Courtesy Adaderana The contribution of non-governmental higher education institutes and the opportunities available to make the sector more efficient were discussed at length at a recent meeting held by the Parliamentary Select Committee. The Select Committee of Parliament to make suitable recommendations for the expansion of higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka met on 17 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Considering the specialty and importance of the English language, the Education Ministry has decided to teach ‘Spoken English’ in all national schools, starting from grade one from March 30. Addressing an event at the Colombo University yesterday, Minister Susil Premajayantha said necessary updates will be made to bring all school syllabuses […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Peradeniya University Administration has decided to subject all new entrants to a Psychoanalysis medical test. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Pro. Terrance Madujith told the media on Sunday evening (12) at the Senate House that the students admitted to the Medical Faculty and the Management Faculty were medically tested and found that five percent […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A national program that currently provides a mid-day meal for schoolchildren will be doubled from the start of the next school term, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said. He said the ministry is currently providing a mid-day meal for 1.1 million schoolchildren. The program was kicked off in January with the support […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින දමිළ භාෂාවයි සිංහලයි මට මගේ ඇස්දෙක වගේ ” தமிழ் மொழியும் சிங்கள மொழியும் எனக்கு இரு கன் போல

Courtesy Adaderana The Faculty of Technology of the Ruhuna University will be closed for one week from today following an assault on the Sub-Warden, his wife and mother by a group of students yesterday (Feb. 26). Accordingly, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ruhuna said that the students have also been ordered to […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය -17 ජනවාරි 2023 අධ්‍යාපන, පුහුණු, තරුණ සහ ක්‍රීඩා  සංවර්ධනය සඳහා යුරෝ මිලියන 26000 ක් – ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින්ටත් අවස්ථා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධ්‍යාපන, පුහුණු, තරුණ සහ ක්‍රීඩා  සංවර්ධනය සඳහා යුරෝපා සංගමයේ  (EU) ERASMUS Plus වැඩසටහන යටතේ  අරමුදල්, ශිෂ්‍යත්ව හා පහසුකම් ලබා ගැනීම පිණිස අදාල පාර්ශවයන් පුහුණු කරනු ලබන නේවාසික නොවන තුන් දින පුහුණු වැඩසටහනක් 2023 […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ” අලුත් ගමක්, අලුත් රටක් ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන  සම්බන්ධයෙන්  දිස්ත්‍රීක් ලේකම්වරුන්  සමග 2023.01.10 දින ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයේ පැවති  සාකච්ඡාවකදී  අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා මේ බව  අවධාරණය කළේය. එහිදී  වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා –  නැවතී තිබුණු ආර්ථිකය දැන් මේ වෙනකොට වැඩ කරනවා.  වෙනදාට වැඩිය ආර්ථික යන්ත්‍රය  සහ සේවා යන්ත්‍රය වැඩ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The cabinet that met on Monday for the first time in 2023 has decided to strictly adhere to restrict the number of students to a maximum 40 for Grade 1 – 5 and 45 students for Grade 6-11 from this year, cabinet spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said today. He told the […]

යූ. එම්.සී.ජේ. කුමාර අංශ ප්‍රධානී (ප්‍රචාරක හා මාධ්‍ය) – නයිටා කර්මාන්තගත ආධුනිකත්ව පුහුණු ක්‍රමවේදය යටතේ NVQ – 3 කෙටි කාලීන පාඨමාලා සඳහා ආධුනිකයන් 3000 ක් බඳවා ගැනීමේ විශේෂ වැඩසටහනක් 2023 වසරේ ජනවාරි මස ජාතික ආධුනිකත්ව සහ කාර්මික පුහුණු කිරීම් අධිකාරිය (නයිටා)  මඟින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කෙරේ. දිවයිනේ දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 25 ම ආවරණය වන පරිදි රැකියා විරහිත තරුණ තරුණියන් […]

Courtesy The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Twenty-six more Sri Lankan students have arrived in Pakistan to study in Pakistani universities at BS, MS and PhD levels under Allama Iqbal Scholarships for Sri Lankan Students. The students arrived at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, and Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. These scholarships are part of the comprehensive educational […]

Mr Andrew Merrington Senior Media & Communications Officer University of Plymouth One of the University’s closest academic partners, the National School of Business Management (NSBM) in Sri Lanka, has opened a new ‘green university town’ that will accommodate hugely increased numbers of students – including those from Plymouth.  The state-of-the-art development in Pitipana, Homagama, covers […]

.Lakmal Seneviratna Almost 100% of the people living in Sri Lanka can converse either in Sinhala or in Tamil or both. I have lived in the lovely country,Wales which has a much smaller population than us about three million people. It is just over hundred miles away from London. For the majority of people living […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Mihintale Raja Maha Vihara Chief Prelate Valahagunawewa Dhammarathana likened monks in universities to the Taliban. The Thera made these comments stating that laws should be drafted to limit the number of years students can engage in academic activities at universities. They can engage in politics, but in a way that doesn’t […]

Courtesy Adaderana China will donate 90 million RMB (5 billion LKR) worth of school uniform material to Sri Lankan students to meet 70% of the whole country’s requirement in 2023, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said. Accordingly, the first batch of finished material of 3 mln meters of finished material in 38, 000 boxes via […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to discuss with all the Mahanayake Theros to come to an agreement on the academic and administrative affairs of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, the Cabinet has also decided to close the university until then, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Courtesy Adaderana The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a special notice for students who sat for the 2021 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination and are selected for state universities.  UGC Chairman Prof. Sampath Amaratunga said that students selected for universities will receive an SMS and email tomorrow (19), following which they can register for their […]

Ceylon Diary – SBPC Official Channel මෙරට ආගමික අන්තවාදීන්ට තම ආගම පැතිරීමට වල්බුරු නිදහසක් නැතිබව ඔප්පුවෙන ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ නියෝග හා අනිකුත් ව්‍යවස්ථාමය කරුණු.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror IPS Chief calls for meaningful reforms to upskill and reskill people Says Budget 2023 failed to adequately address factor endowment issues and labour market woes SL’s labour shortage compounded by mass exodus of people fleeing economic crisis It is high time that Sri Lanka started debating whether the tertiary education must […]

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Aruna Unawatuna අධිකරණ භාෂාවෙන් නීතිය ඉගෙනීමේ අයිතිය අහිමි කරවීම සහ වෙනම රටකට දිරි දීම පාලනයට ඇති නෛතික විසඳුම් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් සහ වෙනත් නීති වලින් දැන ගනිමු… 2022 දෙසැම්බර් 15 සවස 2.30 – කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාල සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේදී… ආසන සීමිතයි. ආසනයක් කලින් වෙන්කර ගන්න.

Copied.(උපුටා ගැනිමකි.මුල් අයිතියට ස්තුතියි) *සිංහල භාෂාව සිංහලේ නම් රටේ, දිවයිනේ උරුමක්කාරයින් වන සිංහලුන්ගේ භාෂාවයි.එම භාෂාව ඉතාම විචිත්‍ර වූත්, අහන්න ප්‍රියවූත් භාෂාවකි .* *How fortunate I am to be Sinhala.??* ලෝකේ තියෙනවා අකුරු සහිත හා රහිත කියලා භාෂාවන් 2ක්. There are two Languages in the world…One is a Language with Letters and theother is a Language […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has questioned the actions of monks in the recent past, accusing several of them who enter universities do so as monks, however, leave as laymen. They cannot use the robes they are in as a shield to behave in an unruly manner,” the President said while speaking in Parliament this […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Education Ministry announced today that 80% school attendance is mandatory for students appearing for the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examination from next year. A notice on this directive was issued by the Ministry today. Earlier, following a letter from the Education Secretary, it was announced that it was not necessary […]

 Lanka Lead News නියමිත කාලය තුළ විභාගවලට පෙනී නොසිට දීර්ඝ කාලයක් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලවලට ඇතුළු වී නියමිත කාලය තුළ උපාධිය ලබා නොගන්නා ශිෂ්‍ය ශිෂ්‍යාවන් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලවලින් ඉවත් කිරීමට අදාළ පනතක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ගෙන ඒමට අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය තීරණයකර තිබේ. විශ්වවිද්‍යාලවලට ඇතුළු වන ශිෂ්‍ය ශිෂ්‍යාවන් නියමිත කාලය තුළ විභාගවලට පෙනී සිට විශ්වවිද්‍යාලවලින් පිටව යා යුතු බවට නීතියක් දැනට පවතින විශ්වවිද්‍යාල කොමිෂන් […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting Minister of Mass Media, Shantha Bandara says that steps will be taken to initiate disciplinary action against teachers who had attended schools dressed in casual attire. Responding to a question during the Cabinet press briefing today (Nov. 22), he emphasized that the Ministry of Education must take disciplinary action in this regard […]

Courtesy Adaderana The CESS tax proposed in the 2023 Budget is not applicable to stationery items and equipment used by schoolchildren, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says. He mentioned this while delivering a special statement in the parliament this morning (Nov. 19). He addressed the concerns raised about the increase in the prices of stationery […]

Courtesy Adaderana A school girl of Sri Lankan origin who passed an IQ test in England with flying colours is now officially smarter than Einstein”.  Ariana Dambarawa Hewage, aged 10, took a Mensa IQ test and scored a whopping 162 which is thought to be genius” level. Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, widely considered to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While commenting on the start of distributing textbooks for Islamic schools that contain extremist teachings, the education minister said several amendments have been made to remove certain words and sentences from textbooks through a committee appointed by the ministry. Education Minister Susil Premajayantha told the media today after a program at […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Regulating of international schools will begin next year, Minister of Education Susil Premajaynatha told Parliament today. Responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said the Department of Education will only look at the available space in schools, available facilities and other criteria such as education qualifications […]