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Private Universities and Degree courses in Sri Lanka

Jun 07, 2011 6 Comments by

What Private degree to select? A large number of private universities and institutions in Sri Lanka that offer foreign degrees or an equivalent qualification calls upon students and parents to be more concerned in their university programme selection. Furthermore there are many undergraduate equivalent courses available for students. What do you know about these universities? [...]

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GCE A/L Examination Time Table 2011

Jun 05, 2011 29 Comments by

GCE Advanced Level 2011 examination starts on 08 August 2011, according to the time table released by Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka. This year there are two examinations: New syllabus and for Old syllabus. // Science subjects (combined mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry) for both new and old syllabus start from 8 August, Commerce subjects (Economics, [...]

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Sri Lanka University Rankings – Top 30

Jun 05, 2011 5 Comments by

Updated on 2 February 2012 According to the latest Webometrics rankings issued in January 2012, following are the top 30 Universities in Sri Lanka. (Sri Lankan country rank and world rank is given here) (1) 1447 University of Colombo (2) 1909 University of Peradeniya (3) 2794 University of Moratuwa  (4) 3078 University of Sri Jayewardenepura  (5) 4434 University of Kelaniya (6) 4189 Open University [...]

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Z scores for University courses 2010- 2011 academic year (2010 A/L examination)

May 29, 2011 4 Comments by

The University Grants Commission (UGC) released the university entrance cut-off marks (Z score). A total of 20,274 students have qualified to enter universities. The highest Z score of 1.9770 for medicine this year is from the Colombo district and second, third and fourth places are from Matara, Galle and Hambantota districts. The Z score in [...]

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Informatics Olympiad Competition Sri Lanka for IOI

Apr 26, 2011 1 Comment by

Informatics Olympiad is organised by the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) with the assistance of the Information & Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the Ministry of Education to select participants for IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics). The primary goal of the IOI is to stimulate interest in informatics (computing science) [...]

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Become a Nurse – Follow Training at Ministry of Health Nursing School

Apr 11, 2011 6 Comments by

If you have three A/L passes in Biological Science stream then you can apply for free Nursing training in Government Nursing schools managed by Ministry of Health. After training you can become a Nurse in Government hospital which is a pensionable government job. This post describes details on Government Nursing courses, but there are several [...]

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O/L 2010 best results from Vishaka and Maliyadeva

Mar 22, 2011 1 Comment by

Best results in the GCE O/L examination last year, were announced by the Examination Department. Top 3 best results are. Island 1st Witana Hewage Maduri Yashoda – Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo 2. Rizan Atif – Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala 3. Taksarani Amaya – Eheliyagoda Vidyalaya // Majority of students from remote village schools have performed very well [...]

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O/L 2010 results released- more students passed this year

Mar 16, 2011 17 Comments by

The results of the GCE Ordinary Level Examination 2010 were released today and students can check their results at www.doenets.lk/exam. Commissioner General of Examinations Anura Edirisinghe said that 58.79 percent of school candidates had qualified for Advanced Level studies this year, an increase against 48.51 percent qualified the previous year. The percentage of students who [...]

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Download Protype Model Papers for G.C.E. A/L Examination

Mar 15, 2011 25 Comments by

Department of Examinations published Model Papers (Protype Questions) and structure of the question papers and for G.C.E.(A.L) Examination from 2011 Onwards. These papers can be download from Examination Department web site. These are available as different volumes (pdf books). Volume 1 – Science Subjects Physics, Chmistry, Mathematics, Agricultural Science, Biology, Combined Mathematics and Higher Mathematics [...]

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Workshop on Molecular Genetics and biotechnology for Advanced Level Biology Teachers and Students

Feb 15, 2011 1 Comment by

Genetic society of University of Sri Jayewardenepura will be conducting a workshop on Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology with  laboratory and theoretical knowledge. This will basically provide a sound knowledge to Advanced level Genetics   Course units like Heredity and continuity of life. The workshop will be conducted by highly skilled university lecturers. // The dates are as follows: For [...]

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