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 [...]