Australia higher education promotion draws Sri Lanka students – By APSARA RODRIGO Source : economynext A large number of Sri Lankan students looking for higher education options attended an Australian education showcase in Colombo last week. The Study Australia Showcase was organised by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), an Australian government agency. “An impressive number of students expressed their eagerness to select Australia as their preferred location for advanced education,” Dr Monica Kennedy, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade, said in a press release from the Australian High Commission. “We collaborate with Sri Lankan students to ensure they are making optimal choices when considering studying in Australia.” UNESCO estimates that approximately 10,500 students are currently studying in Australia as of August 2023. Sri Lanka is witnessing an increasing number of its students seeking entrance to foreign universities amid an economic crisis last year, and continued political uncertainty in the ...
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Education is a Right, not a Privilege – By Umanda Jayobandara Source : Umanda Jayobandara Linkedin This picture belongs to Punniyaselvan, a first person from Glasow, Nanu Oya, to graduate from University of Colombo. This is a huge win for everyone in that village and for free education in Sri Lanka as a whole. I don’t want to say more, but this picture tells the whole story of this young man and the people who cared about him and the way he never forgot them. Everyone should be able to get an education, and it should be free for everyone. I stand up for free education and fight for it with all my heart. Everyone here in Sri Lanka gets a free education all the way to university, thanks to Honourable C.W.W. Kannangara, who was the father of free education in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a great country with ...
Felicitation ceremony for Grade 5 Scholarship Examination achievers Education system fails to meet job market demands – Dr. Bandula Gunawardana – BY CHAMINDA PERERA Source : sundayobserver Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardana on Monday said that the country’s education system does not provide a workforce to meet job market demands. As a result of this, the youth produced by free education start sowing the seeds of hatred in society,” the Minister said. Minister Dr. Gunawardana was speaking at the felicitation ceremony for children of Lake House employees, who performed exceptionally well at the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination in 2020, at the Lake House premises. The children received gift packs from the Minister at the ceremony organised by the Lake House Benefit Fund. The ANCL management led by Chairman Anusha Palpita was present. The Minister while deploring the examination centric education system in the country, said that Sri Lanka is the only country ...
Effective home schooling during Covid lockdown: Reflections of a Change Manager – By Alok Das Source : Alok Das linkedin Allow me to start with a statement: I do not claim to be an expert on children’s education, nor am I proposing a new hypothesis on how you should educate your children. As a change professional and as a young father with a young family I believe that education is the biggest enablement in the life of a human being. I am clearly not fan of those so called ‘experts’ who suggest that having fun should be the only priority for a child. My belief is that the best outcome is achieved when learning is infused with fun. During the Covid lockdown, I have found this extremely challenging to balance my professional commitment and the need to ensure that my children get a quality education. I am sharing a few things I ...
Help Transform Lives in 2022! It’s almost that time – EOFY is about to be upon us! We’ve had an amazing year, and we are so excited to share with you some of the incredible stories of transformation – stay tuned for our annual report coming soon! In the meantime, here’s a quick snapshot of some of what we’ve been able to achieve together: Provided small business training and loans for individuals and a group of rural community development workers in eSwatini Provided families short-term food support in eSwatini Provided livelihood support and self-employment opportunities to families in Sri Lanka Sponsored students to receive life-transforming education in eSwatini, India and Rwanda Empowered our graduating students with graduation gifts and support as they move on to employment and self-support Distributed food to families in Rwanda and in Sri Lanka who were in crisis due to the pandemic Provided almost 6,000 masks ...
Wesley- A servant to all, master to none – By Upali Ratnayake Source:dailymirror.lk When the history of education of Sri Lanka comes to be surveyed there is no mistake of the vast far reaching contribution that an unostentatious school in Dematagoda, Colombo has made. It may not have the lofty buildings other schools have. Nevertheless Wesley’s contribution to education is significant. Wesley will celebrate her sesquicentennial Anniversary in 2024 at a period when several schools reached this landmark. Wesley’s sister school, Methodist College, reached her 150th year in 2016. Trinity in Kandy is in the midst of it. S.Thomas’ passed this mark in 2001. Richmond in Galle will be 150 in 2026. The essence of education is that it is responsible for producing valued citizens, dependable leaders and the formation of a society devoid of class, creed and social stigma. One has only to examine the illustrious pupils Wesley ...
Mohamed Arshad – Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka | Company Secretary | Commissioner for Oaths “They don’t hold Degrees, but they know the value of Education, That is why I am here today”…. Mohamed Arshad We at eLanka are proud to congratulate you on this great achievement Mohamed Arshad ...
Contours for a new Constitution with a difference, for the future, not for the past By Raj Gonsalkorale But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist- Lysander Spooner By Raj Gonsalkorale Lysander Spooner is the well-known author of the book “No Treason” thought by some to be the most subversive thing ever written in the United States. However, as a reader had commented “the premise of “No Treason” is that the United State is not a legally constituted government because people can only be governed by consent and no one consented to the “social contract” we call the Constitution. Spooner writes, “The constitution not only binds nobody now, but never did bind anybody. It never bound ...
