Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka can be categorized as government schools, international schools, national universities, technical training institutes, degree/ diploma or certificate granting institutes affiliated to foreign universities, and local institutes that grant degree or equivalent qualifications. Sri Lankan government provides free education, scholarships for disadvantaged students, mid-day meals, free textbooks, free uniforms, and subsidized [...]

Gazettes are Published by Government Printing Department on every Friday. SECTION (IIA) of the Sri Lankan gazette contains information on government job Vacancies. examinations to select various free courses etc. Other parts of the gazette: PART I- SECTION(I) cotains proclamations, appointments etc. SECTION (IIB) contains Tenders and Auction sales. You can download government gazettes from [...]

After O/L or A/L examination you can enter into one of the government sponsored vocational technical training institutes and get a training in a required profession, job or get a certificate, diploma, higher national diploma or a bachelors degree. Employed persons can follow the course while doing the job as apprentices or trainees. There are [...]

The Master of Business Administration is the premier, and most popular, business postgraduate business degree. It is an educational in character, because it is awarded by universities but it stresses on practical aspects of management. MBA programs normally cover a wide range of courses in the program’s first year, then concentrate on a specialized curriculum [...]

Ganindu Nanayakkara of Ananda College Colombo won the First Award of US$3,000 for his project “Novel Computer Controlling Wireless Device for Handicapped People“, a device that allows persons with disabilities to wirelessly operate a computer, in the Computer Science category at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2010 Grand Awards Ceremony held on May [...]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday (7 July 2010) released the Z-score cut off marks for the admission of 21,111 students to the university system for the 2010 academic year based on the results of the Advanced Level Examination held in 2009 August. Among students who are selected around 15,000 are those following science courses [...]

Some Text books of government schools along with other educational institutions (such as Pirivena, semi-governmental schools, private schools, International schools) published by Educational Publications Department can be downloaded free in pdf format. According to Mr W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara, Commissioner General of Educational Publications, textbooks under 351 titles in three media was produced for the year 2009. [...]

Applications for grade one admissions in government schools for 2011 will be accepted upto 30th of June 2010. This new method ensures that whole process has been handed over to the schools, making it altogether more transparent,  Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said at a press yesterday. Application forms are available in today (2 June 2010) [...]