UDA seizes land housing UOC hostel
The Colombo University hostel at Muttiah Road in Colombo 2 may no longer be available for students as the Urban Development Authority (UDA) has seized 2.5 acres of land that holds the hostel. The Arts Faculty Teachers’ Association of the University of Colombo (AFTA- CU) has written to the Prime Minister’s office in protest of the move. [...]
No uniformity among schools’ academic activities due to COVID outbreak
The Education Ministry is planning to carry out an island wide survey to determine as to how each of the schools has completed the syllabi for this year, in the wake of disrupted educational activities due to the COVID-19 situation, a senior ministry official said. The findings of the survey are to be used for [...]
Elderly teachers and principals at high risk if schools reopen as planned: CTU
If schools are reopened on November 23 as planned, teachers and principals will be at a higher risk as most of them are elderly, the Ceylon Teachers Union said recently. They also expressed their concern of a possible ‘school cluster’, if schools are reopened this month, as COVID cases continue to rise daily. “Unless there [...]
Cabinet approves construction of new faculties at State Unis
Approval for the construction of three buildings required for state universities was approved by the Cabinet this week. The cost for the three buildings is more than Rs. three billion. Among the buildings are the construction of the Sabaragamuwa University medical faculty and the faculty of technology. The Sri Lankan Government has signed an agreement [...]
Dry ration packages for students in lieu of schools’ nutrition programme
The Education Ministry has allocated Rs 1.05 billion for the distribution of ‘dry ration packages’ for students as the food and nutrition programme in state schools has been put on hold due to the current COVID-19 situation, a senior official attached to the Ministry’s Food and Nutrition Unit said recently. The move to issue dry [...]
Eligible education sector officers called to fill in vacant posts
The Education Ministry has called for applications from education sector officers to fill in vacancies existing in over 100 national schools across the country. Accordingly all eligible candidates in the Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service (SLEAS) belonging to the class one, two and three categories and grade one Sri Lanka Principal Service (SLPS) officers would be eligible [...]
Five year medium-term plan for the education sector
The Education Ministry, in collaboration with provincial education authorities and national level institutes, has prepared a medium-term strategic plan for the education sector for a period of five years; from 2020-2025. The plan has been included in the Central Bank report on recent economic developments of 2020 and prospects for 2021. The plan is expected [...]
University of Colombo hostel at Muttiah Road in Colombo 2 seized by UDA
The Urban Development Authority (UDA) has seized a 2.5 acres’ land that holds the Muttiah Road hostel of the University of Colombo. On November 5, the Arts Faculty Teachers’ Association of the University of Colombo (AFTA- CU) wrote to the Prime Minister’s office in protest of the move. UDA Director General Prasad Ranaweera told the [...]
New initiatives for distance and online learning from next week onwards
With more than 1.5 billion children including more than 4.3 million Sri Lankan students affected, the Education Ministry is set to launch its series of educational television programmes from next week as a long term measure to meet the educational needs of students. Education Reforms Minister Susil Premajayantha said even if schools resume classes, the [...]
Teachers’ salary anomalies ignored after COVID outbreak, says CTU
Last week, the Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) claimed the Government is ignoring the requests made by teachers for a review of their salary anomalies. CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said the unions had been asking for a salary increase for teachers even before the pandemic occurred, but their demands were shelved due to outbreak in March 2020. He [...]
Students take to the streets
On Friday a group of students protested about the injustice caused to some students by new university admissions selection criteria. Pix by Sirangika Lokukarawita.
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Student travel uninterrupted with Asian International Academy
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Rotary launches learning to live with Covid-19 campaign
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Evolution of the Sinhala Script
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Port City Colombo partnered with AOD to launch a first of its kind Design competition!
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“IMPACT VOICES”: co-creating a systems change towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Brock opens new doors for transfer students from Sri Lanka
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Volunteer action counts
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