BOI earmarks prime Hambantota land for IT park and education hub
The Board of Investment (BOI) has allocated 430 hectares in Hambantota, adjoining the Suriyawewa Stadium, for the construction of an IT park and the establishment of local and foreign universities and private education institutes. Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena told the Education Times that investors have expressed interest in several projects and discussions are [...]
Caught in the art
A student of the Institute of Aesthetic Studies of the University of Kelaniya, located in Colombo 07, gives finishing touches to a Buddhist statue as part of his project work in preparation for the final year examination.
Public school principals with six years’ service set for transfer
Principals in leading public schools who have completed six years of service will be transferred within the course of this year, a senior official from the Ministry of Education recently revealed. According to the source, the majority of leading government schools in Colombo and other main cities have principals who have been in service for [...]
Demand for knowledge of Chinese on the up
The demand to learn Chinese is on the increase in Sri Lanka with more opportunities for the use of foreign languages. According to those teaching the language, the reason is the increase in Chinese projects in the country, creating employment opportunities for those able to communicate in Chinese. U.P.S.S. Pathirana, who has been teaching Chinese [...]
Disciplines don’t make one unemployable, country’s bankrupt system does: Dr Mahim Mendis
Open University of Sri Lanka’s (OUSL) Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication, and Federation of University Teachers’ Association’s (FUTA) former Media Spokesman Dr Mahim Mendis has dismissed claims that universities were producing graduates who are not employable. “It is not the disciplines that makes anyone unemployable. It is the system that is bankrupt in our country.” [...]
BCIS convocation today at BMICH
The annual convocation of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) will be held today from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm at the SBMEC Auditorium of the BMICH. More than 200 students who have successfully completed Certificate, Diploma, Higher Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma course in International Relations, will be awarded certificates on this occasion. The [...]
Dissanayake appointed Education Ministry Acting Secretary
Additional Secretary at the Presidential Secretariat, Anura Dissanayake assumed duties as the Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Education on Wednesday. He succeeded S. M. Gotabaya Jayaratne, who had been a prominent senior administrator at the Ministry of Education. With 12 years of experience in the education field, Mr. Dissanayake has held a number of [...]
APIIT Law School – Unique, Modern and Vibrant
APIIT Law School, established in collaboration with Staffordshire University, UK, offers an internal British Degree in Law – LLB (Hons) Law. Following are some of the features of the APIIT Law School that make it unique, modern and vibrant. Internal Degree APIIT Law School offers an internal British Degree in Law. The internal University Degrees [...]
An exclusive opportunity to enter one of the world’s top 100 universities
Start the undergraduate diploma pending your A/Level results at ANC Education, Sri Lanka and gain entry into Monash University After all that hard work for A/Levels, you should settle for nothing but a top 100 University in the world. Students who sat for their London A/Levels do not need to wait for their results but [...]
MSc in Psychology Awarded by University of West London at ANC School of Postgraduate Education
The ANC Education is in its eleventh year of operation and is about to introduce a MSc in Psychology in collaboration with the University of West London (UK). The School of Psychology, Social Work and Human Sciences at the University of West London runs one of the oldest psychology programmes in the United Kingdom and [...]
After O/Levels? The Monash University Foundation Year at ANC offers a head start to a world class degree
MUFY is a world recognized equivalent to A/Levels and is accepted for entry into all Australian Universities and other top universities around the world. For a student after O/Levels, the Monash University Foundation Year has been designed and developed by Monash academics especially to assist with their transition to university. ANC Education is the provider [...]
Start your American University Degree at ANC after O/Levels and A/Levels
An American university education is undeniably one of the best and most affordable international options for students in today’s globally competitive world. This is a matter of fact, not one of opinion and both students and parents must be aware of the factors that make this so. Never before has your path to success been [...]
Chalmway International Hair and Beauty Institute (CIHBI) offers students the opportunity to gain overseas work placements in Australia
The Chalmway International Hair & Beauty Institute (CIHBI), is a fully fledged leading academy in the field of Hair and Beauty in Sri Lanka, offering internationally recognised certifications and privileged to have experienced teachers guiding and molding Sri Lanka’s qualified practitioners and beauticians under the strict yet nurturing supervision of Mrs. Chandhani Bandara, one of [...]
National Educators strengthen Private Sector English Education with International Benchmarks
The English education sector in Sri Lanka is being enriched by a platform set up by a group of Sri Lankans with strong professional and academic credentials. The team has got together to empower children, youth and adults with communication skills in English, through programmes carrying globally recognised benchmarks. This is a timely initiative mooted [...]
Applications open for second intake of SLIIT Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security
Enrolment is now open for the second intake of the Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security offered by the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT). SLIIT collaborates with long-standing academic partner Curtin University – Australia to provide students with an opportunity to obtain an internationally recognised Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security awarded by Curtin University. [...]
Succeed create discover explorer engage pioneer work achieve with Plymouth university
Meet Plymouth Student Representatives from the UK at NSBM Five young undergraduates from Plymouth University – UK have arrived to Sri Lanka to facilitate students and their parents to decide on their Higher Education options with Plymouth University and NSBM. Anyone who seeks better options in achieving Higher Education goals with a UK Degree, may visit [...]
CINEC to offer scholarships for the best students
CINEC, one of the largest private institutions in the field of providing quality higher education in the Island, has decided to offer more than 10 scholarships for students of the September/October intakes in the fields of Management and Engineering Studies. The Scholarships will be awarded to the best students of each faculty who will be [...]
Step up for CIMA success at Imperial College
Ensure your child’s future success by enrolling them in CIMA at Imperial. CIMA – the world-renowned qualification – pushes boundaries in accounting, Finance, and Business Management.It increases skills of advising on business strategy, risk management, and the overall direction of the company and gives a professional training in Business Management that will stand your child in [...]
Lankan student excels at SLIM-Bucks MBA programme
The Buckinghamshire New University MBA conducted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) has become increasingly popular in the country, with admissions showing a substantial increase year on year. The state-of-the-art classrooms and more personalized instructions are not the only reasons why students select the Bucks New University MBA programme at SLIM. The faculty [...]
Study Overseas through Prospects Education
Are you planning on studying overseas after A/L’s? Have you decided on the programme you want to enrol, university/College and the country where you want to study? Have you decided about your career options, pathway after completing your qualification, and the opportunities available for employment locally and overseas based on the qualification you obtain? Contact [...]
Why is the 12month MBA at Oxford College of Business so popular?
The 12month AIB MBA is credited with providing graduates with a number of different skills, not least a wider perspective on business management and practices. But the benefits of this prestigious business school degree offered at Oxford College of Business (OCB) in affiliation with the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) go much further. A new [...]
Lifetime Gold Medalist, Samitha Perera, elected IPM President
CEO CBL Foods International, Samitha Perera, was elected as the president of the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) for the year 2013 – 2014. The election was held at the AGM on 27 July 2013. During the previous council year Samitha Perera officiated as a council member and as the chairman of the marketing committee [...]
CIMA Spellmaster embarks on its 4th season
Over the past 4 years, Spellmaster the all island school spelling competition has instilled belief in children between the ages of 14 and 18 years, given them the confidence, the discipline to prepare to contest and to be graceful in both victory and defeat, most importantly help develop their English language skills. The spelling competition [...]
Horizon Campus to hold scholarship exam on August 18
Horizon City Campus will hold a scholarship examination for students who wished to read for a LL.B. or Bsc. degree through the University of London International Programmes, for the academic year 2013/14.Scholarships are to be offered to students on the local tuition fees due to Horizon City Campus. Scholarships will be offered to students who [...]
IESL in a new direction
The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) launches a state of the art Membership Management System and the integrated new web front -www.iesl.lk On the 16th of July, 2013 IESL went live with a sophisticated online membership management system. Being one of the pioneering professional bodies in the country (Est. 1906) and the apex body [...]
Excellence in maritime training recognised
Captain Anura Seneviratne’s commitment to excellence in maritime training has been recognised with a prestigious international award from industry magazine Sailor Today. The Australian Maritime College’s Head of Department: Maritime Training took home the Maritime Trainer of the Year award at the 12th Sailor Today/Ship Shore Industry Award function, held in India and attended by [...]
Dr.Ranjan Saheed focuses on Aquinas Faculty of Marketing and Management 13th intake
Aquinas faculty of Marketing and Management concluded its 12th Batch and new intake would commence on 23rd August. The faculty offers the following diploma programmes on professional personality building of Marketing, HR Management and all other management segments. The following would be the Management portfolios the faculty offers you. Preliminary Certificate courses in Marketing and [...]
IIT graduation dinner 2013
IIT Graduation Dinner was organised by the management of IIT to bid farewell for the graduating batch 2013 followed by Dinner. This was held on the 25th July from 7.30 to 11pm at Ramada. There were about 110 students from both BEng (Hons) Software Engineering and BSc (Hons) Information Systems with Business Management who are [...]
IQSSL Technical forum
A Technical Session on the theme of “Infrastructure Development Goals: Duties & Challenges” for members of Institute and Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka (IQSSL) has been scheduled to be held on 16 August 2013 from 2pm to 6pm at Bishops College Auditorium. The intended audience includes students of Quantity Surveying. The event will include few presentations [...]
Australian university opportunities showcased at Education Expo
World-renowned academics and researchers from Australia’s leading private university will visit Sri Lanka this month as part of a Bond University education expo. The Bond team includes Professor Raoul Mortley AO who serves as the University’s Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Dr Rick Best from the Institute of Architecture and Sustainable [...]
Dharmaraja a mighty pillar in the hills
More than a century ago, in a small shed in the premises of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Dharmaraja was born, founded as a premier Buddhist school to face the challenges of the era. Since then, the high-spirited Rajans have been able to fulfill all the envisioned goals of [...]
Producing leading ladies with lofty ideals
The dawn of the 19th century witnessed competition among numerous missionaries setting up bilingual and svabhasha schools countrywide that provided educational opportunities for the general public. Yet it was not until seven decades had elapsed that the Methodist missionaries decided to establish high schools which were unique in character. The Methodist Church in March 1879 [...]
ET Schools tops 200
The ET School page was first introduced on October 9, 2010, starting with schools in the Badulla District. Bandarawela Madya Maha Vidyalaya and Bandarawela St. Thomas’ College had the privilege of appearing as the first two schools in the ET Schools page. Since then the ET Schools page has featured 198 schools from the Badulla, [...]
The Blue Ocean Group honoured with “Approved Employer Platinum Status ” by ACCA
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA ) Sri Lanka, recently awarded the “Approved Employer Platinum Status” , the highest level of award given to employers, to Blue Ocean Group. Blue Ocean Group is a dynamic and reputable business conglomerate with diversified business portfolios involved in Education, Construction & Engineering, Real Estate, Corporate Consultancy, [...]
Internationally recognised and affordable Diploma programmes from LCM UK
London Centre of Marketing (LCM) UK is an Internationally recognised awarding body , which provides highly affordable qualifications in areas such as Marketing, Sales, Public Relations, Travel and Tourism and Business Management. LCM Qualifications are regulated by OfQual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation). Key Advantages Affordability – The LCM Diploma’s are very affordable and [...]
MSTI becomes a City & Guilds approved Training Centre
Present in the picture from left to right are Mr. Farrhath Thyib, Principal MSTI Ltd., Capt. Keith Jayasuriya GM MSTI Ltd., Mr. Mufthy Hashim Regional Manager –City & Guilds, South Asia, Mr. Fahim Shakoor GM Business Development City & Guilds. MSTI, the maritime training arm of MERCMARINE group of companies joined hands with City & [...]
International Medical Education Fair
Explore University Education Options in Europe, UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Newzealand, and Malaysia Sunday 18th August (10.00am) – Sangam Hall – Wellawatta If your passionate about Science and is on the verge of following a career in Medicine and Health Care, this could be the moment your waiting for. Deciding what to do where to [...]
New Zealand Career College (NZCC) offers pathway for Procurment , logistics & supply chain professionals
New Zealand Career College (NZCC) is a New Zealand Government funded private tertiary education provider with category one ranking ( the highest possible indicator of performance ). NZCC have 6 campuses spread in Aukland, wellington, Christchurch ,waitakare & manukau with over 900 students enrolled of which about 100 are overseas students. The Diploma in procurement [...]
RMIT University, Australia appoints an Adjunct Professor
Dr. Rohana Kuruppu has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Fashion and Textiles of the RMIT University of Melbourne Australia from 1st July 2013. Dr. Kuruppu will work along with the textile scientists who are in the advanced materials laboratory of the RMIT and carryout research on woven fabrics. He teaches [...]
CMA Sri Lanka signs MOU with University of Kelaniya as an Educational Partner
The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) and the University of Kelaniya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, paving path to the students of University of Kelaniya to obtain a recognised professional accounting qualification specialize in Strategic Management Accounting while studying for the degree [...]
Brit Learning ventures into corp training with its new branch on Vauxhall street`
Brit Learning, a specialist in student placement in the UK since 2011 has just opened its newest branch at Number 235, Vauxhall street, Colombo 2 with a view to reach a wider audience who would sought its services. Director of Brit Learning, Shanaka Rodrigo says that Brit Learning is now on an aggressive path to [...]
NIBM – The teacher of creating employable graduates
The NIBM is the only government backed higher education provider that provides world class Diploma programmes and degrees in affiliation with National School of Business Management, the Degree School of NIBM. NIBM offers two degree programmes in Management and HRM from University College Dublin, Ireland in association with NSBM. It is a great opportunity to [...]
Sri Lanka’s most economical business management bachelor’s degree from IDM
Everyone would like to be a degree holder, but state universities can accommodate only around 10% of the students who sit for the A/L exams and very less percentage of students in that 10% actually get the opportunity to study what they want have competence in. Your dreams, your goals must not be shattered by [...]
Royal Institute of Colombo: The true providers of the art of learning
Learning has become an integral part and inseparable process in all developed nations. Like that of any other epoch, even at the contemporary context learning has been the foremost concept in all societies. This has got a novel dimension since globalization has established knowledge economies where knowledge workers enjoy a prominent place in the environments [...]
A new milestone for Toastmasters
The regalia (Where iconic speakers are made) “A glam event with a difference, elegance and class written all over it. True Toastmasters style;” said a veteran Toastmaster, at the Charter and Officer Installation Ceremony of The Regalia (Toastmasters Club) held at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo on Tuesday, 30th July. The Chief Guest for the evening [...]
ICFAI University convocation
The 05th Convocation of the Sri Lankan branch of ICFAI University, India held at the BMICH on last Saturday, 03rd August 2013. Seventy eight (78) Master of Business Administration Degree ( MBA) completed students and Twenty one (21) Bachelor of Business Management degree ( BBA) completed students and Eighteen (18) students who completed Bachelor of [...]
Colombo Institute of Research and Psychology assigns New Academic Management
As a result of CIRP’s Academic Director, Darshan Perera, vacating his current position due to him leaving the country to complete his PhD, CIRP has recently assigned a new board to run the Academic and Therapeutic Divisions. CIRP’s new academic management includes Ms Dilhara Vithanage (MSc, MA, BA, Dip. Psy) as Director of Studies (Part [...]
Become an Engineer or a Hotel Manager Through Vocational Training
It is the dream of most students to reach the top in their chosen field of study. Most of them aspire to enter the universities to achieve their dream. But of the 200,000 odd students who pass the AL annually only around 20,000 are absorbed into the universities in Sri Lanka. If you are one [...]
306C2 District Governors to Lions Clubs International Conference
The 96th Annual International Conference of Lions Clubs was held in Hamburg, Germany, recently. District Governor Lasantha Perera and First Deputy District Governor E.W.A. Harischandra of Lions District 306C2 participated at this conference from Sri Lanka. Here, members of Lions Club 306C2 welcoming them upon their return at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
