State uni. students demand for academic activities to resume
Students at Sri Jayawardenapura university protested outside the university premises recently, demanding for academic activities at all campuses to recommence. Pic by Akila Jayawardena
New guidelines being prepared to resume primary classes in school: Education Ministry
Health Services Director General is in the process of drawing out new guidelines to resume grade one to grade five classes in school next month. Accordingly, the Education Ministry is expecting to resume classes from grade two to grade five when the new term begins on January 3. The grade one admissions are being finalised [...]
NVQ certification for water plumbers
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the regulator of the electricity industry and the designated regulator for water services industry entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC), the Vocational Training Authority (VTA) and the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) recently to provide free [...]
ICTA and J’pura University partner for Sri Lanka’s first on-campus medical centre
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) medical centre became the first-ever medical centre in a Sri Lankan higher education institute to benefit from the Hospital Health Management Cloud Service adoption. HHIMS is yet another product from the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka, and it was deployed at the USJ medical centre [...]
Official website for Great Western Tamil School
The Great Western Tamil School in Talawakelle launched an official website early this week. All information about the school is uploaded on this website which was designed by the school’s students under the guidance of the ICT teacher. The school is under the Nuwara Eliya education zone. The school’s principal M. I. M. Faris, the [...]
New book on management launched at Kandy Club
A book on management in the education sector was launched recently, by retired Education Director Ratna Seneviratne. The book, written in Sinhala, is a compendium of concepts, evolution, thoughts and processes in management. It contains 237 pages divided into ten chapters, with modern approaches to management. The launch took place at the prestigious Kandy Club [...]
125 Years together and forever..
Sacred Heart Convent, one of the leading girls’ schools in Galle, celebrated the Quasquicentennial on 24th November 2021 with pomp and dignity in the presence of most respected religious personalities. It was on 24th November 1896 five Reverend Sisters from Belgium disembarked on Sri Lankan shores in order to begin the mission of enlightening the [...]
NOC : test a new model for training top athletes
The National Olympic Committee( NOC) together with the Sri Lanka Badminton Association( SLBA) has conceptualized a new model for developing future winners with the launch of two top private sector companies Sun Match Company and CIC Vet Care under the leadership of NOC President Suresh Subramaniam. Initially the athletes will go through personality assessment training [...]
SLIIT Annual Research Conference ‘SICASH 2021’ showcases thought-provoking research and sharing of best practices
The Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of SLIIT proudly hosted its annual ‘SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Sciences & Humanities’ (SICASH 2021), for the second consecutive year recently as a virtual event. SICASH is a platform for both renowned and emerging scholars from local and international academia, to showcase their subject-specific and multidisciplinary research [...]
Make your Child Shine – Public Speaking, Personality Development and Leadership
Schools have started physical classes again. Children who were isolated in their homes, glued to their computers need to adjust to the new normal, developing confidence and socialisation skills. They need to adapt to meet the challenges of the modern world. Children especially, are vulnerable and sensitive to change. They need guidance and motivation to [...]
APIIT holds Annual Graduation 2021
Chief Guest Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Guest of Honour Ms. Hajar Alafifi, Chairperson and Managing Director Unilever Sri Lanka, Chairman, APIIT, Sri Lanka Mr. Bandula Egodage, and Academic Staff of APIIT Sri Lanka at the 2021 Graduation . Colombo, 22 December 2021: The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) [...]
Chokolaate Mother Daughter Fashion Designer 2020/21
Chokolaate Magazine’s most sought after event of the year, the grand finale of the Mother Daughter Fashion Designer 20201/21 was held on the 05th of December at Hilton Colombo Residences. Nine budding young designers from several prominent design schools in the country showcased their designs for mother-daughter duos in the categories of casual, sports and evening [...]