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Sri Lanka's education ministry to be allocated Rs 237 Bn in Budget 2024

"The ultimate goal is to provide quality education to both students and educators,” he said.

November 7, 2023 3 min read

All schools in Sri Lanka will be digitized by next year: Minister

All schools will be digitized from Grade 1 onwards starting from the reopening of schools next year.

November 6, 2023 2 min read

India will send Teacher Trainers to improve education among upcountry Tamils – Indian FM

India reemphasizes it commitment to IOTs in Sri Lanka.

November 2, 2023 2 min read

Chinese institutions offer support for Sri Lanka's proposed climate university

The discussion also resulted in the decision to convene several online sessions to engage with other relevant parties.

October 20, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka inks deal with China for smart classroom solutions, digital transformation in ed

"The primary focus of the grant is to establish a state-of-the-art educational infrastructure."

India to assist with STEM teaching in Sri Lanka’s plantation sector

India will send 30 teacher trainers to train more than 2,200 Sri Lankan teachers in upcountry

Committee to probe ragging in universities

The government has appointed a high-level committee to probe ragging in universities and propose a scheme to re-admit st...

January 18, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka to control foreign university placement offices after student deaths

Sri Lanka will introduce a regulatory framework for agencies that place students in foreign universities, Minister Bandu...

January 16, 2020 2 min read

Majority of students believe sex education inadequate, study says

A majority of Sri Lankan students believe sex education at the school level is inadequate, according to a study conducte...

Nisali De Silva
January 9, 2020 2 min read

Will removing the Z-score be a disaster?

A recent Government decision to abolish the Z score system for university enrollment has received mixed reactions from a...

Nisali De Silva
January 2, 2020 5 min read

Experts weigh in on Z score abolition

A recent Government decision to abolish the Z score system for university enrollment has received mixed reactions from a...

Nisali De Silva
December 31, 2019 5 min read

No school books and uniforms - Women's Group

Women for Rights, a women’s rights group affiliated with JVP today (18) said that Government has failed to provide sch...

December 18, 2019 2 min read

State universities lack data science units: IPS

Only two state-owned Sri Lankan universities have set up units to train data scientists who are in high demand, the Inst...

December 17, 2019 2 min read

US trains English teachers to prepare Sri Lanka students for global markets

The United States is training English teachers in Sri Lanka to help equip students with a range of language, leadership ...

December 16, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka state universities lack data science units: IPS

Only two state-owned Sri Lankan universities have set up units to train data scientists who are in high demand, the Inst...

December 16, 2019 2 min read

School-based system to replace Z score; new trilingual national schools on the cards

The Cabinet announced a decision today to introduce a new “school-based scientific method” to select students for go...

Imesh Ranasinghe
December 12, 2019 3 min read
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Sri Lanka gets ADB grant to train homestay owners, revise hotel school syllabus

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it is funding a 500,000 US dollar grant to train homestay owners and revise the cu...

December 11, 2019 2 min read
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O/L candidates not affected by adverse weather so far – DMC

There have been no reports of G. C. E O/L Examination candidates being affected by adverse weather thus far, the DMC Ass...

Nisali De Silva
December 2, 2019 1 min read

SLMA to presidential candidates: Help fight university ragging

The SLMA requested all presidential candidates today to condemn ragging in universities and take measures to curb the pr...

November 13, 2019 2 min read

Gota eliminating Z-score jeopardizes students future

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says Gotabaya Rajapaksa's proposal to eliminate the Z-score will jeopardize the futu...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 4, 2019 2 min read

Private universities will continue under strict regulation - AKD

Presidential hopeful Anura Kumara Dissanayake says, under his leadership, private universities will continue under stric...

Nisali De Silva & Himal Kotelawala
November 4, 2019 4 min read

Kaizen Private Equity to invest in education firms in Sri Lanka: ADB

Kaizen Private Equity II Pte. Ltd. a 79 million US dollar private equity fund, will be investing in eight education busi...

October 30, 2019 2 min read

Over 700 foreign language teachers to be recruited

The Cabinet has granted approval to recruit 729 graduate teachers to teach foreign languages in government schools.

October 28, 2019 1 min read

Address ragging - SLMA tells Candidates

The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) is urging all presidential candidates to address the violence in universities p...

October 26, 2019 2 min read

Preschools to be free under Sajith

Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa promised today to reform preschool education, address malnutrition and revitalise ...

October 1, 2019 3 min read

Appointment of 4,286 teachers violates recruitment procedures – Ceylon Teachers’ Union

The Ceylon Teachers’ Union said today (09) that an allegedly improper appointment of National Education College (NEC) ...

September 9, 2019 1 min read