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Australia higher education promotion draws Sri Lanka students

An impressive number of students expressed their eagerness to select Australia as their preferred location

September 20, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's higher education ministry cracks down on ragging

Higher Education Ministry to introduce new regulations and a hotline for tips against ragging in universities

September 18, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to take steps to shorten school years: PM

Negotiations are underway to reduce the study period by one year.

September 18, 2023 2 min read

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka opens education sector with reforms aiming at investments, opportunities

Minister slams leftists, Marxists for resisting private universities

September 13, 2023 3 min read
Sri Lanka leader hands over India-funded smart classrooms ahead of election

The project aims at equipping 200 schools in the Province with necessary digital tools.

Sri Lanka in talks for US$25 mn German technical university: State Minister

Sri Lanka has been eyeing for more foreign investment into tertiary education sector

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
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Top court orders Medical Council to register SAITM Grads

Delivering a comprehensive Judgment, the Supreme Court yesterday July 30 ordered the Sri Lanka Medical Council to provis...

July 31, 2019 2 min read

Proposed higher education bill will have adverse consequences - FUTA

Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FCTA) says that the Higher Education Bill on Quality Assurance and Acc...

July 30, 2019 2 min read

16,800 university graduates to be appointed training officers

A total of 16,800 unemployed university graduates will be recruited to the state sector as trainee training officers tod...

July 30, 2019 1 min read

Japan to give Sri Lanka state workers Rs400mn in scholarships

The Japanese government said that it has granted 429 million rupees in scholarships for Sri Lankan public sector officia...

July 18, 2019 1 min read

Proposal to ban tuition during Daham Pasal times

A Private Members Bill is being presented to Parliament to ban private tuition classes being held on Poya days and Sunda...

July 18, 2019 1 min read

Ethnically mixed schools good for social reform but unrealistic - Marikkar

Despite post-Easter conversations about introducing government schools that are not divided along lines of religion or e...

Nisali De Silva
July 9, 2019 2 min read

Teacher service will be upgraded - PM

The Government will provide comprehensive training to all untrained teachers and Sri Lanka’s school system will be upg...

July 5, 2019 1 min read

Number of vacancies in schools become known for the first time

Applicants seeking school admission can now know the number of vacancies available in the school for the first time, Min...

July 3, 2019 1 min read

University of Technology Sydney targets South Asia with Sri Lanka college

ECONOMYNEXT – University of Technology Sydney is to open a college in Sri Lanka with an investment of two million...

July 2, 2019 2 min read

Tabs for A/L students from next term – PM

Distribution of tablet computers for GCE A/L students will be implemented from the next school term, Prime Minister Rani...

June 28, 2019 1 min read