Hiruna and Bimandie win Junior Titles
Hiruna Warusawithana of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda and Bimandie Bandara of Hillwood College Kandy won the Under-18 Boys and Girls titles respectively at the 14th Tibhar All-Island Junior Ranking Tournament held at the S. Thomas College, Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia. Shafullah Akram of Al Uda International, Kandy who won the Under-12 Boys event and runner-up [...]
Royal and Nalanda show their prowess in Water Polo
The 2nd Traditional Nalanda-Royal Water Polo encounter took place at the Royal College Swimming Complex last Saturday. Prior to the main event Under 15 match took place with both Royal and Nalanda youngsters taking the waters to show their prowess at the junior level. The Under 15 match got off to a flying start with [...]
Dudley Senanayake MV claims Cup Championship
Dudley Senanayake Maha Vidyalaya Borella defeated Vidura College 21-0 to claim the Cup championship of the Milo Inter-School Under-14 Division Rugby Tournament which was played on September 15 and 16 at the Public ground in Panadura. The Plate championship was won by Sri Sumangala College Panadura, who beat Welagedara Maha Vidyalaya 14-5 in the final. [...]
Sri Jayawardenapura lasses retain Netball Championship yet again
The lasses of University of Sri Jayawardenapura came up with a stupendous display to beat University of Colombo and retain the Inter University Games Netball Championship for the fourth consecutive year. With this year’s win, University of Sri Jayawardenapura became the University Netball Queens for the fifth year running. The tournament was held at the [...]
Mihila wins second Badminton title
Mihila Jayaweera, a student of Lyceum International School Wattala, was able to win the championship in Under-11 Boy’s Singles at the Anuradhapura Badminton Tournament. This is the second occasion Mihila won a championship this year. Earlier this year, Nihila won a championship at the tournament held in Kurunegala. Mihila displayed his remarkable talent by being [...]
Kingswood clinches Under-20 Rugby Sevens Championships
Kingswood College Kandy clinched the Under-20 Rugby 7s Championship of the All-Island Schools Games, which was conducted last weekend at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy. Kingswood beat Moratu Vidyalaya by 38-17 to win the championship after scoring from six tries and four conversions against the three tries and a conversion. Kingswood beat Mahanama College 29-5 [...]
Royal turn tables over Thomians at the ‘Big Game’ in Toronto
The annual cricket match between old boys of Royal College and S. Thomas’ dubbed the ‘Big Game’ for Sri Lanka Cricket in Toronto has brought a large number of Lankan expatriates together in friendly rivalry at Mississauga in Ontario, Canada recently. Royalists turned the tables on Thomians this year in their annual cricket encounter with [...]
Ananda Inter House Swim Meet on October 5
The Annual Inter House Swimming championship 2018 of Ananda College will be held at the College Swimming Complex on October 5, 2018 under the patronage of the S.M. Keerthiratne, the Principal and Deputy Principal and other distinguished guests. Old Anandians and other swimming enthusiasts are well come.
Trinity, St. Peter’s and S. Thomas’ emerge champs at TPT Hockey
Trinity College, Kandy, St. Peter’s College, Colombo and S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia emerged champions in the Under-14, Under-16 and Under-20 events respectively at the TPT Hockey Triangular played at the S. Thomas’ College Grounds last Saturday. The annual hockey carnival was competed by Trinity College, St. Peter’s College and S. Thomas’ Colleges. Hockey of [...]
Students conferred with “wes” and “sheershabarana”
“wes” and “sheershabarana” were conferred on 70 students of Ananda National School, Chilaw, at a ceremony held at the Sri Vijayarama Viharasthanaya, Chilaw, recently. These students were trained by teachers S.M. Tharanga Subhashini, M.R. Damayanthi, C.I. Sandamali and Sunimal Budawatta. The ceremony was followed by a procession and a public dance display by the students. [...]
STEM Education from Primary onwards from next year- AVK
A wide range of proposals to restructure the Education system from next year, has been submitted under a strategy based on 4 disciplines- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). STEM Education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real-world lessons, as students apply STEM. Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam [...]
More teachers (35-45 years) for ‘Special Needs’ children
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has sought Cabinet approval to recruit teachers between the ages of 35-45, to work with children with ‘Special Needs’, in government schools. The request to raise the age limit of teachers to be recruited to the government service, is because there is a severe dearth of teachers to work with [...]
Simultaneous online classes for 10 schools by 1,2 teachers- Ed.Min.
A system to simultaneously conduct online classes for around 10 schools by one or two teachers has been launched by the Ministry of Education. Accordingly, classes will be conducted on Science, Maths or Information Technology, from one location, while the other schools will join in simultaneously, making use of the Smart Classroom facilities provided. Education [...]
Govt backing private schools, universities over public Education- CTU
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) last week charged that the Government is propagating private schools and universities to de-motivate students from the State Education sector. CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said the Union had brought to the notice of the Ministry of Education (MoE) the activities carried out to discourage students from learning in public [...]
SLFUW inspires, motivates Jaffna University undergrads
An event to inspire and motivate undergraduates of the University of Jaffna (UoJ) under the project ‘Surmounting Mountain as metaphor’, initiated and organised by the Sri Lankan Federation of University Women (SLFUW), was held recently. The undergrads spent around 2 hours at the UoJ’s Kailasapathy Hall, listening to Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala and Johann Peries, pioneers of [...]
Int’l Conference on Emerging Regions’ Advances in ICT on Sept.27-28
The University of Colombo (UoC) will hold the 18th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions, on September 27-28. The ICTER 2018 Conference will disseminate recent advances in Research and Development in Computing including Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering and Information Systems. Carefully selected submissions by local and foreign Researchers, Academics and Industries [...]
Hike in school uniform vouchers’ values next year- MoE
The Ministry of Education (MoE) said last week the value of school uniform vouchers will be increased for next year. MoE Spokesman said the current market prices of uniform material is being compared, to decide on the prices soon, and the vouchers to be printed and distributed early December 2018. Last year school uniform vouchers [...]
Anagarika Dharmapala’s 154th Birth Anniversary
The National festival to mark the 154th birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala was held under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena at the BMICH this week. The event was jointly organized by the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of Buddha Sasana in order to build a righteous society.
Alumni Association of Colombo University elects Office-bearers
Office-bearers elected at the 36th Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo (AAUoC) are featured in the photograph. This is the 36th year since the AAUoC was formed in 1982, as an important initiative of the then UoC Vice Chancellor, the late Prof Stanley Wijesundera, with Tissa Devendra as the [...]
Eastern University conducts Convocation Ceremony
The Eastern University of Sri Lanka held a ceremonial programme on Saturday (15), to honour 927 outgoing graduates. The ceremony was held under the auspices of its Chancellor Prof. Velumurugu Vivekanatharaja, with Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandu as Chief Guest, at the Vandaramullai Nalliah Hall. Masters, Bachelors Degrees and Postgraduate Diploma Certificates were awarded [...]