SL’s 1st Artificial Intelligence Innovation Lab- QBITS at Moratuwa University
Sri Lanka’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Lab – QBITS, set up under Private-Public Partnership (PPP) with the University of Moratuwa(UoM), was held on Thursday (23) at the UoM. With the objective of building an intelligent ecosystem through an industry-academia collaboration, both CodeGen and the UoM is set to establish a knowledge base within the [...]
Permanency demand for over 3,000 Teacher Assistants
As the Ministry of Education proceeds to recruit more Teachers, a fresh demand is being made on the Government to make permanent as soon as possible, over 3,000 Teacher Assistants recruited to teach in Tamil Medium schools. The Ceylon Teachers Services Union General Secretary Mahinda Jayasinghe told the Education Times that the demand was because [...]
Rs 15m Digital printing Press for Exams Dept
The Government has decided to modernise the printing press of the Exams Dept with a digital printing system, to secure confidentiality of exam papers. The Education Ministry is to provide the contract to MS Metropolitan Office (Pvt) Ltd at a cost of US$ 2.9 million (Rs 15 million). The current printing equipment at the Exams [...]
Rs 1,200-1,500 Vouchers for students to purchase shoes: Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is to provide shoes for students in rural, remote and alienated schools islandwide. Cabinet Co-spokesman Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said the MoE’s modus operandi would be to provide Vouchers worth Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500 to purchase the shoes. He added that, delays in the past, including last year, for the [...]
Special NIC service for GCE O/L candidates
A special service to issue National Identity Cards (NIC), solely for the benefit of this year’s GCE Ordinary Level Exam candidates, at the Dept of Registration of Persons, at Suhurupaya , Battaramulla. Facilities were provided at the programme to obtain NICs for those who had not submitted their application forms to the Dept, for school [...]
2017 Grade 5 Scholarship Exam ‘Whiz Kids’ from Colombo Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College
At the 2017 Grade 5 Scholarship Exam, 15 students from Colombo Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College, Colombo 4, obtained more than the cutoff mark of 156. Nirja Raveendrarajah with 194 marks was Best All-Island and District level.
2018 Budget has no allocation for salary arrears, school repairs: CTU
The Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary, Joseph Stalin said the 2018 Budget has been a disappointment, with no solutions for the problems faced by Teachers and Principals in schools. He said there has not been any mention of allocations to pay salary arrears of Teachers and Principals, in keeping with the new Sri Lanka Education [...]
Colombo University Vice Chancellor to attend Higher Education summit
Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Colombo, Senior Prof Lakshman Dissanayake will participate as a World -Class speaker at the Times Asia Universities Summit in Shenzhen, China, from Feb.5-8, 2018. Other world renowned speakers will include London Imperial College President Prof Alice Gast, Monash University President and VC Prof Magaret Gardner, Peking University President [...]
Singapore University rewards Mahamaya Girls with Environment Centre
The Singapore Nanyang Technology University has given a grant to Mahamaya Girl’s College Kandy to set up an Environmental Centre, under the supervision of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Peradeniya, and the College. Mahamaya could be considered pioneers for highlighting pollution in the Kandy Lake over the years. The Mahamaya Girls, more [...]
Library, Education Unit for Ihala Welgama Vidyalaya Kalutara
1st Year Undergraduates of the Faculty of Management & Finance of the University of Colombo, recently donated a Library and an Education Unit under the Nenodaya Project, to Ihala Welgama Vidyalaya in the Kalutara District. The Library was opened by a Grade 1 student of the school.
Law College to host International Moot Court Competition next year
The Sri Lanka Law College will be organising an International Moot Court competition, based on International Commercial Arbitration, from April 5-8, 2018, at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo. The competition titled “HV Perera QC Memorial Moot Court Competition”, will be the first ever Moot competition organised and hosted by Sri Lanka, on an [...]