Ladies College unbeaten champions
Ladies College, Colombo emerged unbeaten champions in the Inter Schools Under 16 ‘A’ Team Championship 2018 by defeating Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda 3-0 at the St. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia Indoor Stadium recently. Anuska De Silva led from the front along with Jithara Warnakulasuriya, Ayala Chitty and Manisha Siriwardene. The team is been coached by former [...]
Embilipitiya Royal College emerged victorious in three categories while Elagama Medagama Primary School Kegalle clinched two categories in the Kids Athletics Programme for the Sabaragamuwa Province. The three-day event where over 3200 young students from Grades 3, 4 and 5 participated, representing 191 schools, was held at the Seevalie ground in Ratnapura. Embilipitiya Royal College [...]
CIS paddlers clinch Under-12 title
Colombo International School beat Gateway College Rajagiriya to annex the All-Island Inter-International School Under-12 Boy’s Table Tennis Tournament, held recently at the Gateway Colombo Indoor Stadium in Rajagiriya. The match was contested in a friendly manner as both teams shared good camaraderie during and after the game. Colombo International School is coached by Yohan de [...]
Worthy title for St.Thomas’
In the Inter-School Under-17 Division II tournament St. Thomas’ College, Mount-Lavinia defeated Siri Piyaratana Central College, Padukka by 28 runs in the final played at the Thurstan College ground. Chasing 153 runs to win Siri Piyaratana were restricted to 124 runs as left-arm spinner Thavisha Ranasinghe took three wickets for 14 runs while fast bowler [...]
Zahira Old Boys Group of 2013 are Futsal champions
Zahira College Colombo Group of 2007 organised its Futsal Tournament for old boys groups at the Futsal World, Colombo where 14 teams representing different batches participated. The Combined 90s, Group of 2001, Batch of 2002, Group of 2005, Group of 2007, Class of 2008, Group of 2010, Group of 2012, Group of 2012, Group of [...]
Cygnus House emerge champions
The annual Athletic Meet of Lyceum International School, Nugegoda concluded successfully at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. According to the overall results, Cygnus won the championship with 339 points while Cetus, Ursa and Aquila won the first, second and third runner-up positions respectively with 321, 246 and 243 points. The felicitation of the best athlete [...]
Gavin, Azquiya claim top awards
Gavin Karunanayake and Azquiya Usuph won the prestigious Lions Award for Boys’ and Girls’ respectively at the inaugural Sports Colours and Awards Ceremony of the British School in Colombo (BSC) held at the School Auditorium recently. The awards were presented by former Captain of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team and Wisden Cricketer-of-the-Year Mahela Jayawardene, who [...]
Lyceum Panadura overcomes Gateway Colombo in final
Lyceum International School Panadura beat Gateway College Colombo by 8 wickets to clinch the Inter-International Schools Under-15 Cricket Tournament 2018. In the final Gateway Colombo batted first and was restricted to 179-9 in their allotted 35 overs with Naren Muralidharan top scoring 60 runs. Rusiru Fernando’s knock of 86 paved the way for Lyceum Panadura [...]
IMO Bronze Medalist Abhindra Mahabaduge feted by President Sirisena
Abhindra Mahabaduge of Ananda College who won Bronze, was the only medal winner from Sri Lanka, at the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He was feted by President Maithripala Sirisena recently. His parents accompanied him for the meeting with the President.
WPC withdraws new Grade 1 admission criterion on AG’s observations
The Western Provincial Council (WPC) has decided to withdraw a new Grade 1 admission criterion put into effect to select students for next year, after the Attorney General’s (AG’s) Dept reportedly observed that the circular was not in order. WPC Education Minister Ranjith Somawansa told the Education Times that considering the instructions from the Ministry [...]
Follow recommendations to scrap 36 Primary schools: CTU
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) last week said the government should follow the National Education Commission’s (NEC) recommendations which advocates to scrap the Primary sections of 36 popular schools in the country. Responding to Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasm’s proposal to appoint an expert committee to examine the feasibility of not holding the Grade 5 [...]
Action on sex abuse in universities
Following complaints from undergraduates, special teams will be deployed within State Universities to prevent alleged sexual abuse of undergraduates by the academic staff, Higher Education Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told the Education Times. Minister Rajapakshe said that a Lecturer from the Eastern University and another from the University of Jaffna have been interdicted, while a complaint [...]
Cabinet approvals for the Education Sector
Cabinet this week approved the following proposals: By Science and Technology, Research, Skills Development & Vocational Training and Upcountry Heritage Minister Dr Sarath Amunugama for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and Seychelles, to improve academic research training, exchange of staff, and development of capacity and joint activities of students. By Higher Education [...]
Expand High.Ed. enrolment emphasising Economic Development: Dr Aturupane
Dr. Harsha Aturupane, a leading Economist of the World Bank, this week, said that, in the level of Higher Education (HE) there has been a rapid expansion of enrolment matching global trends, with an explosion of HE, but Sri Lanka needs to expand enrolment in HE further, with emphasis on programmes important for economic development. [...]
Hillwood Kandy Girls perform in Korea
This annual Folklore Festival held for the 22nd year, has been ranked among the top 10 festivals by the Korean Ministry of Culture, out of over 1,500 such festivals held annually in the country. Hillwood College Kandy was selected to represent Sri Lanka at this festival. A troupe of 18 dancers participated at this 10-day [...]
St Sylvester’s College, Kandy wins Hermann Loos Challenge Trophy
St Sylvester’s College, Kandy, entered the history books by winning the Hermann Loos Challenge Trophy for the most number of times in the 137-year history of the National Cadet Corps competition among school Cadet platoons. Chief Guest State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene with the winning Army Cadet platoon, its Officer-in-Charge Lt Nissanka Wijeratne, Sgt [...]
Olcott Oration on Nov.3
The annual Olcott Oration organised by the Ananda College Old Boys’ Association, to commemorate the achievements of Col. Olcott, will be held on November 3, at 4.00 pm at the P. de S. Kularatne auditorium of the College. The oration will be delivered by Sri Lanka Army Chief Lt.Gen. Mahesh Senanayake, on the subject, “The [...]
17th E.A. Wijesooriya Memorial Oration, Nov.1
The 17th E.A. Wijesooriya Memorial Oration organised by the Mahinda College OBA Colombo Branch, will be held on November 1, from 6.00 pm onwards, at the Meteorology Dept Auditorium, Colombo 7. Guest Speaker Prof Saman Wimalasundera, Dean of the Faculty of Community Medicine, University of Ruhuna, will speak on ‘Reflections on Literacy, Higher Education and [...]
1st Student in 46-year-old rural school to pass Grade 5
For the 1st time in the 46-year history of the Debarawewa Junior School, Tissamaharama, a student has passed the Grade 5 Scholarship exam.The students is J. Ravishi Uththara who obtained 173 marks. She studied under severe hardship and lives with her grandmother. She was assisted in her work by the teacher in charge of the [...]