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Huawei signs agreement to digitise Sri Lanka schools

Huawei announced its support to help Sri Lanka implement program to nurture software and hardware engineers

October 18, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka must adopt staggered, age-appropriate school education system: minister

“Children are taught everything there is to learn at just three, four years of age. This is wrong."

October 17, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka calls foreigners to enroll in Colombo University for medical degree; to charge $62,500

Sri Lanka has seen stiff resistance for private medical degree for local students

October 13, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to establish University of Education

The aim is to make the entire teaching community of Sri Lanka graduates

October 5, 2023 1 min read
India funds Sri Lanka smart classroom project in estates

"The Indian Government is helping us financially to develop the quality of education

Sri Lanka opposition leader bats for teacher jobs for unemployed graduates

"Just because they are graduates, they can't be made teachers,"

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
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90% of vocational training courses free of charge – Deputy Minister

Some 90 per cent of vocational training courses are conducted free of charge at present, Vocational Training Deputy Mini...

September 9, 2019 1 min read

Ruhuna campus ragging; victims gathering evidence against perpetrators

Darsha Udayanga the university student who stormed Media earlier this month with his tales of graphic sexual torture he ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
August 28, 2019 3 min read

University Teachers threaten strike over pay demand

The Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) is threatening to strike from 10 September if they do not recei...

August 27, 2019 1 min read

Thousands of 'Varsity students quit because of ragging - Sirisena

President Maithripala Sirisena says that between 10 and 12 per cent of new University students quit and return home beca...

August 16, 2019 1 min read

Why aren’t our millennials at work?

Today is International Youth Day; a day described as the United Nations as the “annual celebration of the role of youn...

Nishtha Chadha - Advocata Institute.
August 12, 2019 6 min read

Ruhuna campus students remanded for alleged ragging, sexual assault

Matara Police has charged 19 students of the Ruhuna Campus with ragging and sexual assault after a concerted campaign su...

Arjuna Ranawana
August 9, 2019 4 min read

Hizbullah not suited to be an MP in the future - AG

Parliamentarian Prof Ashu Marasinghe told Parliament today that the Attorney General's (AG) Department is of the opinio...

August 7, 2019 2 min read

JA student entrepreneur program to relaunch in Sri Lanka

The Junior Achievement (JA) program which was active in Sri Lanka till 2012, will be relaunched in September 2019 to unl...

August 7, 2019 2 min read

Govt looking to "upgrade" higher education system - UNP

The Government is looking to “upgrade” higher education in Sri Lanka with a view to increasing the employability of ...

July 31, 2019 1 min read

Arts University Teachers accuse VC of corruption

Teachers Association of the Faculty of Music (TAFM) in University of the Visual and Performing Arts (UVPA) says that the...

July 31, 2019 2 min read