Humans are intelligent creatures. For proof, one only needs to look at what human civilization has accomplished throughout history. However, intelligence isn’t a single unified trait. Intelligence isn’t simply, “being knowledgeable.” This is what Global Tutor aims to share at their upcoming APEX Workshop for Teachers. What is the APEX Workshop for Teachers? Previously, we’ve seen Global Tutor hosts ...
The education ministry has decided to suspend the leadership training program for principals. This is due to the very recent deaths of one of the participants to the programme. Education minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam instructed the education ministry to do as such following the death of the principal of the Ambalantota Suchi National School, Rohini Kumari Attapattu. What could be ...
Malshani Suriyarachchi, who graduated last June from SAITM with an MBBS Second Class Upper Division Degree filed a writ in the Sri Lanka Appellate Court requesting the quashing of the decision of the SLMC refusing her to be registered as a medical practitioner. This resulted in a number of protests breaking out and the IUSF and the GMOA worked ...
The finale of Mora Ventures 1.0 pitching challenge was held on 4th April 2017 at CSE seminar room in University of Moratuwa. Mora Ventures 1.0 was a month line up with nearly 40 startups competing for the title. Selected 10 startups pitched their products in seven minutes followed by Q&A in front of a renowned Panel of Judges during the ...
The extent of which the curriculum has destroyed the creativity of our students is paramount at the graduate level. Each year from universities around the country, a large base of graduates flood in looking out for jobs. Yet a majority of jobs go unfilled as employers cannot find workers with the relevant skills. The structure of the education system in ...
IIT is a well known academic body that offers well recognised degrees for the students all over Sri Lanka. With over 3,000 graduates that are currently empowering over 250 multinational and local blue-chip companies, the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) is renowned for producing innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders. And one of outstanding Business Leader is Nimashi Perera. An enterprising ...
The British Council Library recently opened its doors once again for the public. If the new tagline, it all happens here is any indication, the library will no doubt continue its popularity among the folk as one of Colombo’s favorite hive for the arts. “When we were revamping the library we gave serious consideration to this question – what does a ...
The purpose behind the construction of any flyover is to outcome a reduction in the current traffic levels temporarily until a long-term plan is affected by the administration. So far, the Western Province of Sri Lanka have abotu 15 major flyovers. The daily savings from Dematagoda, Kelaniya and Ragama flyovers at railway crossings are estimated at 1040, 602 and 400 vehicle hours. The present value of ...
The World Health Organization has officially classified “sustained gaming behaviors” as a mental disorder. WHO included the disorder into the Diagnostic handbook and confirmed this proposition after a series of debates over whether gaming disorder ‘was really a disorder’. Somehow it proved to be true. What brings to my surprise is how long it took for experts, to recognize the ...
It’s certainly a mystery egg for the majority of the paper markers at Sri Lankan Examinations. Simply because, while marking they have to witness contradictory performances of students in the local education system, in the MCQ Paper and Paper II. After years of comprehensive surveillance, the Examination department recently decided to mix the sequence of the questions in the ...
Sri Lankan government recently applied a Gazette requesting for mandatory Sunday schools of all the religions in the country. The Gazette paper is currently under process waiting for cabinet approval. The recommendation for mandatory Sunday school to students aged 6-19 of all religions was proposed in 2017. This recommendation was done by Cardinal Ranjith Malcolm and chief Buddhist monks across ...
Informatics Institute of Technology, the unmatched pioneer in offering British degrees in Sri Lanka, recently introduced the BA (Hons) Business Management degrees from the renowned Westminster Business School (WBS), University of Westminster, UK.BA (Hons) Business Management is a 4 year full-time degree programme which is designed to transform graduates into entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. The programme focuses on practical and ...
Carey Baptist College, more commonly known as Carey College is a school dedicated to delivering the best quality education to students through the practical nature. It is also the only Baptist school in Sri Lanka where one can experience diversity and multi-ethnicity at its prime. In today’s ever changing world of technological advancements, it’s a guaranteed fact that students who ...
Rotaract clubs have been around Sri Lanka for quite a while. In fact, many of them have years of history behind them. Whether its your home town or your university, its safe to say we’ve all bumped into at least one Rotaract club. This is probably because you often see these clubs engaged in a lot of community based projects. ...
Education is always a continuous experience. But for the most part, it’s something where we pretty much spend our first 20 odd years crossing that academic education hurdle. From 1st grade mathematics, to a postgraduate qualification, its a ladder a lot of us climb (or at least try to). Social norm dictates that you get a degree, get a job, get ...
It was a warm Thursday evening as we made our way towards the rooftop area of the Universal College Lanka (UCL) building. A special guest was to make an appearance. Who was this special guest? It was none other than Asoka Hettigoda from the Hettigoda group. In the inaugural session of UCL’s entrepreneurship talk, Asoka Hettigoda took stage to share ...
Local non-profit crowdfunding platform Give2Lanka (Gte) recently announced the launch of their new fundraising website. This will at as a platform in support of NGOs focusing on children’s education and related needs. Dubbed Bright Children Scholarships, the flagship programme supported by Give2Lanka, is implemented by Berendina. Its designed to support hand picked students through their Advanced Levels to Undergraduate studies ...
The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Research recently announced that the planetarium would be kept open on Sundays in a move to promote the subject of astronomy among the public and school children in particular. Sri Lanka planetarium located in Colombo is the first and only public planetarium in the country. It remains to be similar in structure to how ...
International Women’s Day. It’s the day where we all gather to honor and recognize women worldwide. We recently told you about ISM APAC’s efforts. Today, we’ll be moving to Jaffna. Here’s why. The 8th of March marked the inauguration ceremony of the Women Wing, of the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Yarlpanam (CCIY). This was held at the HNB Metro ...
If you’re an avid reader and have been following social media closely, then you already know what Big Bad Wolf is all about. But in case you didn’t, Big Bad Wolf (BBW) is an international book sale popular in the South Asian region, specifically in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. This big book sale recently made its way to the Sri ...
