Ed. Minister keen on solving teachers’ salary issues immediately
Dinesh Gunawardena, who assumed duties as the new Education Minister recently, lost no time in calling education trade union representatives for discussions to resolve the outstanding salary issues of teachers. At the end of the discussion, trade union representatives told the media that the discussion ended on a positive note. Minister Gunawardena is seen holding [...]
Three possible options to release delayed 2020 O/L results, Ed. Ministry still making decision
The Education Ministry is considering three options to provide the 2020 G.C.E. O/L results to students, which have been held up due to trade union actions of teachers. A senior Education Ministry official held discussions this week, with the regional education directors about the plan to release the results. The delay in conducting practical examinations [...]
UoC’s Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration to be held virtually for the first time
The 16th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration will be delivered on Monday (August 30), by Prof.Neelika Malavige on the topic “The Covid-19 Pandemic: The way forward through impactful research.” Prof.Malavige is an Alumnus of the University of Colombo and is presently the Head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri [...]
Deadline for A/L, Grade Five scholarship exams applications
The closing date for applications for this year’s GCE Advanced Level Examinations and the Grade Five Scholarship Examinations has been extended to September 15, the Examinations Commissioner General announced on Friday.
Russian Higher Education Ministry calls for scholarship
Applications have been called for Russian state scholarships. Accordingly citizens of Sri Lanka are eligible to apply for Russian state scholarships to get a free opportunity to read for Bachelors’, Masters’ and PhD programmes at Russian state universities. These higher education programmes will be conducted in Russian. All the selected applicants will get the opportunity [...]
Eight new members for the presidential task force on education
The presidential task force on Sri Lanka’s education affairs has appointed eight new members as directed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Skills Development, Vocational Education and Research and Innovation State Ministry Secretary Deepa Liyanage, University of Peradeniya Vice Chancellor M.D. Lamawansa, Open University Vice Chancellor P.M.C. Thilakaratne, South Eastern University Vice Chancellor A. Rameez, Uva Wellassa [...]
More vocational institutes needed: Ed. Minister
More educational institutions with vocational training must be created for students who cannot be admitted to state universities, New Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said recently. The Minister mentioned this when he met University Grants Commission (UGC)officers last week. The minister emphasised the current necessity of designing the university education in a way that it can [...]
Dr Shetty says‘ SL must Use Neuromarketing’ @ APIIT MBA Diary 2021
Top business professional Dr Khyati Shetty the recipient of the GCC Education Leaders Award-2019, Top 100 Global Training and Development Minds-2018, Global Training and Leadership Award-2017 a leadership consultant for Government bodies of Nigeria, Ghana, Dubai and Mauritius addressing the MBA students of Asia Pacific Institute of Technology( APIIT) said that ‘ Neuromarketing’ is the [...]
ROTARACT in the forefront to stop the Spread again:
A knowledge first approach One of the leading youth movements in Sri Lanka, Rotaract consists of nine thousand best youth brains launched a unique initiative branded “Sanwadaya”. This twice a month, thirty-minute programme will feature the experts in the field, with an aim to unveil the unknown truths of COVID-19 said the District Rotaract Representative, [...]
ACCA Awards Ceremony recognises and celebrates outstanding achievements
Whilst the ambience might have been virtual, the recognition still remained highly reputed, as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) held their prize winners awards ceremony on the 25th of August 2021, to recognise the affiliates who completed the ACCA exams and honour the prize winners who accomplished top scores in the ACCA examinations. [...]
AOD alumna Shayani Alwis talks fashion design, entrepreneurship, and her passion for fashion
Fashion is reputedly a competitive enough arena to break into, but to launch and successfully run your own brand has its own set of challenges; challenges that one can only learn when passion is coupled with a sound educational foundation. In an interview for The Education Times, Shayani Alwis, former BA (Hons) Fashion & Textile [...]
The 4th wave in Sri Lanka due to Covid-19 Delta virus….
Just as companies were coming out of the 3rd wave after a semi lock down, we see once-again the virus sparking with 186 deaths and almost four thousand getting infected. The spike in the infection rate due to the Delta variant is driving many companies to put their shutters up and specially FMCG companies to a [...]
UWL Alumnus rises in her career as a Member of the Management Board of a Fortune 500 Company
Highlighted for her remarkable achievements, Jayani De Silva is an outstanding alumnus of ANC School of Postgraduate Education. She became the 1st Sri Lankan to obtain a Distinction in the University of West London (UWL) Masters of Law programme, and achieved the highest average under the LLM programme, and in the Dissertation Component. Jayani is [...]
Comparison the Parasite of Joy
There once was a young couple who owned a Maruti Alto. Together they would go out in their little Maruti, and they lived a blissful life, until one day the wife finds out that their neighbor drives a better car than theirs. From that day forward this young wife began to grumble and mumble to [...]
How a father and son found the pathway to university success For Nuvin and his father, UTS was the perfect choice
Nuvin Chamathka Perera will soon begin his studies at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). After successfully completing a Diploma of Information Technology at UTS Sri Lanka, he has qualified for direct entry to second year of Bachelor of Computing Science (Honours) majoring in Cybersecurity and Networking. His father, Mr Hemasiri Perera, played a key [...]
Swimming Upstream with INCLUSION – The story of Dialog
Addressing the second biennial memorial oration of Late Professor Liyanage, the Group Chief Executive Officer – Dialog Axiata Group – Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, unfolded the story of Dialog from its inception, which was set up with an ambitious target of becoming the market leader within three years of its establishment in 1997 in the Sri [...]
Engaging with the Younger Generation
Every individual aspires to be in a society with high living standards and equal opportunity. It is the duty of the state and its’ stakeholders to create such an environment in a country to reap the maximum out of its’ citizens. Migration of well-educated, skilled citizens of developing countries at a large scale to highly [...]
Study Medicine in Belarus Vitebsk State Medical University FINAL Admission Call!
Are you looking for the best university experience with an academically rich programme, excellent clinical exposure in government hospitals which would allow you to work in Sri Lanka or in any country you desire as a Medical Doctor? – Vitebsk State Medical University ranked as one of the Top 500 universities in the world for [...]
Prof. Udith Jayasinghe, addresses ASGROPTIC, SLIIT on Agriculture Policy in Sri Lanka
Association of Sri Lanka Growers of Plant Tissue Culture (ASGROPTIC) established under Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) was formed as an outcome of the RIC (Research Innovation and Commercialisation) grant offered by World bank through AHEAD Operations in 2019. The RIC grant: ‘Commercialisation of Low Cost (CSUP) Micropropagation for Export and Production of [...]
The Ballet School of Colombo, making history in Sri Lanka
Colombo, August 7: The Ballet School of Colombo had its inaugural exams in the fields of Classical and Jazz Ballet with the affiliation of the Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing. The Ballet School is the first Sri Lankan dance establishment to be selected as a member for the society. Thirty six students ranging from [...]