Students risk their lives to get to school
This week, education authorities took measures to make sure schools in outstation areas operated. But it was no easy task for students to get to their schools. As in this picture captured in Kalawana many children risked their lives to get to school. Pic by Upendra Jathungama
Teachers and university staff to conduct revision classes for A/L students
2022 A/L exams to be held in late November and early December Revision classes will be held in August and September The Education Ministry is to organise a three month revision course, with the assistance of university staff for G.C.E. A/L students who are to sit the exams later this year in a bid to offset [...]
Consecration of Sri Parameswaran Temple on July 6
The consecration ceremony of the Sri Parameswaran Temple of the University of Jaffna is to take place on July 6. Sri Parameswaran Temple was first consecrated by Sir Ponnambalam Ramanthan as a prayer hall of the then Parameswara College in 1928. It has now become the centre of the University of Jaffna’s main campus near [...]
China gifts rice to Lankan schoolchildren
Forty four containers full of rice were gifted by the people of China to support the struggling local school meal programme. The containers with 1,000 metric tonnes of rice were handed over to the Education Ministry here, an official from the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said. China plans to gift a total of 10,000 metric [...]
India calls for 2022/2023 Ayush Scholarship applications by July 15
Those interested in pursuing higher studies in the fields of ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homoeopathy now have the opportunity to study in India free of charge. The Indian government has called for applications under its Ayush Scholarship Scheme for undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral courses in the above fields for the academic year 2022-2023, [...]
National referral laboratory opened at Peradeniya University
A national referral laboratory at a cost of US$ 250,000 was opened by the University of Peradeniya’s Vice Chancellor Prof. M.D.Lamawansa this week. Prof. Lamawansa said this laboratory will serve the country well, and will also make people aware of modified food. The purpose of the laboratory, he added, is for the categorising and identification [...]
Fuel crisis brings O/L paper marking to a halt: Exams department
Lack of fuel for teachers to travel to paper marking centres across the country has resulted in the examinations department halting the paper marking process. It is learnt that although the first tranche of paper marking has been completed, teachers are finding it difficult to purchase fuel. Although the examinations department made arrangements for teachers [...]
Authorities unsure if schools can function five days a week
Education authorities are undecided on conducting physical classes in schools this month in view of the ongoing fuel crisis, a senior Education Ministry official said recently. A meeting is due to be held with the Education Minister after he returns from his overseas visit. At this meeting, the dates for the reopening of schools will [...]
UCL Annual IT Career Fair 2022 sets the pace for new ‘millennials’ to work in the IT Industry
The UCL IT Career Fair 2022 was held on a professional platform with the participation of many top-drawer IT organisations and professionals in Sri Lanka giving hope to budding talent at UCL in terms of internships and focusing on the IT Industry’s dire need of more than 10,000 professionals needed to join the IT Industry. [...]
Enroll for the Deakin University Degree pathway in Psychology @ PCHE
After A/L’s Prospects College of Higher Education (PCHE) in partnership with Deakin University Melbourne, Australia, now offers a degree pathway in Psychology for students who have completed their A/L’s. Under this arrangement, students can commence their studies at PCHE Colombo, Sri Lanka, and upon successful completion of 1 year, transfer to Deakin University Australia to [...]
Navigating education through crises: A desperate national need
Sri Lanka as a country has always been held in the highest esteem due to its high literacy indices in comparison to other countries in the region. However, the past three years have been a challenge to all sectors and especially so for education of children and young people. The COVID-19 outbreak had brought fear, [...]
Start your Canadian Higher Education at UCL and Transfer to Canada
Happy Canada Day to all Canadians around the world! It’s the National day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday, celebrated with exuberant parades, carnivals and fireworks throughout the country on the 1st of July every year. This year also commemorates the 155th anniversary of Canada since the passing of the Constitution Act in 1867, which [...]
When the Enemy Attacks You from All Ends
A beautiful house that belongs to a friend of mine who is living in Australia was completely burnt down, he lost all that he earned during his entire life. Worsening the situation further the disastrous damage had taken place during a time that he had disregarded renewing the insurance policy that he had been renewing [...]
Computing degrees from Curtin University Australia, ranked among the top 1% in the world (ARWU 2021)
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), a pioneering non-state higher education institute in Sri Lanka, has expanded its long-standing partnership with Curtin University, Australia to offer Curtin University full degree programmes in Computing, Engineering and Business at the SLIIT INTERNATIONAL Campus in Colombo. Sri Lankan students can now complete a full Australian university degree [...]
Foundation in Early Childhood Education leading to a bachelor’s degree @ Deakin University
Prospects College of Higher Education (PCHE) offers a unique Foundation programme in Early Childhood Education, for students who have completed their O/L’s. The programme is 6 months in duration, and upon successful completion, students can enroll for the Diploma in Early Childhood Education at PCHE, and transfer to Deakin University Melbourne, Australia to complete a [...]
High Demand for Actuaries in the World
Today’s world is full of digital data that is constantly evolving. The financial and business industry is one of the world’s largest and most data-driven sectors in any country, particularly in developing countries. Thus, using such data to draw conclusions is not simple, but data-driven decision making (DDDM) has become a very popular scientific approach [...]
Why should you opt for a Global MBA offered by Coventry University over a regular MBA?
To support you to face today’s fast-paced corporate space, NIBM Business School has partnered with Coventry University London to offer a highly recognized “Global Business MBA”. Coventry University London is one of the largest providers of business-related degree courses in Europe. Coventry University London has designed this programme to make sure the future generations maintain [...]
Resilient supply chains for economic challenges in the next normal
KDU LOGISTICS DAY 2022 The much-anticipated “KDU Logistics Day 2022” of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), organised by the Technical Sciences and Management Society of the Department of Management and Finance (TSMS), Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, was ceremonially conducted on the 1st of June 2022 at Faculty of Graduate Studies [...]