Rotary District 3220 is calling for applications for ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIPS presented by The Rotary Foundation. Applications from eligible candidates must be endorsed by a Rotary Club and sent to reach the District Chair for Scholarships by 20th February 2012 only in electronic format.A brief description is given below. For further details, please refer the attached application form or visit ...
Courtesy Daily NewsAs customary there is much hue and cry over the grand initiative to provide a phased out three-week leadership training for 22,000 undergraduates with food, lodging (separate for males and females) and attire that will include 171 periods of learning. So when a government in a country that has been enslaved by numerous aid packages given often with ...
Courtesy of Sunday TimesForeign university placement advisors Scholarships for USA in its 10-year existence has made huge leaps in promoting US higher edu-cation in Sri Lanka and once again for the first time in the country, it assembled a group of personnel from some of the most well-estab-lished universities in America to come down to Sri Lanka to meet with ...
Courtesy of Daily NewsThe Sri Lankan higher education system will be converted to the most cost effective education hub in Asia, said Higher Education Minister S B Dissanayake yesterday.As the first step to reach this goal, moves are under way to convert six universities to world class university status. The Higher Education Ministry allocated Rs 100 million each for the ...
LankaCorps is a new and unique volunteer program for young professionals in the Sri Lankan diaspora, between the ages of 21 and 29, who want to contribute to this dynamic, multi-ethnic nation. Apply for a fellowship and help contribute to the island’s long-term recovery. Short-term placements are available with established businesses, nonprofits, and government departments. Participate in local social and ...
SL2College on YaTV's 3D program. Nayana and Sasanka talk about how SL2College is helping improve the standards of higher education for Sri Lankan students and brain gain initiatives.Watch Here
Courtesy of Sunday TimesThe University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) is now in the process of enrolling new students to read for the Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) external degree, UCSC Director, Professor Gihan Wikramanayake announced."This is the 12th intake for this external degree programme. Since launching this course in the year 2000, the UCSC has produced 941 BIT ...
Courtesy of Sunday Times- by Dr. Kushwin Rajamani Firstly I would like to thank Mr. Kingsley Jayasinghe for giving me the opportunity to speak to all the students today. I am deeply humbled by the invitation to be Chief Guest on this special day of the School Calendar. I would like to share with you my experiences, thoughts and challenges ...
Courtesy of The IslandThe Ministry of Higher Education plans to present a new bill titled ‘Quality Assurance Accreditation and Qualification Framework Bill’ which is popularly known as ‘Private University Act’ in parliament as soon as possible.Minister S. B. Dissanayake told a media conference on Tuesday that the Cabinet of ministers had already approved the draft bill and it would be ...
Dr. Sujata Gamage, Durga Pulendran, J. Charitha Ratwatte Jr. and DC Jayasundera of SL2College appeared on CONNECTIONS – a TV series from Young Asia Television, to spread the message of “SL2College - The global community of Sri Lankans helping fellow Sri Lankans ”. CONNECTIONS facilitates the dialogue between and among Sri Lankans both on the islands and elsewhere in the ...
Courtesy ColomboPageThe World Bank said on Tuesday that it has approved a US$100 million concessional credit to Sri Lanka to enhance access and quality of primary and secondary education to provide a foundation for the knowledge-based economic and social development of the country.The Ministry of Education with the assistance will implement a project for 'Transforming the School Education System' (TSEP) ...
Courtesy IT ProThe education sector has to be subjected to certain key changes so as to strengthen and broaden the benefits of the free education system introduced by late CWW Kannangara, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday.Minister Gunawardena was addressing a felicitation ceremony of former educationalists who rendered invaluable service to the development and betterment of the education system.The felicitation ...
They plant the seeds, they touch the roots, they are the ones who put SL2College into Action in Sri Lanka. They are the SL2College Sri Lanka teamWhen SL2College started in 2005, it had a very simple beginning. It started as an interactive forum on Yahoo! groups where students asked questions on the forum and those who had experience in the ...
The goal of SL2College Research Collaboration program is to create research opportunities for undergraduates in Sri Lankan universities through collaboration with Sri Lankan professors, post-doctoral researchers and graduate students. From the experience of graduates and current students in Sri Lankan undergraduate programs, we found there is a lack of research opportunities in the country for students who wish to pursue ...
How Many Roads Must A Man Walk Down?The journey has been long, very very long. It started in a little village called Dandu Bendi Ruppa in Nuwara Kalaviya when Dingiriamma rolled Jayathilaka in a ‘borrowed’ wheel chair for his first day in the village school. “Hodatama wahinawa mahaththayo,” she told me, the skies were gray, raining and the distant clouds ...
Courtesy OzLankaSL2College, the Sri Lankan volunteer-driven nonprofit organization held its first higher education conference on the 9th of August at Royal College Skills Center, Colombo 07. The conference was hosted by the SL2College volunteers who are also the students from top Universities like Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cornell and University of Toronto. It was open free to students which was attended ...
Programs on· Exploring Higher Education in the USA,· The American Student Visa (F1)· And a University Fair will be held at the US-SL Fulbright CommissiononWednesday, March 27th from 2.30 – 6.30 p.m.Participating Universities: Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ)South Dakota State University (SD)Troy University (AL)ANDThe Consular Officer, US Embassy ColomboFor reservations please contact:eduinfo@fulbrightsrilanka.com or phone 011-4718744Please see page 2 for details about ...
If we can dream, we can create. If we can create, we can inspire....As always, SL2College is about putting ideas into action! Several new initiatives have commenced recently or will come into effect very soon. Some of these are...SL2College on LinkedIn:LinkedIn is the world’s premier professional networking tool. It currently has over 100 million members worldwide and is increasingly been ...
