A/L students expect difficulties over Z-score marks
With the Z-score marks for the 2020 G.C.E.A/L exams released this week, many students anticipate that some of them will be affected, much like what happened last year. Therefore a petition was handed over by the students to the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday. Complications over admissions and exams were reported last year, as [...]
Education Ministry takes action to complete syllabus for students
A 100-day crash programme to complete the syllabus for students who missed on educational activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been launched by the Education Ministry recently. Under the programme, which is scheduled to be completed in 20 weeks, classes which have resumed academic activities need to ensure that students have a sufficient knowledge [...]
Additional US$ 5M from the World Bank for higher educational programmes
Additional funding for higher educational programmes in Sri Lanka has been pledged by the World Bank. Accordingly US$ five million has been pledged, in addition to US$ 25 million provided by the World Bank earlier. The World Bank’s Human Development Practice Leader for the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka Rene Antonio Leon met with Education [...]
J’pura University to become the first carbon neutral university in South Asia
A project to make the University Of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) the first carbon neutral university in South Asia is underway. USJ’s Centre for Sustainability, under its Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, is currently leading the way through its “USJ Carbon Zero” project to achieve the objective, a university official said. Accordingly, the university will [...]
MoU to be signed between Kotelawala Defence University and Duke University
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and Duke University in the United States of America is to be signed for a research project on melioidosis. Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, is an infectious disease that can infect humans or animals. The disease is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. [...]
PGIS at the University of Peradeniya celebrates its silver jubilee
Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS) at the University of Peradeniya is a pioneering initiative to equip Sri Lanka with an exceptionally skilled workforce ready to tackle real-life challenges. Being the national institute for promoting postgraduate studies and research in science in Sri Lanka, PGIS aims to create a step-change in postgraduate study and training within [...]
A stepping stone for the Interest Free Student Loan Scheme by MoE
BRIDGE – BCI’s University Preparation Programme The Benedict XVI Catholic Institute of Higher Education, popularly known as “BCI Camps”, is the most modern largest educational establishment in the region of Negombo. BCI Campus is a degree awarding institute accredited by the Ministry of Education (MoE), offering UGC approved undergraduate programmes in the fields of Management, [...]
Imitation Personalities and Saltless Lives
I have seen a lot of people who wear imitation gold jewellery and attend weddings. They wear those jewellery and pretend that they were born rich, they even start walking and talking differently. Throughout the function they carry out a fake personality with a fake walk, talk and behaviour. Once they return home, they take [...]
APIIT MBA Diary power WIM Top 50 Conference
The strongest Industry linked MBA in Sri Lanka – The Staffordshire University MBA at Asia Pacific Institute of Technology ( APIIT) will power the coveted 4th Top 50 Professional and Career Women Annual Conference to be staged at Kingsbury Hotel on the 9th November 2021. The founder of the programme Dr Sulochana Segera commenting on [...]
Dream Big, Start Small
Excelsia College, Sydney want to help students achieve their goals of studying abroad and now welcome applications for Bachelor of Management and Entrepreneurship and Bachelor of Business (Accounting) for February / July 2022 intakes. Excelsia College, Sydney 38-years of unparalleled prestige and commitment in tertiary education in Australia, is all about being part of a [...]
(Hons) Software Engineering Degree from UCLan at UCL
The most versatile IT Degree in Sri Lanka The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is a well-known provider of career-focused education degrees that gives students the tools needed to thrive on the global stage and is benchmarked as a university that is at the forefront of developing degrees in evolving disciplines like Software Engineering. The [...]
Depart to EUROPE in November 2021
The end for the Covid-19 is a “?” Mark Study Engineering, IT, Business and Bio-Technology Covid-19 Pandemic started to rule the world in a negative direction from the end of 2019 onwards, almost we have passed one and half years of our life with this Covid-19 virus. In these one and half years, we would [...]
Creating future leaders at Management and Science Institute (MSI)
Management and Science Institute (MSI) is one of the leading institutions in Sri Lanka that offers professional education to meet global industry demand. At MSI the key focus is to develop knowledge and skills of students while preparing them to obtain employment opportunities with higher studies. A wide range of full-time and part time programme [...]
16 top performers win prizes at CA Sri Lanka’s September Business Level virtual exam
A total of 16 high performing students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) have won the main merit and subject prizes offered at the Business Level virtual exam held in September. Accordingly, the Business Level merit prizes were won by six aspiring Chartered Accountants, whilst 12 students bagged the [...]
Pursue a globally acclaimed accounting degree from CA Sri Lanka
Students who have successfully completed their GCE Advanced Level examination can stake claim to an interest free loan from the Ministry of Higher Education and pursue the globally acclaimed BSc. Applied Accounting Special Degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka). The interest free loan will be granted to students [...]
Fadna uplifts the pharmaceutical industry with Grow Beyond
Fadna, a pioneer in the Sri Lankan functional food industry, recently launched an online discussion forum as part of their Grow Beyond initiative with the objective of uplifting the pharmaceutical industry by improving overall service to the community. Held recently , coinciding with World Pharmacist Day, this online discussion was conducted via Zoom and targeted [...]
Call for Chartered Accountants to build on position of trust and lead on future challenges
The Chartered Accountancy profession must use its position of trust to act on tackling the challenges of the recovery after Covid-19 and on building towards a sustainable future. This was the call from an event with panelists across the world, held to launch results of a survey into international business leaders’ trust in Chartered Accountants. [...]
Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) signs MoU with Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
The Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (SUSL) to offer exemptions, scholarships, and a “GOLD MEDAL AWARD.” The MoU was signed by the Director-General of the IBSL, Mr. C P A Karunatilake, and [...]
SLMUN 2021: Restless for Change
For years, millennials (people born from 1980 to 1995) were attacked by Generation X (born 1965 – 1980) and Baby Boomers (born 1946 – 1964) for being spoiled and entitled “youngsters” who spent all their time on Facebook and trying to be trendy. Now the criticism from these older generations has shifted to Generation Z. [...]
The light of education reaches Kegalle!
- Virtual Opening Ceremony of Lyceum Kegalle Pre – Primary School There is a saying by the renowned Pakistani activist on female education Malala Yousafzai: “Let us remember, one book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” We recall the past when in 1993, the school was founded by the visionary [...]
Record breaking completion of the CIMA Professional Qualification in Sri Lanka
A student in Sri Lanka broke the record by completing The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional qualification in 10 months, which is normally completed in 2 – 2.5 years. The student Sandil Mallikarachchi began to pursue the CIMA professional qualification in November 2020 and had recently completed the 16 exams through self-studying whilst [...]
After O/L’s, receive a scholarship from Horizon Campus to read for University of London LL.B.
With O/L results out, the most important question that one would require an answer is as to “what career paths are available in the job market and what degree programmes are available that would make you suitable to enter into that potential market?” Current available degree pathways and institutions that offer such pathways are many. [...]