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CEREMONIAL OPENING OF NSBM SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

Envisioning the ‘Mahinda Chinthana’ to build the knowledge based modern Sri Lankan society Hon. Dullas Alahapperuma Minister of Youth Affairs & Skills Development ceremonially declared opened the School of Computing of National School of Business Management On Friday, September 20, 2013 at No. 318, High Level Road, Colombo 6 – in front of Anula Vidyalaya [...]

APIIT School of Computing

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES The degree programmes offered at APIIT School of Computing aim to develop professional skills as well as provide good practical grounding in the chosen area of study. All the specializations provide prospects of employment in a wide spectrum of careers in Computing/IT and cater to the growing demand for industry specialists such as [...]

Reconstruction of schools by Education Ministry in progress

Reconstruction of schools by the Education Ministry is under way. Recently, the ministry renovated the Weera Parakramabahu Maha Vidyalaya, in the Matale district, as a 1AB school and was handed over to its students by Minister Bandula Gunawardena this week. The ministry constructed a new three-storey building consisting of a library, A/L laboratory, new control [...]

The benefits of comparative law at the post-graduate level

Most undergraduate level law programmes focus on the particular system of law applicable to each area of the law. A basic understanding lays the foundation on which relevant statutory provisions and judgments can be understood and the knowledge thus gained can be used for routine work. In a globalized economy, however, the legal issues that [...]

Australia, the No.1 study destination for Sri Lankan students

Transfer to Universities such as RMIT, Deakin, La Trobe, Curtin, Swinburne, Wollongong in Australia Australia is one of the top Destinations for Sri Lankan and International students to study because the Australian higher education offers a complete range of programs leading to highly respected and internationally recognized qualifications. Furthermore, employment opportunities after graduation open up [...]

Hospitality Management Degree After A/Levels

Pursuing a career in “hospitality” has many meanings and the demand for leaders who understand how this multifaceted industry works is clear. Whether your dream is to manage a large hotel chain, lead a kitchen crew, plan major events, have an office that sails around the world on a cruise ship, or have your name [...]

IPM Sri Lanka FB fan page offers rewarding social interactions

The Institute of Personnel Management, Sri Lanka (IPM) concluded its competition on IPM Website’s Facebook fan page where Hashini Jayasinghe emerged the winner. The recently launched FB fan page of the institute is extremely popular among its students and there were as many as around 7000 students taking part in the competition. Of course, a [...]

Diploma in Credit Management Programme of Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management is upgraded to an Advanced Diploma in Credit Management for its academic depth and research quality

The Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management (SLICM) was initiated as a pioneering education project which intended to fill a vacuum in the leasing and finance related companies in Sri Lanka. In the year 2000, Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management was incorporated under a Parliamentary Act No. 07 of 2000. SLICM has over 25 [...]

Foundation Course on Multimodal Transport & Logistics – Your Entry to the Field of Logistics

The field of logistics is diverse and is an ever expanding industry with seamless opportunities both locally and internationally.Candidates can look forward to challenging career opportunities in industry-specific domains or those that cut across many industries. The Academy of International Trade and Transport (AITT) – the training arm of the Sri Lanka Logistics & Freight [...]

UCD Business Management and HRM Degree Programmes at NIBM: World-class qualifications at affordable prices

Choosing where to study for your business degree is a big decision. You may want to study at the best – a leading, internationally recognized business school that provides all the opportunities and skills you need to develop your future career, but would also be concerned in receiving at an affordable cost. The National Institute of [...]

SLIIT paves the way for academic opportunities to students in Wayamba

17th September, Colombo : SLIIT, the leading degree awarding institute in Sri Lanka, in association with its academic partner E-WIS opened a state of the art SLIIT centre in Kurunegala recently to widen academic opportunities for students in Wayamba. The inauguration ceremony was held amidst distinguished guests, staff, students and parents on the 10th of [...]

British College of Applied Studies is the first institution in Sri Lanka that gives practical meaning to its name “Applied Studies”. Let’s see how? The students are able to apply what they are equipped for by BCAS in the job they secure and that too in the quickest possible time. Offering market relevant courses and [...]

English and Personality Development for children with prestigious qualification from City and Guilds, International

Children from the ages of 6- 13 years, are offered a unique opportunity to enhance their communication skills in English and develop their personalities whilst obtaining a prestigious internationally acclaimed certificate. English for Young Learners, with international benchmarks from City and Guilds, International, UK, is one of the key courses on offer at the Rainbow Institute of Communication and English. The institute [...]

Highlights of the University of Melbourne Future Students and Parents Information Evening – 2013

“The University of Melbourne, highest ranked university under group of eight universities in Australia held its annual information evening at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo on Friday 13th September. A large distinguished Melbourne alumni guests together with parents of the present students of the University of Melbourne, prospective students seeking for enrollment were gathered. The Regional [...]

STUDY ABROAD (PVT) LTD was founded in 2007 in an effort to render services for those who seek higher education abroad. The aim of STUDY ABROAD is to network students with higher educational institutions from around the world so as to bring the best in them through their own discovery of diversified areas of their [...]

Tough battle for supremacy in the Ultimate Quiz Challenge Independent groups competing in the IQA-WISDOM Quiz swept the boards on Saturday the 14th September at the Kingsbury, Colombo as they bagged the 5 top slots in the contest. These Independent Groups consisted most of Sri Lanka’s top and well known quizzers. The overall winners were [...]

RMIT is a global university of technology and design offering a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational degrees and diplomas

RMIT proudly announces that team CLiMA won second place and 15,000 for their proposal to develop low-emission bio-methane fuelled airliners. Team ALMA won first place in the Airbus “Fly Your Ideas” best video competition with a dramatised portrayal of the effects of rising kerosene prices and the depletion of resources on air transportation and the [...]

Burhani Serendib School hosts Naren’s keep moving movement – teaching to learn and learning to teach in Sri Lanka from October 7 to 11, 2013

This project is hosted by Burhani Serendib School, founded by Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb TUS,head of the Bohra community. Being an esteemed institution it is imparting quality education preparing students for the 21st century in the International schools arena for the last three decades. KMM Teaching to Learn and Learning to Teach coordinated by [...]

St. Anthony’s Girls Kandy provides daughters to strengthen the Nation

St. Anthony’s Girls’ College is a reputed school in the Hill Capital. The founding of this institution was in a small building near the Katugastota Bridge, as St. Anthony’s English Girls’ School on May 10, 1938, affiliated to St. Anthony’s College Kandy, under the guidance of the principal of Good Sheppard’s Convent Rev. Mother Ignatius. [...]

Gothami Girls’ College Kandy is ready to face any challenge

Gothami Girls’ College is one of the leading Buddhist Colleges in Kandy, situated in the heart of Kandy Town which is the capital of the Central Province. The school is over looking Kandy Lake and is quite close to the sacred Temple of the Tooth. The school was initiated in 1928 with two teachers and [...]

HRMI – Centre of Excellence for Globally Recognised HR Education

All HRMI courses are linked to UK Edexcel in order to facilitate students to acquire globally recognised HR and Business management qualifications which will enable them to distinguish themselves in a competitive job market. This linkage provides HRMI students to acquire the Edexcel Higher National Diploma which is recognised worldwide as a respectable professional qualification [...]

British School’s debating competition

The senior school inter house debating competition of The British School in Colombo will be worked off on September 27 (Friday) at the school auditorium. The debating competition is one of the most looked after events in the schools events calendar as it always produce some fierce competition between the four houses namely Centaur, Griffin, [...]

WISDOM braces students with Robert Gordon University

Akeel Mohammed is currently a Robert Gordon University student doing the degree programme BA Accounting in this university and has completed the first semester, in the final year of this degree. Currently a TOPCIMA (T4) student, who wishes to obtain a degree and proceed to do his MBA. ‘I would like to pursue a Ph.D. while [...]

Malaysia Education Exhibition Sep 2013 successfully concluded

Malaysia Education Exhibition 2013 held at Galadari Hotel Anthurium Hall on the 14th & 15th of September was attended by a large number students and parents. The Malaysian High Commissioner His Excellency Azmi Zainuddin declared opened the exhibition. Malaysia education exhibition is the only Malaysia focused exhibition in Sri Lanka where all the most sought [...]

CIMA Sri Lanka announces a half a day workshop titled ‘Strategic pricing = Profitable growth’. In the current economic climate, the toughest challenge business leaders face is price pressure from the competition. A common tendency is to cut price without fully understanding customer buying behavior and their perception of value, thereby witnessing erosion in margins. [...]

Neptune Edification awarded the ACCA Gold Approved Learning Partner Status

Neptune Edifictaionwas recently awarded the prestigious Gold Status as an Approved Learning Partner (ALP) by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).This status is granted only to high-quality tuition providers that ACCA is confident to recommend to students, after assessing them against challenging quality assurance measures and performance indicators. The ACCA Gold ALP Status is [...]

Another total of 50 Million worth Scholarships from the Java Institute this year too

It is a well-known fact that the Java Institute for Advanced Technology is the pioneering and only institute set up in Sri Lanka to train students with cutting edge technology. We were able to witness highly talented students of the nation fail to enrol into the most precious courses at the Java Institute for the [...]

Gain a competitive edge in your profession, with a business degree from ACBT

Founded in 1998, The Australian College of Business and Technology (ACBT) is a renowned international business school, offering top quality degrees with a history of designing innovative and industry-relevant programmes.. By combining professional qualifications with academic degrees, ACBT gives students the strongest possible foundation for success in any business environment. Their groundbreaking programmes bring together [...]

WCMT Campus joins hands with PMI Sri Lanka chapter

WCMT Campus chain of operations, in Sri Lanka is a fully owned subsidiary of Kartha Education Society (KES) set up by Dr. Sudhir Kartha and a team of eminent educationists in 1994, with the purpose of providing quality transnational education opportunities to the world. KES owns and manages chain of education institutions in various parts [...]

Use Candela for Science and be the first in the class

Parents and teachers lead children to obtain a better future from primary education to secondary education. They pay great attention towards their exam results, especially in science due to complexity of this subject. Many students face challenges in learning science as a subject in school or classes. Due to this reason, most of parents & [...]

Mercury lanches job bank with affiliations of top blue chip companies in Sri Lanka

Today Mercury stands out as one of the leading institutes providingquality professional education for globally recognized qualifications such as ACCA, CAT, Oxford Brookes Degree, CISI and CFA. Mercury institute consists of a reputed and globally recognized lecture panel which has contributed to the high pass rates and world prize winners in ACCA. Mercury’ also maintains [...]

Harrow International College Art and Craft fun day

Speaking to Sunday Times WCMT Campus CEO Mr. Eranga Weeramanthri mentioned, “Harrow is taking her first initiative to act on promises given to the nation by organizing Art and Craft, Fun day with the sole purpose of improving creativity and innovation among kids who are at the age group of 4 to 8 years.” “Many [...]

AOD the International Design Campus that has been responsible for developing the top design talent of Sri Lanka for over a decade, is now show casing the best design talent for tomorrow at REVEAL 2013. Be it the new designers in the 5 billion dollar Apparel Industry or the 100 billion dollar Advertising and marketing industry or [...]

University of Reading, Henley Business School United Kingdom: Business School with a global reach

Henley Business School at the University of Reading is a world renowned international business school based in the UK .The strengths of the prestigious ICMA Centre, the academic rigour of our School of Management and the world-renowned school for Real Estate & Planning are combined with Henley’s 65 years’ experience in growing business leaders. One [...]

Sri Lankan Chemist elected to Executive Committee of Federation of Asian Chemical Societies to represent the South & West Asian Region

Professor J N Oleap Fernando, Honorary Rector of the College of Chemical Sciences and Past President of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon , was unanimously elected as an Executive Committee Member of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies at the seventeenth General Assembly of the Federation held in World Resorts Sentosa in Singapore recently. . [...]

The British School in Colombo reached another important landmark in their history when they commemorated the 19th anniversary with a ceremony at the school premises last week. This was a significant and memorable occasion for the whole school community as pupils, parents and staff celebrated the growth of the school which has grown to become [...]

A District Centre affiliated to the IESL Northern Provincial Centre was established on Friday, 13th September, 2013 in Mannar. The event, attended by a large number of engineers in the region, was held at the Irrigation Department (Central) Murugan, Mannar. Eng. A. Robert V.Peiris was elected as the Founder Chairman of the new centre while [...]

Word Blasters Toastmasters Club

3rd Presidential & Executive Committee Installation The 3rd Presidential & Executive Committee installation of Word Blasters Toastmasters Club was held recently at Colombo Swimming Club. Deshamanya Prof. M.T.A Furkhan graced the occasion as Chief Guest.

SLF symbolizes a multitude of learning options in partnership with different institutions

Sri Lanka Foundation (SLF) has made its mark as an emerging educational institute situated in the heart of Colombo in a salubrious and enriching environment overlooking the independence square with accessibility from all directions. Ample space and adequate facilities, and also has the capacity and ability to cater to demands from many individuals and organizations. [...]

Business as unusual: Innovation applied

Innovation. It’s everyone’s favourite buzzword. The drive to innovate has never been greater. The need for innovation has never been more pronounced. This is all true. But in a landscape where the very nature of innovation is continually shifting – the CGMA report, ‘Managing innovation’ states that ‘The pace of innovation is accelerating, but the [...]

The University of Greenwich offering unique industry relevant science programmes

The University of Greenwich is home to a thriving community of over 28,000 students of all ages. Students from over 140 countries choose to study at Greenwich making a truly international community. Located at the university’s splendid Edwardian redbrick and ivy-clad Medway Campus, in Kent, is the School of Science, part of the university’s Faculty [...]

45 students successfully admitted PATHE Study Medicine has once again proved its leadership in Sri Lankan medical education. The pioneer in medical university placement secured admissions to more than 45 Advanced Level students with excellent results during the first half of the year. These students are from different schools and social backgrounds but all have [...]

ANC partners with California State University – Fresno to provide study opportunities for Sri Lankan students at Californian State Universities.

California State University – Fresno Ranks 8th among the Public Universities in Western United States – US News Best College 2014 Ranking Dr Ram Nunna, the Dean of the Lyles College of Engineering at California State University – Fresno, will be at ANC Education from September 30th to October 4th 2013 to conduct admissions/information sessions [...]

IIT is the oldest private IT & Business institute of Sri Lanka, and the pioneer to offer international British Degrees locally. During the last two decades, IIT has produced more than 3000 graduates and over 300 postgraduates who were conferred British degrees. Today, most of the senior Sri Lankan IT professionals working in top IT [...]

ENTRANCE FREE An opportunity for students to get registered for a high quality European higher study program with affordable cost seven state universities and colleges from latvia represented by ebiz study abroad. The Latvian University representatives arrive again in Sri Lanka in October to conduct University Admission process. As per the University guidelines the selection [...]

Raffles Education Empire making great strides across Asia

Raffles Colombo, a unique education provider in Sri Lanka specializing in Art & Design, has entered into an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) to establish and build a higher education institute in Sri Lanka. In this connection, Raffles has committed to invest a sum of US$ 70 million in the [...]

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