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Edex Expo 2012 Education & Careers exhibition at BMICH at Kandy

Hiran — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:15:45 +0000

EDEX Expo 2012, Education & Careers exhibition will be held in BMICH, Colombo on 20th, 21st, & 22nd January (from 10am to 7pm) & Kandy City Center on 7th & 28th January (9am to 6m). Over 300 Local & Foreign Universities, Education Institutes and other Organizations will participate this event. Participants will be able to meet representatives from different educational institutes in Sri Lanka and abroad (such as UK, USA, India) and select courses and degrees.

You can find out educational Choices, Options and Opportunities in the post-secondary, graduate and postgraduate fields, technical and vocational training leading to gainful employment.

This exhibition also contains a Green Zone to promote sustainable living. You can visit stalls of Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Young Biologists’ Association here.

What computer programming language should I learn first?

Hiran — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:03:55 +0000

Starting the career in Programming. What language? This question was asked by 14 year old boy in warez-bb.org forum. He asked “I want to program in future, but still don’t know what’s the most effective computer language around (and the one that I will get payed for the most). I gotta’ say , And the thing I think could be most effective and payable is web-programming? if so agree, what language should I start with?”

I think following would be the best answer for this question.

I believe you can categorise programming languages into the following:
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* Very low-level:
-- Assembler - programming the bare metal. This is difficult and takes quite some time to master
* Low-level:
-- C - Very powerful, with huge possibilities for shooting yourself in the foot. Most operating systems and speed-dependent programs are written in this, as well as device drivers. It's an excellect language to learn early since it gives an appreciation of memory limitations, and imposes a discipline of double-checking everything.
* Medium-level
-- C++ fits in here. Be careful - C++ is most certainly not "a better C", but is an object-oriented language with behaviors quite different from C. For example the compiled code has a vtable which puts sufficient overhead on the code to preclude its use in many places where C is used.
* Pretty high-level
-- Java and C# are pretty much identical in form - each has its own libraries and server concepts (J2EE and .NET) but ultimately if you can program one you can switch to the other with the minimum of fuss.
* Scripting languages
-- PHP, Perl, Python, etc. fit in here. These languages tend to be less rigid in structure, yet very powerful. They are also often type-agnostic and very dynamic. For these reasons, they are bad places to start to learn programming, teaching sloppy practices.

My suggestion for a new programmer would be to start with Java or C#. These provide good protections to prevent you breaking things, yet have strong funtional capabilities and broad support for just about everything in the libraries. Both have good supporting tools, although Microsoft's Visual Studio is for C# is probably better than Eclipse or NetBeans for Java. On the other hand, Java runs everywhere while C# is limited to Windows.

I would strongly recommend that you learn C too. It's actually a deceptively simple language but it allows you to do anything, including stupid things, so it teaches you how not to do stuff pretty quickly.

But some other person advices him:

If he wanted to learn web programming. For me, i would advice:-

- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript

This is the basics for web developer and not C#.net, php, asp etc..

You can comment put your comments.
PHP Web Programming by Muthu Ramadoss
Learn PHP Web Programming with this comprehensive tutorial.

PHP Web Programming

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Physiotherapy courses and degrees in Sri Lanka

Hiran — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:01:30 +0000

Physical therapy or Physiotherapy is a clinical health profession that aims to rehabilitate and improve people with movement disorders. This is important in orthopedic treatments of patients. Physiotherapists have good job opportunities in Sri Lanka and abroad, especially in Europe and USA. After qualifiying as a physiotheraphist you can work in a government or private hospital or you can start your own physical therapy service.

In this post we elicit some study options in physiotherapy field.

Degrees offered by National Universities

University of Colombo, University of Peradeniya and almost all other government universities offer physiotherapy degrees to Sri Lankan students who perform well in G.C.E A/L in bio stream. If you fulfill the entry requirements of those universities acquiring a satisfied z- score, then you can get a a specialized medical degree in physical therapy education. Then you study physical therapy in following streams.

Basic sciences stream
Applied physiotherapy stream
Behavioral Sciences stream
Clinical practice stream
Research stream

Most popular one is Clinical aspects of Physiotherapy as that field has many job opportunities.

After the degree

All the physiotherapists passed out from government universities might get the following benefits.

Postgraduate training opportunities locally and abroad
Research opportunities locally and abroad
Academic positions in Universities, other teaching Institutions, public and private sectors both local and foreign
Managerial positions in public and private Institutions
Running a private physiotherapy service
To work in the government and private sector as a specialized physiotherapist

School of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy affiliated to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka also provides a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Physiotherapy, where the students who do not fulfill the entry requirements to universities can enter. In two years of this study program, the students may stay in the class room for six months for the academic/ theoretical knowledge and then will be moved to the clinical training which is said to be the practical part of the diploma. Though they might not considered as same as the degree holders they will also obtain some good opportunities in the field of physical therapy.

Private study opportunities

Apart from governmental bodies there are some private institutions that cater physiotherapy degrees for students. PATHE academy offers a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Physiotherapy, for Assistant physiotherapist, Massager, Manual therapists in service. With no previous knowledge, A/L students seeking a career physiotherapy can join this course. Affiliated with the Open University of Complementary Medicines, Sri Lanka, PATHE has good plans for educating and training students in physiotherapy. In completing a 20 months academic program along with an internship of six months you might need to pay 70,200 LKR. This provide you with an internationally recognized certificate along with a worthy training as a physiotherapist.

International Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka also provides a Diploma Program in Physiotherapy, to the students who have three passes in G.C.E. A/L in Biological Science stream, with credit passes for English in O/L. Cost for this three year program is 629,000 LKR. This includes all tuition fees, registration and other fees for the course. Students qualified from this institute will also be eligible for the national and international job market. This institute also has some nursing courses consist of some physiotherapy related study schemes as well.

Many of other private universities that affiliated to local educational institutions also provide physical therapy education, either as Higher National Diplomas (HND), or as B.Sc. degrees.

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TVEC warns on fake scholarships and IT training institutes

Kavidu — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:03:35 +0000

After A/L , you may have received several letters claiming that they are providing IT or Management courses with a scholarship, and sometimes they claim a job after following those courses.

The Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission, popularly known as The Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission, popularly known as TVEC warns students in selecting training courses in a recent newspaper advertisement. You can check the registered institues by visiting TVEC web site.

You can download accredited course list (pdf) and check for the Registered Institutes.

Registered Institutes in Western Province conducting Information Technology related courses

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Exam finished. Now what? Career and Higher study options after A/L

Hiran — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:46:38 +0000

A free seminar on Career and Higher education options after A/L will be organized by studentlanka.com web site, in collaboration with Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka for those who have completed GCE Advanced Level examination in 2011 August.

Aim – to give accurate and unbiased information on selection of degrees, courses and careers after GCE Advanced Level examination, especially if you are not selected to a course in a National University.

student-lanka seminar

This will be held on 6 September 2011 (Tuesday) at 2.30 pm at National Museum Auditorium, Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7.

Speakers:

Prof Hiran Amarasekera, Professor at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda. Patron of Young Biologists Association.

Dr Sujatha Gamage - Sujata Gamage, PhD, is a scientist who specializes in knowledge management. She heads the Knowledge to Innovation project at LIRNEasia. Previously she has served as the Director General of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka. Her consultancies include a “Faculty Quality Report” for public university system in Sri Lanka and the “Corporate Plan for 2003‐2008” for the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka.

J Charitha Ratwatte – Mr. J. Charitha Ratwatte Jr. has five years’ experience in the software industry in Sri Lanka. Charitha earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2009 with concentrations in the Public Management and Global Management Programs. Charitha co-founded and leads Rural Returns (Guarantee) Limited in Sri Lanka, a non-profit company that addresses rural poverty. He volunteers with SL2College, a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to connecting students with free, high-quality advice on higher education options.

Tentative Agenda:

Higher education and career options in Science, Medicine, Agriculture by Prof Hiran Amarasekera

Local Private degree or diploma options by Dr Sujatha Gamage

Foreign Higher study options by SL2College by Charitha Ratwatte

Admission is free. Register facebook event ‘උසස් පෙළ හැදෑරීමෙන් පසු” Career and Study options after A/L
Videos and details of Last year Seminar on After A/L options

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Educational Loans by Sri Lankan banks
German Technical Training Institute Moratuwa
National Institute of Business Management-NIBM
Sri Lanka Law College
Degree -John Kotelawala Defence University Academy
Open university of Sri Lanka

Certificate in Computer Networks and Security (CCNS) from Open University

Hiran — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:14:15 +0000

Open University call applications for Certificate course in Computer Networks and Security (CCNS). The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science offers this course for:
• System Administrators and Network Support Staff
• Hardware Technicians who wants to enhance knowledge in Computer Networking
• University Students
• School Leavers
• Those who need to become professionals in Computer Networking.

Duration : 6 months (including exams)
Admission requirement : Pass in English language at G.C.E (Ordinary Level) or an equivalent qualification
Course Fee : Rs. 25,000/=
Enrollment closing on 20th June 2011
Commencement : 02nd July 2011 Read more

Course Contents:
• Computer Basics and Operating Systems
• Computer Network Concepts & Protocols
• Network Devices and Configurations
• Switching Basics and Routing
• Planning & Setting up Windows/Linux Networks & Services
• Server Technologies – Web, Email, Database, CMS
• Network Security and Monitoring – Proxy Servers, Firewalls
• Network Administration
• Maintenance of Networks
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Vacancies for Graduate Teachers at Government Schools

Hiran — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:23:08 +0000

Ministry of Education called applications to recruit Graduate Teachers under the “One Thousand Secondary Schools Development Programme. According to the web site of the Ministry of Education there are vacancies (1000 in each subject) for Information Technology (IT), Englsih and Science/ Mathematics.

Graduates who are seeking jobs in as teachers can apply. Completed applications should be forwarded to the ‘Commissioner General of Examinations, Organization and Foreign Examinations Branch, Department of Examinations, Pelawatte, Battaramulla’, under registered cover on or before June 30, 2011.

Applications and Instructions in English | Sinhala | Tamil

අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය මගින් ගරු අධ්‍යාපන ඇමතිතුමාගේ උපදෙස් මත ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන ප්‍රාථමික පාසල් ජාලයක් පෝෂණය සදහා වූ ද්විතියික පාසල් 1000ක් සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන සඳහා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණය, ඉංග්‍රීසි සහ විද්‍යාව/ගණිතය සඳහා උපාධිධාරී ගුරුවරුන් 1000ක් බැගින් බඳවා ගැනීම සඳහා වන උපදෙස් සහ අයදුම්පත් නිකුත් කර ඇත.

මෙම ආදර්ශ අයදුම්පත්‍රය සම්පූර්ණ කර 2011-06-30 වන දිනට හෝ ඊට පෙර විභාග කොමසාරිස් ජෙනරාල්, සංවිධාන හා විදේශ විභාග ශාඛාව, ශ්‍රී ලංකා විභාග දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, පැලවත්ත, බත්තරමුල්ල යන ලිපිනයට ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් එවිය යුතු ය.

கல்வி அமைச்சரின் பணிப்புரைக்கமைய நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்படும் ஆரம்ப பாடசாலை வலைப்பின்னலை மேம்படுத்தும் 1000 இடைநிலைப் பாடசாலைகளை வளர்ச்சிப்படுத்தும் வேலைத்திட்டத்திற்காக தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழினுட்பம், ஆங்கிலம் மற்றும் அறிவியல் / கணிதம் போன்ற பாடங்கள் ஒவ்வொன்றிக்கும் 1000 பட்டதாரி ஆசிரியர்கள் என்ற அடிப்படையில் இணைத்துக் கொள்வதற்கான விபரங்கள் மற்றும் விண்ணப்பப் படிவங்கள் வெளியிடப் பட்டுள்ளன.
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Become a Nurse – Follow Training at Ministry of Health Nursing School

Hiran — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:34:36 +0000

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 private nursing colleges and University degrees in Nursing are also available in Sri Lanka.

Educational qualifications :

(a) Passed General Certification of Education (Advanced Level) Examination Year 2008 and 2009 at one sitting all the subjects (Except the common test) in the Science Stream Subjects of Biology/Mathematics and Agricultural Science ;
and
(b) Passed General Certification of Education (Ordinary Level) Examination, in six subjects at not more than two sittings with credit passes for Sinhala/Tamil Language, Mathematics, Science and English Language ;

The required number will be selected at district level based on the merit order of marks secured at the G. C. E. (A/L) Examination.

How to apply:
Applications and details are available in Government Gazette Part II(A) of 1 April 2011
Applications should be sent to reach the Director (Admin.) 01, Ministry of Health, No. 385, “Suwasiripaya”, Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo 10.

Application deadline for 2011 intake (based on 2008- 2009 A/L results)
30 April 2011

Scheme of Training :
The selected applicants will be admitted to the nursing training school as pupil nurses and they should follow the training course for 03 years.
The trainees during the period of training in a school nursing will be paid an allowance as follows :
1st year – Rs. 12,920 (per month)
2nd year – Rs. 13,040 (per month)
3rd year – Rs. 13,160 (per month)

The trainees, who pass the final examination, after successful completion of training, will be appointed to the post of staff nurse Grade III by the Director General of Health Services on the relevant salary scales depending on the availability of vacancies of the post.

All applicants should be unmarried at the time of submitting their applications and it is compulsory that they should remain unmarried, during the period of 03 years training.

Applications and details:
Government Gazette Part II(A) of 1 April 2011
Download Gazette (pdf)

EDEX Education & Careers exhibition at BMICH Colombo and Kandy

Hiran — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:28:56 +0000

EDEX 2011, Education & Careers exhibition will be held in Colombo & Kandy for the 8th consecutive year with the participation of over 300 Local & Foreign Universities, Education Institutes and other Organizations. Participants will be able to meet representatives from different educational institutes in Sri Lanka and abroad (such as UK, USA, India) and select courses and degrees.

EDEX Expo at BMICH Colombo will be open from 10 am to 7 pm on 22, 23, 24 January, 2011.
EDEX Expo at Kandy City Centre will be open from 9 am to 6pm on 26, 27 January.
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Career in Nursing – Enter a nursing school and become a Nurse

Kavidu — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:01:41 +0000

Nurses care for the sick and help people stay well. Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities.

You can follow a Nursing course to become a nurse in Sri Lanka.
Some National Universities (Colombo, Sri Jayewardenepura) also offer BSc Nursing for those who qualified from GCE A/L examination.

There are two categories of course available:

1. Government nursing courses – Conducted by Ministry of health
2. Private nursing institutions- Conducted by private private sector institutes

Government Nursing Course
In Sri Lanka, there are more than ten nursing academies. Some teaching schools are attached with government hospitals. They are called teaching hospitals. Nursing students have to follow a three year nursing course in these Schools. Both theoretical and clinical knowledge are provided during that period.

List of Government Nursing Schools

• Hmbanthota – 0472220261
• Kaluthara – 0342222264
• Ragama,Kadana – 0112959260
• Anuradhapura – 0252222536
• Badulla – 0552222532
• Galle – 0912234452
• Jaffna -0212222736
• Kandy – 0812222821
• Mulleriyawa – 0112256891
• National Nursing School, Sri Jayawardhanapura, Thalapathpitiya – 0112779487
• Batticalo – 0652222261
• Rathnapura – 0452222261

Private Nursing Training Institutes

There number of private training schools in Sri Lanka. Some training institutes obtained permission from tertiary and vocational educational commission. Training period vary acording to the authority. Normally it’s one year.
Particular qualified schools should get permission from provincial councils.

List of some Private Nursing Schools

• New Medicare (pvt) Nursing School
• Path Medical Academy, Nugegoda.
• Siyana Nursing School, Weyangoda.
• Pvt Nursing School Kurunegala.
• Meth Sewana Nursing School Kuliyapitiya.
• Co-Operative Nursing School, Galle.
Nursing Schools are also situated at Anuradhapura, Kandy(4), Rathmalana, Colombo and Rathnapura.