Kirama Dhammananda Primary Teachers felicitated
A Teachers’ felicitation ceremony organised by the teachers and parents of Kirama Dhammananda Primary school was held at Kirama Wimalajothi auditorium recently. Pic by W.A. Nelka
Investigate misuse of funds allocated for printing textbooks- CTU to Govt.
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) last week called on the Government to investigate the misuse of funds allocated for the printing of school textbooks. The 2018 Audit Report reveals that a sum of Rs. 3,499.25 million allocated for the printing of 419 categories of textbooks containing 39,714 pages, for 4.3 million schoolchildren, was not used [...]
OBUs misuse funds collected for School Admissions- CTU
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) last week said that Rs. 129 million collected for admitting children to popular national schools, is being misused by the Old Boys Unions (OBU). Despite the Ministry of Education (MoE) Circular 1964/27 of November 20, 1964, prohibiting collecting money from parents for admission to schools, the schools have continued to [...]
English Reading & Listening compulsory Term tests- MoE
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has decided to make English Reading & Listening tests compulsory at Term tests from Grade 6 onwards, in a fresh attempt to promote English among students, said MoE Secretary M.N. Ranasinghe. Mr Ranasinghe said that a gazette notification has been issued to make English Reading & Listening tests compulsory for [...]
e-Libraries in 3,499 schools a failure- Audit.Gen.
The Ministry of Education’s (MoE) efforts to establish e-Libraries in 3,499 schools across the country, has been a failure, the 2019 Auditor General’s Report has pointed out. The MoE, under ‘Nearest School is the Best School’, had established 2,180 Libraries in classrooms and 1,013 private libraries for the 4.3 million schoolchildren. Accordingly, 80 officers selected [...]
The 6th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches
The 6th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches (ICMA) organised by the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the University of Sri Jayewardenapura (UoSJ) will be held on November 26-27 at Hotel Golden Rose, Boralasgamuwa. The Conference is being held under the theme of ‘Sustainability, Ethics & Governance through Multidisciplinary Research’ is a forum in bringing together [...]
Junior Prefects of Gothami Balika Vidyalaya
The investiture ceremony of the 2019-2020 Junior Prefects of Gothami Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo 10, was held recently, under the patronage of Principal Ms Subashini Dematagoda, with Junior Prefects Guild head teacher Mrs Kusum Wickramasingha in attendance.
Applications for Colombo Uni’s Diploma in communication and Media studies
The University of Colombo (UoC) has called for applications for 2020, for its Diploma in Journalism, which has been renamed Diploma in Communication & Media Studies (NVQ Level 3). Applications will be entertained from eligible candidates employed in the Media with relevant work experience. In addition, freelance journalists, creative writers and artistes currently involved in [...]
Mahinda College Galle win IT General Knowledge
CODEFEST, a islandwide Software Competition organized by the Faculty of Computing of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) to exhibit Software Application Design and develop talents of students island-wide, was held recently for the 8th consecutive year, with 135 schools participating. Mahinda College Galle emerged winners of the General Knowledge contest on IT under [...]
Felicitation for Montessori teachers
The Rattota Pre-school Teachers Union recently organised a felicitation for Montessori teachers, at the Rattota Divisional Secretary’s office, with Divisional Secretary Dinipriya Herath as Chief Guest. Pix by Mahesh Keerthiratna.
Jaffna College Alumni Assoc., Colombo Branch on Nov.24
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Jaffna College Alumni Association, Colombo Branch will be held on November 24 (today) at the Bambalapitiya Flats Community Centre. “The objective is to renew old acquaintances and the fellowship while recalling the happy times spent at this great institution, along with the Election of Office Bearers for the next [...]
NP Colours Awards Applications now online
The Northern Province (NP) Education Ministry has called for applications from suitable school and private candidates for Colours Night Awards Ceremony 2019, in recognition of talented Sportsmen and Sportswomen in the Northern Province, to be held next month. The applicant must be in permanent residence in the NP and have participated in 2019. Applications and [...]
Opportunities in Studying Design with Raffles
The world of digital content creation is a very rapidly changing one. With the advent of the internet and availability of smartphones, every person has the power to create and share their creations with the entire world. Thereby, the value of knowledge in designing is becoming more important with each passing day. Almost every company [...]
Calstate Students Make Memories at Bentota with Nawaloka College
The US Transfer Students of NCHS Colombo made memories as they went on a day trip on the 25th of October. This exciting day was filled with fun, adventures, at Centara Ceysands Resort- Bentota. Students participated in team building activities such as passing through the hoop, pass the bottle as well as enjoying a boat [...]
EXPO 2020 – Opportunity to do higher Education in the Aussie way
Are you dreaming about your future in Australia? Here’s the chance. Win-stone hotel school, in joining hands with the TAFE University of the South Australian Government has organised a seminar and a workshop covering all the subject areas including engineering, business management, and nursing, I.T., accounting, cookery and many more. Provided with a wide range [...]
How A Masters in Arts can change your life
Tan Jyy Wei, who recently completed the Master of Communications and Media Studies programme at Monash University Malaysia, shares some of the unexpected personal skills and values you can gain from the programme. Body Text: Some time ago, during a job interview for an editor’s position, the hiring manager asked me: “So, why did you [...]
APIIT Leadership & Career Guidance Conference in partnership with Kandy Schools Past Pupils Association (KSPPA)
The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), a leading higher education institute in Sri Lanka in partnership with Kandy Schools’ Past Pupils’ Association (KSPPA) conducted the Leadership & Career Guidance Conference for the 5th consecutive year in a grand scale on 26th October 2019 at Oak Ray Hotel in Kandy. More than 450 school [...]
‘A Night at the Oscars’ with Nawaloka College
Nawaloka College of Higher Studies together with the Swinburne University of Technology celebrated its 5th graduation on the 23rd of October, at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. 405 students were felicitated at the event, who successfully completed the foundation in business, science/engineering as well as those who had secured a UniLink diploma in business, information technology, health [...]
SLTC RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS SOUTH ASIAN EMERGING EDUCATION INSTITUTE AWARD
The Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) has been conferred the Most Emerging Education Institute of the Year Award at the South Asian Partnership Summit & Business Excellence Awards 2019 held in Colombo this week. The award was received by Founder/CEO of SLTC Eng. Ranjith G. Rubasinghe and Chairman SLTC Mr. Kumarasinghe Sirisena from the former [...]
NIBM: A state-owned higher education model for innovation and sustainability
Sri Lanka has a total of 527 State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) out of which regular information is available nearly for 55. These SOEs accumulate billions of losses annually due to sheer mismanagement. However, NIBM has been a great model of state-owned higher education enterprise in Sri Lanka, which is a home for more than 12000 [...]
Invest in your Future @ ICBT Campus…
ICBT Campus the leader in private sector education in Sri Lanka has been offering great opportunities for students to obtain world class foreign Degrees in many disciplines since 1999. In association with some of the best British Universities, ICBT Campus offers Bachelor’s Degrees in IT, Business Management, Quantity Surveying , Engineering & Psychology. Studying at [...]
ANC U.S Curriculum gears students to ‘Think Like Corporate Executives’
ANC Education, in partnership with Northwood University, which is ranked among the Top 10 private Business schools in the U.S, offers a 100% U.S curriculum that inculcates experiential learning, a process of acquiring skills and knowledge through first-hand experiences from outside of the traditional academic classroom setting. Students are exposed across multiple industries to apply theory learnt [...]
SLIM Forum – Unknown stories of Known people enlighten the PCM Students
The forum for the SLIM Preliminary Certificate in Marketing (PCM) 2019 – 4th intake, was recently held on a grand scale at the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management. Themed “UNKNOWN STORIES OF KNOWN PEOPLE”, the event was made more captivating with the participation of popular singers, Santhush Weeraman, Lahiru Perera and well-known [...]
Dare to Change – One Step Away from a Different You!
Are you after your O/Levels or A/Levels? Not sure about your future career? Have been searching for an overseas qualification that will provide you a lucrative career? If so, you should read this. Sri Lanka is flooded with options for traditional higher education pathways, Degrees that are so popular but has no skill development to [...]
Edulink clinches Sri Lanka’s ‘Best Educational Institute in Management’ award
Edulink won recognition as the ‘Best Educational Institute in Management’ in Sri Lanka at the South-Asia Business Excellence Award 2019 held at the Colombo Hilton recently, establishing its preeminence in Sri Lanka’s higher education landscape and recognising its outstanding contribution towards uplifting the standard of management education in Sri Lanka,. This prestigious award to Edulink [...]
Developing an Innovative Career at SLIIT Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research
SLIIT Interview with Prof. Rahula Attalage SLIIT celebrating its 20th anniversary of excellence, is a leading non-state degree awarding institute approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the Universities Act. SLIIT is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), as well as the International Association of Universities (IAU). SLIIT is also the [...]
Sri Jayewardenepura Uni undergraduate wins Chemistry Competition Gold medal
The Inter University Chemistry Competition is an annual competition conducted by the Sri Lanka Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The gold medal of the 2019 competition was won by Ms. A.A.D.T. Abeysinghe from the Department of the Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. This competition was open to the top three performers in the [...]
AOD presents its inspiring new vision to create, design and innovate
An unique vision centering ‘design innovation’ as a central force to drive a one of a kind innovation marrying ‘design & tech’ is soon to be launched by AOD at its new home, the Colombo Innovation Tower. It will discuss how design thinking driven innovation can be incorporated with science, technology and entrepreneurial thinking, to [...]
QS World University ranking
Ranked in at four in the QS world university ranking California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is well recognized as a science and technology institute which has been the parent of some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to cater to the fundamental scientific questions and social challenges. It was established in 1891 as [...]
“Futuristic Engineering” – Engineering Career and Education Workshop
Tilak Dissanayake Product Design Engineer Robotic Air Cargo Network Volunteer with CAA, Vega Electric Supercar Mr. Tilak Dissanayake - is one of the iconic engineering personalities who was a Product Design Engineer at Robotic Air Cargo Network as well as who was instrumental in Vega Electric Super Car project with his volunteer efforts will be educating [...]