In today's competitive, fast paced world students are becoming increasingly more in favour of embarking on a higher educational pathway immediately after O/Ls.

While offering a number of selected degree programmes of International repute, OCBT Industrial Campus provides a practical, professional approach to bridge the knowledge gap of students - especially after O/Ls, who aspire to complete their higher education quickly and efficiently.

OCBT is currently preparing to groom their latest batch of O/L qualified (or after O/L) students from this January onwards, through the Foundation Diploma in Business & IT and Foundation Diploma in Software Engineering programmes.

These programmes provide automatic entry to degree programmes and they are highly recognized among universities and academic institutions - locally and internationally.

Since the minimum age limit is only 16, and the minimum qualification for these programmes are O/Ls (pending results are accepted), students are able to gain six (06) months of invaluable training towards their degree and their professional career - at a very young age. As the courses are cost effective, it is inevitably a highly profitable investment for quality seeking, yet cost conscious parents.

In order to nurture the talent of promising students, OCBT also offers valuable Scholarships, which are granted according to students' merits. Because OCBT places a high emphasis on maintaining high standards towards their academic courses, every applicant for these Foundation Diplomas will undergo a compulsory placement test prior to the commencement of the course on January28.

Registrations for the Foundation Diplomas in Business & IT / Software Engineering are now open and applications will be accepted until January 26. For further details, OCBT, No. 120, 2nd Floor, Highlevel Road, Kirulapona, Colombo - 6. Email: ocbt@openarc.lk or log on to www.ocbt.lk.