Post-flood Spruce-up
A programme to clean up and paint schools damaged by the floods in Galle was launched by Southern Province Governor Hemakumara Nanayakkara with the participation of Provincial Education Minister Chandima Rasaputra. Parents and past pupils assisted in the programme. Work under way in the school. Pix by Sirangika Lokukarawita
4,000 Sports Instructors to uplift school sports: Education Ministry
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is to recruit some 4,000 Sports Instructors (SI) to improve Sports activities in schools and produce more national level Sports-persons. The MoE has received more than 17,000 applications for the positions with interviews already in progress. Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said recruitment will be carried out as a different [...]
Kuliyapitiya Hospital for Wayamba Uni. Medical Faculty’s clinical training
The Govt is to take over the Kuliyapitiya Base Hospital for Clinical Training by the Wayamba University’s Medical Faculty to be set up, said Minister of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine, Dr Rajitha Senaratna. The Kuliyapitiya Base Hospital will be developed as a Teaching Hospital. A discussion to establish a Medical Faculty at Wayamba University [...]
Plastic instead of wooden furniture in schools: AVK
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is to replace wooden desks and chairs in schools with plastic furniture, in view of the high cost, said Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam . The project will commence by replacing furniture in at least 2 GCE (A/L) classes and expanding it to other A/L classes by next year, followed [...]
CTU charges MoE of violating Teacher-Transfer Act
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) last week charged that the Ministry of Education (MoE) is relegating the procedure set out in the National Transfer Policy (NTF) by using SLEAS officers to be responsible for the transfers of 353 teachers serving in National schools in the country, which is in violation of the Transfer Act, and [...]
Couple presents land to school for playground
A school sans a playground in the Negombo area, has been gifted with a 42-perch block of land for its playground, by a couple residing in the area. Negombo Education Director K.A.C. Fernando, addressing the meeting held recently at Nimala Mariya MV, Bolawalana, to felicitate the benefactors Mrs Ravina Gomes and her husband Tyron Gunawardena, [...]
Community Development Project by Colombo University
The Community Development Project initiated by the University of Colombo, Faculty of Management will be conducted this year by the 1st-years of the Faculty of 420 students. The students will contribute towards the project in teams, to encourage students identify and address timely and relevant social issues within different communities for the betterment of society. [...]
Birthday gift for the less fortunate
Seven-year-old Anish Prasath in Grade 2C of Royal College, Colombo. celebrated his 7th birthday in a very meaningful manner. He declined presents for his birthday and instead wanted to support his fellow sisters and brothers affected by the Meethotamulla Garbage Dump collapse. Little Rose Nursery was completely in need of relocation and once a location [...]
41st World Scout Conference elects 1st Lankan member
Attorney-at-Law and Deputy Chief Commissioner of Sri Lanka Scout Association, Janaprith Fernando was elected a member of the 41st World Scout Conference, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, where 166 member countries voted. Mr Fernando is the first Sri Lankan elected to this prestigious post in the 110-year history of Sri Lanka Scouting.
UNESCO in discussion to promote Sri Lanka’s Education system
A special meeting to conserve locations of historical, archaeological and cultural significance (listed as UNESCO World Heritage) in Sri Lanka and to promote the Education system in Sri Lanka, took place between UNESCO Assistant Director General for Education, Dr Qian Tang and Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, at the Ministry of Education (MoE) recently. MoE [...]