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2,500 new teachers for national schools by July 3 : Education Minister

Minister of Education Susil Premjayantha has announced that 2,500 new teacher appointments for national schools are scheduled for July 3, the President’s Media Division said.  Arrangements have been made to recruit 2,100 teachers for subjects including Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Technology, and Foreign Languages. Additionally, 500 teachers will be appointed based on the results of 2,500 new teachers for national schools by July 3 : Education Minister

Gateway Launches Bachelor of Education (Hons) Degree

Prof. Prasad Sethunga, Director General of the NIE, addressing the gathering at the Launch Gateway Group one of the largest educational organizational networks in Sri Lanka with a reputation of having high standards of education at all levels launched yet another exciting programme for the upliftment of teachers. With the advancement of Private and International Gateway Launches Bachelor of Education (Hons) Degree

Generative AI And Data Protection: What Are The Biggest Risks For Employers?

If you’re an employer tempted to experiment with generative AI tools like ChatGPT, there are certain data protection pitfalls that you’ll need to consider. With an increase in privacy and data protection legislation in recent years – in the US, Europe and around the world – you can’t simply feed human resources data into a Generative AI And Data Protection: What Are The Biggest Risks For Employers?

Salary anomalies : Teachers Union warns of islandwide strike

The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) has warned of an islandwide strike due to the failure of authorities to increase the salaries of teachers and principals as promised in Budget 2024. CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin told the media today that a strike action will be launched on June 26 if the authorities fail to address Salary anomalies : Teachers Union warns of islandwide strike

World University Rankings 2024

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,906 universities from 108 countries and regions, based on the new WUR 3.0 methodology. This methodology uses 18 performance indicators to measure universities in five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook. This year, the analysis looked at over 134 million citations from World University Rankings 2024

A/Level exam : Update from Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education expects to conduct the GCE Advanced Level Examination by September in 2025, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.  The Education Minister said, however, that the examination has been scheduled for November this year. He further said that steps are being taken to ensure that students who complete their GCE Ordinary Level Examination A/Level exam : Update from Education Ministry

SLIIT MSc Programmes empower professionals with industry-relevant courses to unlock new opportunities

Providing students, the platform to expand their horizons, enhance skills and extend their qualifications, the Master of Science (MSc) programmes at SLIIT offers the ideal solution to empower professionals with industry-relevant courses to unlock new opportunities. SLIIT offers a variety of MSc programmes such as the MSc in Information Technology, Information Management, Information Systems, Information SLIIT MSc Programmes empower professionals with industry-relevant courses to unlock new opportunities

Reminder second academic term for the year 2024

The Ministry of Education says the second academic term for the year 2024 for Muslim Government Schools will begin on Thursday this week. According to the Education Ministry, the second term will commence on June 14 and conclude on September 13. The second term for Sinhala and Tamil schools commenced on June 03 and is scheduled to end Reminder second academic term for the year 2024

School Development Officers Association stages protest

The All Ceylon School Development Officers Association has launched a protest in Colombo today. According to media reports, the protest is being staged calling for School Development Officers to be absorbed into the teaching service immediately. Over a thousand School Development Officers are said to be participating in the protest which has caused severe traffic School Development Officers Association stages protest

Top Global Personalities on Education at the TISSL Conference

The International Schools of Sri Lanka (TISSL) will be organizing the 9th International Conference for School Leaders on 14th and 15th June 2024 to be held at Sentido Heritance, Negombo.  The conference this year will be held under the theme “Learning beyond Boundaries” and will witness several highly acclaimed global personalities on education attending as Top Global Personalities on Education at the TISSL Conference

INCOHST 2024: The Future is You!

The Nawaloka College of Higher Studies (NCHS) hosted INCOHST 2024, Sri Lanka’s premier annual IoT inter-school competition! Over 30 schools participated, showcasing their innovative solutions to make a positive impact on society. Congratulations to Taxila Central College – Horana (Winner), Maris Stella College – Negombo (2nd Place), and Nalanda College – Colombo (3rd Place)! Special INCOHST 2024: The Future is You!

IQA conducts the 2024 World Quizzing Championships

Lathikka Niriella Sri Lanka’s top Quizzer for 2024 Victoria Groce of USA wins the title World Quiz Champion! Lathikka Niriella re-established his ranking as the best Quiz player in Sri Lanka when he became the top scorer among the 45 Sri Lankan quizzers who competed with the rest of the world in the Annual World IQA conducts the 2024 World Quizzing Championships

CA Sri Lanka’s public sector wing, APFASL, explores proposed Public Financial Management Act of 2024

The panel comprising Mr. V. Kanagasabapathy, Mr. Tishan Subasinghe, Mr. Lalith R. De Silva, Consultant, Committee on Public Accounts, and Mr. S. U. Chandrakumaran, Retired Additional Director General of Public Finance, Ministry of Finance, while the session was moderated by Dr. Asela Athapathu, Secretary of APFASL. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA CA Sri Lanka’s public sector wing, APFASL, explores proposed Public Financial Management Act of 2024

School sanitary napkin voucher programme inaugurated

The Ministry of Education launched its inaugural programme to grant vouchers for the purchase of sanitary napkins at the President’s Girls College in Nawala today.  According to Education Minister Susil Premajayantha, an investment of Rs. 1 billion has been allocated for this programme, with the view of encouraging school attendance.  Accordingly, a voucher of Rs. School sanitary napkin voucher programme inaugurated

Education Ministry to provide textbooks to students in flood-hit areas

Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said that prompt measures will be taken to provide textbooks to students in flood-hit areas within the next two weeks. Addressing Parliament, the Minister responded to concerns raised by MP S.M. Marikkar regarding the plight of school students in Kolonnawa and Kelanimulla areas who have lost their textbooks due to recent Education Ministry to provide textbooks to students in flood-hit areas