Institute, the training arm of the Bloomberg LP for students who wish to pursue a career in business and finance. It is expected that students taking BAT have a general understanding of and familiarity with current events in business, finance, and economics. BAT has 100 MCQs covering the eight areas of News Analysis, Economics, Math Skills, Analytical Reasoning, Financial Statements Analysis, Investment Banking, Global Markets and Chart & Graph. BAT is not conducted for the purpose of assessing the knowledge of the student, but assessing the aptitude to be successful in the fields of business, economics and finance, regardless of background. Therefore, BAT is open to students of any stream, not necessarily, business, economics and finance.
BAT is a great Self- Assessment for students, makes students aware of strengths, weaknesses and areas of improvement, compares their performance with that of same level students in other parts of world, and also helps them to choose the right career path suited for their skills.BAT will also assist the Professional Educational Providers / Universities by helping them to validate their curriculum by analyzing strong areas and areas for improvement of their students, so that they can modify the courses as per the latest industry standards.
NetAssist International, the local representative for the Bloomberg Aptitude Test conducted the BAT sessions at Sabaragamuwa University. NetAssist International (www.netassist.com.lk) of Mile Post Avenue, Colombo 03 is the premier training institution for advanced IT Training and Professional Vendor Certification Training in Sri Lanka. It also offer the BTEC Edexcel HND in Computing and Systems Development programme for school leavers who aspire to join the IT industry with a well recognized academic qualification.
Mr. Dhananjaya Weerasinghe, General Manager of NetAssist International, at a post BAT session briefing urged university staff to guide students to improvethe areas identified as weak areas through the BAT and stated that it would be the best benefit students would gain from BAT. He informed that if any other party is willing to take BAT, NetAssist International could arrange BAT sessions and requested such parties to contact NetAssist.
BAT sessions at the Sabaragamuwa University were organized under the initiative of Mr. RasikaPriyankara, Director of Career Guidance Unit of the university and coordinated by Mr. RasikaDevundara and Mr. MalithAmarasinghe of the Faculty of Management Studies. Mr. Buddhika Edirimanna of NetAssist International proctored the BAT session with the assistance of Mr. Prasanna Samaranayake.
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