Courses you can do after Advanced Level
(Post updated on 29 August 2011)
1. Do A/L Again – Firstly, of course you can do A Level again, If you did not work hard for the first time.
2. National Universities - If you are sure about your exam results, then await for results to enter into Sri Lankan Public University system, which offer excellent degrees at no cost.
3. Science and Technology - If you want to continue your classical subjects such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics etc. you can register into Open University degree programs. Open University degrees are also well recognized and this is a low cost option to expensive foreign degree programs. Graduate-ship programs of Institute of Chemistry is also very popular among science students.
If you are looking for a career in Medical Sector, then you can follow Nursing, Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Physiotherapy or Pharmacology Courses
4. Management or IT - Or you can follow courses to get Professional Qualifications. Popular options in this category includes Management, Accounting, Marketing and Information Technology courses.
Popular Accounting courses are Chartered Accounting, CIMA, ACCA and AAT. Business Management, Marketing and Human Resource Management courses are offered by institutes such as NIBM, BSc Business Administration External degree at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, CIMA, CIM, PIM and many other by Private Institutes.
Computing and information Technology courses are offered by SLIIT, NIBM, APIIT, Informatics, IDM and many other Private Institutes. There are professional degrees in IT such as BCS/ ACS/ NCC.
5. Study Abroad - If you have money you can go to a country like USA, UK, Australia, Russia, and India and get a foreign degree. Many students follow Foreign Medical degree courses in Nepal, Russia, Bangladesh, China, India etc. British council offers advice for courses in UK, and Fulbright Scholarship Commission (Close to Ladies College, Colombo) offers advice on courses in USA.
6. Private Degrees - There are also several Private Institutes now in Sri Lanka which are affiliated to Foreign Universities, who offer degree (B.Sc. and other) programs in Sri Lanka. With these institutes you can get degrees in various subjects including Management, IT, Health Sciences, Natural, Applied and Pure Sciences.
7. External/ Online Degrees – You can follow an external degree (such as Science, Arts, Business Management or BIT), and now there are Online degree programs offered by several Sri Lankan and foreign universities.
8. Technical and Other courses - There are other free higher education courses such as Kotalawela defense university, Technical Colleges, National Colleges of Education (Vidya Peeta) and Agriculture Diplomas.
9. Law - Last but not least, you can do law entrance examination and enter Law college to become a Lawyer.
10. Travel ,Tourism, Aviation, Architecture, Fisheries and Nautical Engineering, Media etc. There are many other career options you can select after A/L.
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I have done A/L in science stream-2008 & i could not pass at least 1 main subject.i hv “B”pass only for ENGLISH. so not only me but also all are bothering about the results. but i do not wanna thinking about it & waste my time. i wanna do AL again & i wanna do it BEST.
I have passed my O/L exam with 6A’s including SCIENCE,MATHS & English. so if any one can tell me what should i do 2make success my life.
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Isat A/L 2008 in Bio. Please send details can i do any important course for the future.
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I’d like to recommend Sweden is a one of best place to study after A/L, if u are looking a foreign education.I am happy to say that Sweden has free education system for all students even for international student. For the more information check below links.
http://www.studyinsweden.se/
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http://www.ituniv.se
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Skip or kick whatever that comes in your way. Kick the Advanced Level off if you feel it is getting in your way.
Follow elders’ advice or choose your instinct on your future.
Don’t bother about your results. Be prepared to take whatever that comes with it. It is shameful to go after that Advanced Level thing again if you had enough of it.
You’ll be surprised with the number of opportunities available to you if you do a little survey. Most times you’ll be happy being more than one step ahead of your colleagues who are bothering about the results and preparing to go through the same process again.
If you can work and earn more than 10k/- you are able to follow a degree. Just seek and you shall find.
*-This is more than enough for your future.-*
American National College is best place for your Bachelors Degree after A/L ‘s
Try NIBM
http://www.nibm.lk
If u r a commerce student CIMA , aat, abe, CIM , CMA above cource are very usuful to commerce student.
so if u wanna more information on this toic send a mail.
irshad9988@gmail.com
I agree with your comment on OU cousers. If you have money ( I mean your parents) you can get OU degree in Sri Lanka and spend your money on post graduate studies in overseas.
After my A/L examination, I registered for Open University course. I am doing Zoology, Botany and Chemistry.
This seems to be a cheaper option to get a degree in Sri Lanka, rather than spending sooo much money on foreign education.