President visits Lankan School in Doha, Qatar
President Maithripala Sirisena, during his 2-day visit to the State of Qatar, visited Stafford Sri Lanka School in Doha. The School, inaugurated in Oct.2001, enables mainly Lankan students to continue their education, and has over 1,300 students. Health Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake were also in attendance.
SL Education Inspection Service effective Dec.1 in 42 National Schools: MoE
The Sri Lanka Education Inspection Service (SLEIS) will come into effect on Dec.1, 2017, in 42 National Schools and introduced to Provincial schools by next year, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has decided. Initially, the MoE has recruited 15 Inspectors to serve in National Schools, with more recruitment to follow. The SLEIS will be a [...]
Teachers agitating students against transfers face serious action: MoE
The Ministry of Education (MoE) last week said that teachers who oppose transfers by instigating students to protest, will be severely dealt with. This follows protests held by students in front of national schools against the transfer of teachers to other schools. The MoE said the transfers have been done in a transparent manner, after [...]
Teacher Transfer System not working well: CTSU
Ceylon’s Teachers’ Services Unions Gen.Sec. Mahinda Jayasinghe says the new transfer system for teachers in the State sector is not working properly. The system was introduced by Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam to transfer teachers serving in a school for 6-10 years. Mr Jayasinghe said that, while his Union supported the transfer system, it has [...]
Teacher shortages in difficult stations persist despite 3,225 Teacher appointments: CTU
Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) Gen.Sec. Joseph Stalin this week charged that 3,225 teacher appointments given recently has not solved the teacher shortages in schools in difficult stations. Mr Stalin said the placement of the new teachers was not in keeping with the shortage of teachers in schools. He said that schools in the North, East, [...]
Library for rural school by Facebook undergrads
A group of Uva-Wellassa University undergrads recently coordinated a campaign on Facebook to assist Kohonawala Vidyalaya, a rural school in the Madolsima area in Passara in the Badulla District, to establish a library in the school, with the assistance of both local and foreign donors. Donations for the project were received from many areas including [...]
Free seminar on Graphic Design & Multimedia and Technology
The Sri Lanka Institute of Printing under the Ministry of Skills Development & Vocational Training, will conduct a workshop-style seminar, free of charge, in Graphic Design & Multimedia and Technology, on Nov.9, from 8.30 am-1.30 pm, at the Institute. The objective of the seminar is to give an exposure and understanding of the use of [...]
OUSL wins Best Practices’ Gold, Silver in Indonesia
The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) won Gold and Silver in the Best Practices (BP) category from over 350 Research papers presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU 2017) hosted by the Open University of Indonesia from Sept.27-29, at the Royal Ambarrukmo, Indonesia. The conference was themed [...]
JOTA, JOTI in the Negombo Scouts District
The 60th JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) and the 21st JOTI (Jamboree On The Internet) were held from Oct.20-22, at Maris Stella College Negombo, with the participation of about 160 Scouts in the Negombo Scouts District. It was a significant event as this kind of Jamboree was held simultaneously in 160 countries worldwide, using advanced [...]
Girls High School take the stage at Korean dance festival
Girls’ High School Kandy was selected to participate at the 46th annual Andong Dance Festival in Korea. This festival is held by the Andong tourist foundation with the support of the Korean Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism. Malkanthi Abeygunasekara the principal of Girls’ High School, Kandy and Tilak Fernando acted as co-directors of the [...]
Thurstan and Visakha crowned cricket champs
Thurstan College and Visakha Vidyalaya were crowned Cricket Champions in the Boys and Girls categories respectively at the Old Boys’ Association Class of 2006 of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala organised Six-a-Side cricket extravaganza concluded at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium last weekend. This highly successful cricket tournament was organized to mark the 75th Anniversary [...]
Oxford Sharks emerge champs at OCB Alumni Super Sixes Cricket Carnival
Oxford College of Business (OCB) together with its Alumni organised the annual OCB Alumni Super 6s Cricket Carnival. The tournament brought together over 300 past and present undergraduate and postgraduate students for this one of a kind cricket extravaganza. In a riveting contest at the Havelocks Ground on September 9 in Colombo, featured a closely [...]
HFC Bambalapitiya outplay GSC Kotahena at cager tourney
Holy Family Convent (HFC) Bambalapitiya outplayed Good Shepherd Convent (GSC) Kotahena by 47-35 at basketball to clinch the All-Island National Schools Under-20 Championship with an unblemished record. The final was played at the Royal College Indoor Sports Complex in Colombo, where HFC kept their momentum intact to record a deserving win. HFC nearly had their [...]
Marque House clinch Old Joes Inter-House Cricket title
Marque House emerged champions at the Old Boys Inter-House Cricket Encounter, an annual cricket event organised by the Batch of 2006 of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo, on October 22 at Darley Road. Marque House and Melizan House entered the final where the game was intense, but played under true sportsmanship. Bonjean House and Coudert House [...]
St. Benedict’s pull off 3-2 win on penalties in Cup Final
After a grueling final which ended scoreless at fulltime, St. Benedict’s College pulled out a 3-2 win on penalties to overcome Hameed Al-Husseinie College in the Cup final and clinch the Zahira Super 16 Soccer Tournament held at Maradana last Sunday. By the time the Cup final reached its fulltime St. Benedict’s had done all [...]
Hansani and Disanka for Youth Olympics Selection Games in India
Hansani Piumila of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo and Disanka Tennekoon of Dharmaraja College, Kandy will represent Sri Lanka at the Youth Olympic Selection Games to be held in Uttar Pradesh, India from November 3 to 5. Youth Olympic Games will be held in once in every four years. Piumila qualifies to represent Sri Lanka in the [...]
Musaeus, Nalanda win main titles
Musaeus College, Colombo clinched its first Singer Blue and Gold Hockey Sevens Cup after beating the defending champions Seethadevi Balika Vidyalaya in the final held at Royal College Ground last weekend. The Colombo lasses beat the six-time and defending Singer Blue and Gold Hockey champions by a solitary goal with Lihara Thilakaratne sounding the board [...]
St. Aloysius Galle and Seetha Devi GS Kandy bag hockey titles
St. Aloysius College Galle led by Kelum Srimal and Seetha Devi Girls School Kandy skippered by Charuka Abeyrathna lifted the Under-19 Boys and Girls titles respectively at the 33rd National Schools Games Hockey Tournament 2017 concluded at Astro turf in Colombo. A total of 21 boys and 18 girls teams from hockey-playing schools across the [...]