Around 24% of children enrolled in Grade 1 in the Central Province drop out before completing 13 years of school, Central Province Governor Dr. Harsha Suranga Fernando said yesterday (27). Speaking at an event at the Kandy District Secretariat to award President’s Fund scholarships to children of low-income families engaged in selling lottery tickets, the … Poverty drives Central Province school dropouts
The first district level recognition ceremony under the President’s Fund for high achievers of the 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination took place on September 26 in Kilinochchi. Initiated in 2025 under the chairmanship of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the programme honours top-performing students in each subject stream at the district level. While the 2023/2024 academic … President’s Fund honours A/L top achievers
Significant changes are set for Sri Lanka’s school curriculum from 2027, including reducing the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination to seven core subjects such as History and Aesthetic Studies and integrating vocational education directly into Grades 10 and 11. The updates were detailed during a meeting of the Subcommittee on Education Reforms held at Parliament on … Sri Lanka to introduce New School Curricula and National Preschool Education Reforms
Students from Pinnawala Central College and Matale Siri Seevali College visited the Presidential Secretariat on September 24 to mark the completion of two years of the ‘Vision’ Programme. The joint initiative launched for schoolchildren by the Presidential Secretariat, the Ministry of Education and the Department of Communication of the Parliament of Sri Lanka aims to … School children visit Presidential Secretariat to mark ‘Vision’ programme anniversary