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 […]

Courtesy Hiru News President’s Fund scholarship program for students from low-income families, spanning from grade 1 to grade 11 and G.C.E. (A/L), will be implemented at the district level starting from July 12, 2024. District secretaries, in collaboration with all zonal education offices and school principals, will oversee the scholarship distribution process. Details regarding the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the necessity of an advanced education system combined with modern technology to move the country forward with a new economy. He noted that educational reforms are currently underway to achieve this goal. President Rani Wickremesinghe made these remarks today (06) during a ceremony at Hall De Galle in Galle. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් විසි එක් වන සියවසේ සියලු ක්ෂේත්‍රයන්හි පරිවර්තනීය වෙනසක් සිදු කිරීමට කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධි තාක්ෂණය අදාළ වන බවත් අප රටට ද ඊට මුහුණ දීම අනිවාර්ය කාරණයක් වන බවත් අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත මහතා පැවසී ය. ඒ අනුව කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධියත් සමග ලොව නැගී එන තාක්ෂණික විෂය ධාරාවන් වූ නැනෝ තාක්ෂණය, ජෛව තාක්ෂණය, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ඉන්දියාවෙන් ගුරුවරු දෙදහසකට වැඩි පිරිසක් වතුකරයේ පාසල් වලට පැමිණ ඉගැන්වීමේ කටයුතුවල යෙදෙන බව  පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මේ පිලිබඳව අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය විසින් සොයා බැලීමක් සිදු කළ යුතුව ඇතැයි ද පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ප්‍රකාශයක් කරමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේය. එහිදී මේ පිළිබඳව අදහස් දැක්වූ ඒ මහතා, මෙරට ගුරුවරුන්ගෙන් සපුරාලන්න බැරි ගුරු හිඟයක් […]

ආචාර්ය නාලක සමරවීර මොරටුව විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය රජය විසින් පත්කරන ලද කමිටුවක් විසින් සකස් කරන ලද නව ජාතික ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව පාර්ලිමේන්තු ආංශික අධීක්ෂණය කාරක සභාව වෙත  ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති බවත්, මෙම නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව පිළිබඳ ප්‍රමාණවත් සංවාදයක් රට තුළ තවමත් ගොඩ නැගී නොතිබීම කනගාටුදායක තත්ත්වයක් බවත් මෙම නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිපත්ති රාමුව පිළිබඳව විග්‍රහයක යෙදෙමින් මොරටුව […]

courtesy aa.com Initiative to offer students above grade 8 opportunity to delve into AI within realm of information technology, says Colombo Sri Lanka has begun integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into school education, an official statement said. The island nation’s Education Ministry signed an agreement with Microsoft on Tuesday to commence a pilot project to integrate […]

Courtesy Hiru News A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Education and Microsoft Company at the Presidential Secretariat today (19), marking the commencement of a pilot project to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the school curriculum. This initiative will offer students above grade 8 the opportunity to delve into AI within […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Scholarship” program proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe holds immense potential to provide crucial assistance to economically disadvantaged students, says State Minister for Education Aravindh Kumar. This initiative is geared towards supporting 100,000 students during the 2024/2025 academic year, he added. The state minister expressed confidence that this program would play a […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister of Higher Education Dr. Suren Raghavan has announced plans to offer multiple degrees through state universities, in a bid to enhance the educational landscape in Sri Lanka.  Drawing from insights of international education experts, Dr. Raghavan explained that plans are also afoot to establish three international universities within Sri Lanka, adding […]

International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD). ©IFAD/Ruvin de Silva Around the world, young people are bringing their ambition for success to rural communities. Meet two young rural entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka who are making a difference.  Magical mushrooms  When Nadeeshani was a child, she was fascinated by her parents’ mushroom farm, housed in a tiny mud hut. She dreamed […]

Courtesy The Island Education of about 54.9 percent of Sri Lankan students has been affected by the economic crisis since March 2022, the latest Household Survey on Impact of Economic Crisis – 2023 by the Department of Census and Statistics reveals. Out of the respondents surveyed 93.5 percent have adopted at least one strategy to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Education Ministry is expected to make the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination simpler by making several major changes in the existing education system starting next year. It has also been decided to grant the priority to measure the students’ literacy and numeracy skills, Education Minister […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha, announced that the commencement of the pilot program for the implementation of the new educational reforms across all grades is scheduled for the upcoming year. Efforts will be made to digitize the entire education system, receiving support from both local and foreign sponsors. During a press conference at […]

Xinhua COLOMBO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education will commence distribution of vouchers to buy shoes for 747,000 poor children from Dec. 4, a government official said on Monday. Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha told parliament that the distribution of vouchers would end by Dec. 24, which would allow children to buy […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo (Daily Mirror) – Bangladesh requested for recognition of more of its public medical colleges by the Sri Lankan health authorities, an official said. The request was made to Health Minister Dr.Ramesh Pathirana when met with Bangladeshi High Commissioner Tareq Md Ariful Islam on Thursday. They spoke about Sri Lankan students […]

Courtesy The Island A student being awarded a certificate The Russian Classical Ballet Examination 2023 was held recently at the BMICH and certificates and medals were awarded to the students on the same day by Buddhapriya Ramanayake – CEO, Dr Oxana Karnovich- Examiner from Moscow, Maria Popova, First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Colombo […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has decided to accept the medical degrees awarded by internationally recognized universities as recognized medical degrees in Sri Lanka. Approval was granted at the Cabinet meeting held on May 2, 2023. Accordingly, approval was granted to appoint a committee headed by the Secretary to the Prime Minister to prepare […]