All island announcing competition
The Tissa Jayawardena all island announcing competition organised by the Media unit was held at Richmond College in Galle. Mr Jayawardena was one of the veteran announcers at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC ). He passed away in 2004. Pix by Sirangika Lokukarawita
Teachers, lecturers conduct education programmes on SLBC channels
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) has taken an initiative to broadcast education programmes during the weekdays as a means of helping schoolchildren with their education activities during the Covid-19 crisis. In a letter to the Secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media, SLBC Director Chandrapala Liyanage has said the programmes that began on March [...]
UGC proposes academic activity plan; free data for students
With the disruption of academic activities of universities and higher educational institutes, the University Grants Commission has drawn out a programme to ensure that the students continue to have access to educational material. UGC Chairman Sampath Amaratunga said discussions would be held with the government to provide free data packages to students so that they [...]