Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) are international assessments that monitor trends in student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading. Currently 70 countries participate in the assessments, which have been conducted at regular intervals since 1995. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
වසංගතයෙන් පසු අධ්යාපනය | பிளேக்கிற்குப் பிறகு கல்வி A policy dialogue on “ Education Post-Pandemic”‘ will be held by the Education Forum Sri Lanka (EFSL) on 26th March 2022, via Zoom. Date: March 26th, Saturday, 2022 Time: 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (Colombo) Medium: English| Sinhala| Tamil (with simultaneous interpretation) Zoom link will be sent a day before the event. Register ...
Held on September 19, 2020, via Zoom Video: Presentations Introduction – Dr. Tara de Mel Master Plan for ICT in Education – Prof. Kapila Perera, Secretary, Ministry of Education and former Vice Chancellor, University of Moratuwa Digital Infrastructure – Mr. Indika de Zoysa, Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies Lanka Integrating ICT into Education – Mr. Hasitha Dela, CEO, ...
With the new decade before us its time to ask if the Sri Lankan education system is ready to meet the FIR (Fourth Industrial Revolution), and its attendant multiple challenges. The World Economic Forum article below explains how education systems in the world are preparing themselves for the FIR.According to the 2017 School Census just about 10% of all ...
EFSL PRESS RELEASE #12Access to low-cost testing kits is essential is to keep schools openedNovember 10, 2021Perils of keeping schools closed are now universally acknowledged. In fact, the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids (post-pandemic) is calling for an international treaty that would be binding on countries to not close schools except during extreme natural disasters or war. Countries around ...
According to the ‘Ada’ newspaper, Mr .Prarthibha Mahanamaheva has called up the Ministry of Education and National Child Protection Agency to discuss the extreme phyiscal and mental stress caused by the Grade V scholarship on young children. Sri lanka is a signatory to the Convention on Rights of the Child . It will be interesting to see which clauses in ...
Click here for the available. Prof. Veranja Karunarathna, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Peradeniya and Vice Chancellor of Slintec Academy, noted in his presentation that there has been a definite reduction in quality of graduate education over the years due to many factors, but showed that Sri Lanka does produce a high number of academic papers by graduate ...
Corona All schools in WP reopened COVID-19 – Global Education Recovery Tracker launched Schools in Jaffna Education Zone closed for week All grades in schools, pre-schools in WP open tomorrow WP schools attendance satisfactory, as students return for lessons Schools in WP to commence tomorrow for grades 5, 11 and 13 Seventeen O/L student candidates in CP test COVID positive ...
Press Release #14: Open letter to Derana TV on the Responsibility of the media for Social Cohesion | සමාජ සංහිදියාව පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වගකීම මතක් කරමින් අද දෙරණ TV වෙත විවෘත ලිපියක් The government is poised to launch major reforms in education. One of the key objectives is to impart social-emotional learning and cultural skills to our children so that co-existence ...
A free webinar “Private Sector Role in Enhancing K-12 Education in Sri Lanka” will be held by Sri Lanka Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce online via zoom from 2:30pm to 3:45pm on Wednesday 23rd March 2022. The panelists will include Dr. Sujata Gamage (Senior Research Fellow of LIRNEasia), Dr. Harsha Alles(Chairman, Gateway Group, and Member, ...
A policy dialogue on “What should be our policy on English Education” was held by the Education Forum Sri Lanka (EFSL) on July 10th, 2021, via Zoom.LINKS:Full Video: PD#17, 2 hours 6 minutes (In Sinhala)PRESENTATIONS 5:00 – 5:10 Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Sujata Gamage, Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka) 5:10 – 6:10 Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Sujata Gamage Dr. ...
The Sri Lankan education system went through reforms during the years 1999 to 2004. The series of changes, from Grades 1 to 12 as recommended by the Presidential Task Force on Education and the National Education Commission during that period, included Advanced Level reforms, i.e reducing the number of subjects offered from four to three, introducing Biology instead of Zoology ...
A document outlining New Education Policies and Proposals (NEPP) was presented recently to the speaker and the members of the parliament by the Ministry for Education. This document is a result of deliberations on a new education act that began with a public notice published in November 2007 by the Committee to Draft a New education Act seeking input, and ...
EFSL Press Release #13: Let’s resolve to keep our children engaged in learning in 2022 | EFSL මාධ්ය ප්රකාශන #13: එළඹුනු 2022 වසරේ අපේ දරුවන් නොනවත්වා අධ්යාපනයේ රඳවා ගැනීමට අධිෂ්ඨානය කර ගනිමු. January 1, 2022 Greetings for 2022 and thank you for staying with us during the last two years when the forum earnestly engaged in its core mission of ...