Courtesy Hiru News The Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education has announced the call for applications for the Interest-Free Student Loan Scheme, allowing students to enrol in 131 degree programmes offered by 18 government-recognised degree-awarding institutions. The Government Information Department, issuing a notice, stated that students who sat for the G.C.E. Advanced Level […]

By Huzefa Aliasger, Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 25. (Daily Mirror) – The World Bank has highlighted a rapid rise in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) skills across South Asia, including Sri Lanka, noting that this trend is beginning to influence hiring patterns. Between January 2023 and March 2025, the share of AI-related job […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe, Courtesy PIME Asia News Computer literacy remains low in the South Asian country, while the region reported overall progress. In 2024, 64.1 per cent of the population did not know how to use a computer, and only 19.1 per cent of households owned one, according to new data from the Department of […]

BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody Courtesy The Morning Children from the Sri Lankan gypsy community frequently only go to school once or twice a week, or a few days a month with this inconsistent attendance being caused by poverty, racism, discrimination, and prejudice in all their forms, students coming from families that are not encouraging, and […]

National Development Bank PLC Reaffirming its commitment to empowering Sri Lankans on their academic journeys beyond borders, NDB Bank is pleased to announce its latest partnership with Student in Aus Education Consultants. The strategic collaboration, marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 25th July 2025, aims to further simplify access to […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy  PIME Asianews The government admits that 20,000 students have dropped out of school, while another 80,000 do not attend classes regularly. Inequality is increasing in a system marked by economic crisis and a lack of subsidies. Teachers and unions complain: No one is trying to get these kids back to school.” […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that there will be no obstruction whatsoever to university students engaging in protests, struggles, or student politics.  However, there will be no forgiveness for those involved in violence or ragging. The Prime Minister made these remarks during a discussion […]

 BY Sumudu Chamara Courtesy The Morning The main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), alleged that the Government has not appointed educationists to support the proposed education reforms and has not reached out to the parties that can significantly contribute to these reforms. This was stated during a press briefing held yesterday (28) at the […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana, Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) – Whilst an extensive public debate is being carried out on the government’s education reforms, the Sectoral Oversight Committee on education has decided to seek the assistance of experts who have been involved in compiling education reforms in the past. The […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණවලට මුවා වී පාසල් වැසීමේ ලෝක බැංකු යෝජනාව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි ජන අරගල සන්ධානයේ විධායක සභික දුමින්ද නාගමුව මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. මේ යටතේ වත්මන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඉගෙනගත් තඹුත්තේගම පාසල ද වැසී යෑමට නියමිත බවට තම පක්ෂය වෙත තොරතුරු ලැබී ඇතැයි ද හෙතෙම කීවේය. අරගල සන්ධානය නුගේගොඩ දී පැවැත්වූ […]

Courtesy Adaderana It has been revealed during a meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that a sum of over Rs. 2.4 million has been spent solely on name boards to designate 809 provincial schools as national schools. However, it has come to light that these schools have been designated as national schools in […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබ තිබෙන නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සකස් කළ 25 දෙනාගේ කමිටුවේ සිට ඇත්තේ එකම එක අධ්‍යපනඥයකු පමණක් බවත්, අනෙක් පිරිස අතර ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්, ජාත්‍යන්තර පාස්ල් හිමිකරුවන්, හෝටල් හිමිකරුවන්, IT සමාගම් විධායක නිලධාරින්, පෞද්ගලික විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක නියෝජිතයකු සහ ලෝක බැංකු නියෝජිතයකු බව පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ චෝදනා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවසන් කෙටුම්පතක් හෝ නිශ්චිත යෝජනාවලියක් මෙතෙක් සකස් කර නොමැති බව සභානායක සහ අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද (23) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳව හෙට (24) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පැවැත්වෙන විවාදය ගැන විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා යොමු කළ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යවරිය විසින් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රජය යෝජනා කර ඇති නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ ක්‍රියාවලිය වටා මේ වන විට උද්ගත වී ඇති අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාගේ සමීපතමයෙකු ලෙස සැලකෙන මාධ්‍යවේදී උවිදු කුරුකුලසූරිය මහතා සිය සමාජ ජාල ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටින්නේ, ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙම තත්ත්වයට අත නොදමන බවයි. ඔහු සිය සටහන මඟින් අවධාරණය කර […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) states that history and aesthetics have been made compulsory subjects only up to Grade 9. They point out that subjects like aesthetics are not listed as compulsory for the GCE Ordinary Level examination. The government is currently focused on introducing new educational reforms in Sri […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa announced that the admission of local students to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Medical Faculty has recommenced, in accordance with the previous admission process. Speaking at an event in Colombo, Minister Jayatissa stated that the earlier decision to temporarily halt local […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 2 (Daily Mirror) – The Cabinet approved a new scholarship programme aimed at providing opportunities for Sri Lanka’s highest-performing students at the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations, to pursue their first degree at internationally ranked foreign universities. In line with the government’s policy objective of building a ‘civilized citizen and […]

National Development Bank PLC Demonstrating its continued commitment to empowering Sri Lankans through financial solutions tailored to real-life aspirations, NDB recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ACH Education, a leading international education consultancy firm. This strategic collaboration aims to streamline the overseas education journey for Sri Lankan students, offering them comprehensive financial and […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, has emphasized the necessity of providing a high-quality education to every child in Sri Lanka. She made this statement while participating in an inspection tour of Jaffna Hindu College today  (15). During the visit, the Prime Minister engaged in […]

By Dr. Gamini Padmaperuma Introduction In my previous article published in Sunday Observer of 3rd November, 2024 entitled Digital Transformation: Avoid paving the cow path”, we discussed about the general benefits of the Digital Transformation to the economy as a whole. One of the very important sectors of this overall digital transformation effort is the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පසුගිය දා බස්නාහිර පළාතේ ගුරුවරුන්ට සිය පාසල තුළ දරුවන්ට ටියුෂන් පැවැත්වීම තහනම් කරන චක්‍රලේඛයක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය අධ්‍යාපන ඇමති හරිනි අමරසූරියගේ යටතේ පවතින බස්නාහිර පළාත් අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයෙන්  නිකුත් කරනු ලැබීය. කෙසේ වුවද වර්තමාන මාලිමා ආණ්ඩුවේ නියෝජ්‍ය ඇමති මහින්ද ජයසිංහ ඊයේ (24) මාධ්‍යයට අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් පවසා සිටියේ  ආණ්ඩුව අපහසුතාවයට පත් කිරීමට නිලධාරීන් විසින් […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, December 17: The Anura Kumara Dissanayake government in Sri Lanka, which was sailing smoothly despite unsolved economic issues, suffered the first jolt since coming to power, when parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala resigned on Friday amidst accusations that his Ph.D” was fake. Urban Development and Housing Minister Anura Karunatilake and  Justice […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, December 17: The Anura Kumara Dissanayake government in Sri Lanka, which was sailing smoothly despite unsolved economic issues, suffered the first jolt since coming to power, when parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala resigned on Friday amidst accusations that his Ph.D” was fake. Urban Development and Housing Minister Anura Karunatilake and  Justice […]

Courtesy Business Recorder Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has awarded 200 fully and partially funded scholarships to the 6th batch of Sri Lankan students under the Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarship Programme. Around 500 Sri Lankan students, apart from these awardees, are already pursuing their undergraduate, MS and PhD studies in leading universities […]

Manuka Wijesinghe, WHAT IS GENDER IDENTITY.  Wikipedia states that ‘gender identity’ is an individual self-conception of perceiving oneself as man or woman, as fluctuating between man and woman or being something outside of man and woman. Gender identity, despite political, social and lexical prominence, given to it, especially it in the last years; is an […]

Excelsior. Malcolm Gladwell in his book “The Outliers” states that the reason Asian kids consistently outperform western kids in international math tests is because of the cultural attitude these kids have towards solving a math problem, or any task that requires patience and effort for a long period of time. In China and other Asian […]

PRESS RELEASE South Asian Centre for Teacher Development Meepe, Padukka Enhancing Professionalism & Esteem, is the Best Respect and Gratitude that Can be Given to Teachers; Says, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Hon. Prime Minister and Minister of Education. There are nearly 250,000 teachers and Principals who play a pivotal role in our endeavours to create ‘A […]

Courtesy Adaderana The names of the students who have obtained the best results in the island at the 2023 (2024) G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination have been released.  Accordingly, Malsha Kumarathunge of Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya Galle has placed first in the island. The following students have obtained the best results: 1st Place:  Malsha Kumarathunge – Sanghamitta […]

Courtesy Essex University An Essex nursing student has been reflecting on a once-in-a-lifetime placement which was made possible thanks to the University of Essex’s very own crowdfunding platform, Click. Rae Spencer was one of 11 student nurses able to raise funds for the trip to Sri Lanka in August, where they had the chance to […]