Teachers turn to technology for education
Teachers of Pebotuwa Maha Vidyala, in the Kalawana area of the Ratnapura district use Google Classroom to provide students with distance learning facilities. Pic by Upendra Jathungama
Database system for Govt. schools with students exam results and health records
Details of all Government school students will be included in a database system, with information on examination and term test results, health records, assessment reviews saved in digital format, an Education Ministry senior official said recently. Education Director (Data Management) G.M. Neil Gunadasa told Education Times phase one of the student data collecting project is [...]
Local students invited for higher studies in India under 2020-21 Self Financing Scheme
The Indian High Commission has invited applications from eligible Sri Lankan students (excluding Persons of Indian Origin (PIO), Overseas Citizenship of India Card holders and Non-Resident Indians), seeking admission for undergraduate courses in MBBS, BDS, BE, B. Tech, B. Pharmacy and B. Arch under the 2020-21 academic year Self Financing Scheme. Candidates who wish to [...]
Non-academic staff of schools face health risks, says union
The Educational Non-Academic Employees Union said staff were advised to report to the work amidst COVID-19 risks in the country, despite the health advisory introduced by health officials. Principals of institutions administered by the Education Ministry and the Provincial Ministry of Education had instructed non-academic staff to report to work, they said. They said employees [...]
Microsoft Identifies Gateway College as a Centre of Excellence
MahishkaMendis talks to Hasitha Abeywardena, Country Manager, Microsoft Sri Lanka/Maldives and Dr. Harsha Alles, Chairman, Gateway Group of Schools “At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. As part of that mission, we believe technology can be used as a tool to empower students and teachers [...]
UWL Master’s Degree offers the Latest cutting edge know-how for Professionals in Diverse sectors
Up-skilling is the only way to face new challenges in the present and future business environment. As businesses around the world are changing their business models after Covid-19, to adapt to the new normal, employers are under tremendous pressure to go hard or go home as severe cut backs are taking place and the survival [...]
IIHS Award winning Learner Management System provides students access to online material during the COVID-19 pandemic
Having won consecutive awards at the Commonwealth Digital Health Awards in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and improving accessibility to education for students, the notable key features of the LMS platform include providing access to all learner material and student centric teaching thus allowing students to access material and prepare for the online class from [...]
Redefining the Status of the Construction Industry and Protecting the Environment
In a world where everything carries a price tag, one might choose to settle with monetary gains while another pursue excellence. The Sunday Times Education team spoke to a young Architect Thilina Wijekoon who strives for better things in his profession of Architecture. Thilina who is also known as Baiya amongst his friends is an [...]
Don’t close the doors to Education: COVID-19
Education is not only about online learning, but about mixed media learning, with the objective of reaching as many students as possible, today It is stated that the World War II and the Great depression were the last periods in which so many countries around the world saw schools and educational institutions go into lockdown [...]
Become a Powerful Communicator from Your Home
Many days and weeks have elapsed since the corona virus spread its tentacles around the globe. The dark clouds still hang over our beautiful island but Sri Lanka is restarting. As those Sri Lankans in the front lines, .the military, medical health professionals and those providing essential services battle tirelessly to save our nation, what [...]
Raincheck on Doomsday
During the last hundred years, atmospheric temperatures have been readily increasing to the point where we are now experiencing some of the most extreme temperatures on record. This is both caused by and cause for a self-sustaining feedback loop that inevitably worsens these conditions. It’s abundantly clear that by releasing heat trapping gasses into the [...]
IMC Education Welfare Services for Medical Students in Belarus during COVID 19 Pandemic
Head states of the world are conformed to a global health crisis in par with the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is to be understood that COVID-19 will leave no sector in any country unaffected. Belarus is a destination that counts to more than 1500 Sri-Lankan students currently studying medicine due to its excellent academic structure. COVID-19 [...]
“Online learning is not inferior to normal face-to-face delivery”
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) Ir. Professor Lau Hieng Ho, Swinburne University of Technology “The safety of the Swinburne community is our priority. We believe that good teaching is good teaching, and it is about our academic staff, course design and learning management system that will assist the smooth transition from face-to-face to digital” stated Deputy Vice-Chancellor [...]
Read a book, put it into practice
Knowledge is something that is not limited to one sphere, or one particular science or thought. Hence the books we will feature every week in this new series will be from different genre ranging from entrepreneurship, art, science, technology, innovation, history, sociology, mass communication, journalism, anthropology, philosophy (philosophy of the Eastern world, philosophy of countries [...]