A Level results pinned on notice board
Teachers and staff together put up the GCE A Level results sheet at Musaeus College, Colombo 7. More than 163,000 students have qualified to apply for university entrance according to the results released this week. Pic by Athula Devapriya.
Visiting Teachers for children with long term ailments at hospitals
The education ministry will launch a program next year to provide visiting teachers to hospitals where children are undergoing long term medical treatment as well as visit homes of children who are unable to attend school due to a disability. A survey conducted by the education ministry has found there are around 4,709 school age [...]
Tender dispute: Ed min halts distribution of tabs
The education ministry has put on hold the move to distribute tabs to all advanced level students starting next year. This follows a dispute over the awarding of the tender for the purchase of the tabs, the Sunday Times learns. The matter has been referred to the Cabinet appointed Technical Evaluation Committee for re-evaluation of [...]
Master’s in Wireless Communication from Finish university
The launch of the double degree program, a Master’s in Wireless Communications from the University of Peradeniya and University of Oulu, Finland was held recently in Colombo. Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Harsha de Silva was the chief guest at the event. The centre for wireless communications engineering (CWC) at the [...]
Indian scholarships galore for 2018-19
The Indian High Commission in Colombo has announced a series of scholarship on offer for the 2018 -2019 academic sessions: More than 175 scholarships are on offer. Among them are the Nehru Memorial Scholarship scheme where 100 scholarships are being offered for undergraduate courses excluding medicine. The scholarships cover a wide range of subjects including [...]
Top scorers at A/Levels from Matara
Three students who obtained the island’s best results at the GCE Advanced Level examination in 2017 are from schools in Matara. The students who came first in both the bio science and commerce streams at the exam are from Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara while the student who emerged first in the engineering technology stream is from [...]
Badges for environmental society of Akaragama Gemunu K.V.
A ceremony to award badges to the environmental society of Akaragama Gemunu K.V. was held recently with the participation of the Director of the Environmental Authority from the Gampaha District, Viyani Abevita as chief guest. Addressing the gathering she said “one of the root causes of natural disasters was the destruction of fauna and flora. [...]
Sri J’pura University’s English degree orientation held
The orientation programme for the new batch of the Bachelor of Arts English (General) external degree was held recently on two consecutive days. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences graced both events, the university said. [...]
Students from Matara with books from a donor
A private donor has come forward to donate school books and offer scholarships to students in the Matara district. The donations took place close to the historic bodhiya in Matara. Ven. Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Thera conducted the religious events of the programme to make the donations. The donor, Ms. Krishanthi Jeewanthi Peduruarachchi, chairperson of SSB group [...]
Kelaniya University holds guest lecture on data analysis
The Department of Library and Information Science with the Library and Information Science Students’ Association of the University of Kelaniya organised a special guest lecture on “How to analyse data for research purposes” on December 18 at the board room of the faculty of Social Sciences. The resource person was Prof. K.A.P. Siddhisena, Emeritus Professor [...]
St. Anthony’s Teachers Association celebrates 10 years
The Past Teachers Association of St. Anthony’s college, Kandy celebrated its 10th anniversary with a talent show held at the Sanoda Centre in Polgolla, on December 17 under the distinguished patronage of Rev. Fr. Stephen Abraham OSB, the former principal of the college. The association was founded on December 21, 2007 with many aims including [...]
Isipathana ‘B’ wins 2017 RCGC Inter-School Golf Championship
Organised by the DONS of D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo for the fifth consecutive year in association with the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC), the 2017 edition attracted 21 Schools comprising 46 teams of four players per team. The Inter-School Championship worked out on the Stableford format, where the best 3 scores from each team counted [...]