UNIVOTEC hostel handed over for COVID-19 treatment
With the COVID-19 situation worsening, universities have made arrangements to hand over their hostels to the health authorities, to be used as treatment centres for COVID-19 patients. Recently the University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) in Ratmalana made its 200-bed hostel available for this purpose. Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa, Colombo District Co-ordinating committee Co-Chairman Pradeep [...]
Online classes should not become a burden to teachers and students: Ed. Ministry
The Education Ministry has directed school principals notunnecessarily burden teachers and students while online classes are going on these days. The move came after complaints were received about students and teachers having to follow unnecessary rules, making it difficult to conduct and engage in the online classes. Some students were forced to follow online classes [...]
Yahapalana project to develop more than 1000 schools suspended
CTU says schools are currently in chaos due to incomplete buildings and rubble scattered in compounds A gigantic project estimated at a cost of Rs.65,000 million to develop more than 1000 schools started under the Yahapalana Government is being dismantled, and construction work in schools halted. The Education Times learned that the current Government has [...]
KDU’s first virtual Logistics Day held this month
KDU Logistics Day organised by the Technical Sciences and Management Society of the Department of Management and Finance, ended at the beginning of this month. It was conducted for the 7th consecutive year. The occasion was graced by Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Vice-Chancellor Milinda Peiris, who was the chief guest, and Hambantota International Port Services [...]
EFSL: Govt. should give priority to rural and plantation schools
The Education Forum Sri Lanka (EFSL) has called on the Government to decentralise allocations for expenditure on schools to give maximum benefit to schoolchildren attending rural schools. Rural schools get little or no funds for expenditure on the health of their students or school development, it said recently. While urban schools raise money from students [...]
New degree programmes in applied chemistry, sports science and electronics at UoK
This year, the University of Kelaniya is ready to introduce five new Honours Degree programmes for students who have recently passed the 2020 G.C.E A/L examinations with good results. These degrees would enable these students to obtain professional qualifications in many fields. These highly exceptional, innovative programmes have been put together after careful thought, supported [...]
Academy of Design launches ‘Design Never Stops’ enrolment campaign inspired by AOD Creative Students & the resilience of Generation Z
At the onset of 2020, none could have predicted the extent to which the world would be heaved upside down. However, the unprecedented health crisis and the economic disruption which followed have been felt most heavily by millennials and Gen Z’ers. All the same, surveys have revealed some hearteningly positive results. For one, the 2020 [...]
Earn RIC’s International Economics and Finance Degree Embrace a world of opportunities
A new contender for the most contemporary and innovative Undergraduate Degree has entered the higher education arena of Sri Lanka. Discover your true potential Every student who enters the halls of the Royal Institute of Colombo (RIC) is given the opportunity to become the best, in both Sri Lanka and the world. Over RIC’s storied [...]
British Institute of Engineering and Technology (B.I.E.T.) Offers World Class Qualifications
B.I.E.T. was created to fill a vacuum in the engineering and technology education in Sri Lanka, which is high quality education at an affordable price. The degree programmes offered are from the University of West of England Bristol which is commonly known as UWE Bristol. UWE Bristol is currently ranked at number 21 in the [...]
75 CA Sri Lanka scholarships to the highest achievers of the 2020 GCE Advanced Level exam
Top achievers at the 2020 GCE Advanced Level exam will receive full scholarships from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), enabling them to kick start a successful professional journey as globally recognised Chartered Accountants. A total of 75 scholarships will be awarded to the highest achievers under six schemes. Accordingly, [...]
CFA Society Sri Lanka reveals how to join the global network of CFA charterholders
CFA Society Sri Lanka has launched a webinar series titled “Join the Global Network of CFA® charterholders” to explore the opportunities and value of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation globally. The first webinar will be held on Tuesday, 25th May 2021 from 3.30 pm to 5 pm. The CFA Programme is a professional qualification offered [...]
Responsible research innovation (rri) and 8 ‘i’ folded integrated research and development
Research is the biggest contributing and influential element in the development of any sector or discipline in the world. There are immeasurable number of researches are carried out in the globe on the interest of socio-cultural, economic and environmental development relevant to numerous sectors and disciplines in the world. Unexceptionally, in Sri Lanka also a [...]
Institute of Physics Sri Lanka (IPSL) now offers a Foundation Course in Physics
Institute of Physics Sri Lanka (IPSL) which is the apex body of physicists in Sri Lanka, conducts one year Foundation Course in Physics for students who are seeking an equivalent qualification to GCE (A/L) Physics when entering to some undergraduate degree programmes. Successful completion of this Foundation Course in Physics will exempt students from having [...]
Sri Lanka Karate Champ – Peterite Randev secure 4 A’s at A’ Levels
Sri Lankan Under 19 Black Belt Karate Gold Medallion Randev Athukorala who was awarded the converted ‘ Best Sportsman’ at the recently concluded New Generation Youth Awards was awarded 4 A’s at the Advanced Level examination conducted by the Education Ministry, Government of Sri Lanka. Senior Prefect of St Peters College and 4th year coloursemen, [...]
Curtin Computing and Engineering degrees at SLIIT INTERNATIONAL
The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) opened its brand-new campus, SLIIT INTERNATIONAL, at Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2 last month.Spread over 131 perches of prime land in central Colombo, SLIIT INTERNATIONAL is a most modern higher education facility in the country’s non-state higher education sector with up to the minute academic infrastructure and facilities. [...]
Dead Bodies Dressed in Branded Clothes
Many people are very keen on building architecturally designed grave stones for their parents, whereas they have been utter failures in loving their parents while they are alive. Such people attempt to organise many deeds in memory of their parents, but they have not even held their parent’s hands during the times of difficulty. This [...]
Shopper and Customer Marketing
What is shopper/customer marketing? Everything in marketing and branding are directed towards identification or anticipation of what consumers would need and how effective they would be in meeting expectations. In a market like Sri Lanka where the maximum potential for growth is limited to 22 million people and 5.4 million households, it’s obvious that, the [...]
APIIT offers Salesforce Development Training
The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) now offers a Salesforce Development Training Programme, the first of which took place in partnership with Wiley Sri Lanka, a fully-owned subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons Inc. The six-week workshop kicked off in January 2021 through a series of online sessions that saw over 80 registrations. [...]
Sri Lanka Technological Campus offers 50% scholarships for top degree programme of Deakin University
The pandemic has highlighted the volatility and uncertainty that is the modus operandi of a world so closely knitted by globalisation. This revelation has a resounding impact on the education sphere, where the need to be qualified and geared with transferable 21st-century skills is more critical, now more than ever. For Sri Lanka Technological Campus [...]
ESOFT offers scholarships to GCE A/L island top rankers
In recognition of the outstanding performance in the recently held GCE Advanced Level examinations, ESOFT the trailblazer in quality higher education with an island-wide presence has decided to offer the international lyrecognised PEARSON BTEC HND programmes with a full scholarship for the island top rankers in their respective streams. With a pioneering vision to empower [...]
After your A/Levels The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams
Get Qualified and acquire skills to succeed in post pandemic economic boom For many of us, owning your own hospitality business or taking up a managerial role in an international Hotel Chain is one of those dreams. We at AAH will help you make your dreams come true. Remember to take time to enjoy the [...]
PIM Alumni launches member portal to build Sri Lanka’s strongest postgraduate professional network
Sri Lanka’s pioneering higher education alumni organisation, the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) Alumni Association (PIMA), positioned as the country’s leading network of top industry professionals, recently launched a digital member platform to build, nurture and develop its member network. Comprising of over 3,500 postgraduate qualified PIM graduate members, the PIMA network is an engaging fraternity renowned [...]