Iftar at multi-religious school
An Iftar to mark the end end of a day’s fast fast during the month of Ramazan was organised by the Principal and students, belonging to all religious faiths, of Ariyawansha Maha Vidyalaya, Beruwala. Pix by Sarath Siriwardena.
Rs 1.5b sought to repair schools
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam will next week submit a Cabinet paper seeking Rs 1.5 billion, to reconstruct or renovate school property damaged by floods and landslides last month. Minister Kariyawasam told Education Times that 432 schools have been fully or partially damaged. “This includes schools which need to be relocated due to landslide threats,” [...]
Political appointment of school principals bypassing protocol- CTU
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) last week charged that political appointments of principals to schools are being made to national and provincial schools bypassing protocol. CTU General Secretary, Joseph Stalin said that, “Of the 353 National schools, around 258 are presently run by acting Principals. According to Education Circular No. 1998/23, applications have to be [...]
Kelaniya University reopens on Tuesday (27)
The University of Kelaniya (UoK) which was closed last week, as around 60% of hostel students did not attend lectures due to various illnesses including viral flu, dengue and diarrhea, will open for academic activities on Tuesday (27) UoK sources said. University Teacher for Social Equity, Co-ordinator Anura Karunatilake said that a shramadana campaign with [...]
New policy to overcome teacher shortage: President Sirisena
President Maithripala Sirisena says the Govt will introduce a new policy for appointments and transfers of school teachers by year’s end. The move follows a string of islandwide protests over teacher shortage in both, provincial and national schools. “There should not be any teacher shortage at any school under this new policy. We will issue [...]
GCE A/L exam in 4 sittings for disaster-affected candidates: AVK
Students affected by the floods and landslides, will be able to sit the GCE (Advanced Level) exam on 4 occasions, instead of 3 sittings, to be considered for University selection, said Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. He said the facility will be only for the affected students, following confirmation from the respective Grama Sevaka Divisions. [...]
Facebook Aid Group restores flood-devastated school library
A group of youth gathered on FaceBook (FB) last week took steps to restore the library of the Dudley Senanayake College, Pitabeddara, Matara, which was completely destroyed by the recent floods. The youth donated about 2,000 books, tables and racks for the library. After seeing the devastation caused to the library, the members of the [...]
Poson Bakthi Gee by Ambaraluwa MV, Weliveriya
Ambaraluwa Maha Vidyalaya, Weliveriya, Gampaha, held a Poson Bakthi Gee Programme to mark Poson Poya recently. The event was organised by the Principal D. Elain Perera, staff and parents. The students are seen performing at the school, before they paraded the streets to recite Bakthi Gee. Pix by Tilak Nimalasuriya
Pushpadana Girls’ College Kandy celebrates 75th Anniversary
Pushpadana Girls’ College, Kandy, which was founded on July 2, 1942 as an Educational institution for Buddhist Girls in the hill country, by Sri Pushpadana Samithiya, celebrates its 75th Anniversary this year. The school which commenced as a private school, was later taken over by the Govt in 1961 and accredited National School status in [...]
Peradeniya Uni. Dental Faculty 31 years old
It was an ‘open house’ Exhibition, as the Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya (UoP), celebrated 31 years. The Exhibition was twofold. One was to initiate Dentistry to schoolchildren and the other was the importance of Oral health. Apart from these two, there was an educative exhibition of the various aspects of Dentistry. The [...]