CIMA is considered as one of the most recognized Professional Qualifications in Sri Lanka. CIMA Sri Lanka operates under CIMA UK which is the global headquarters. Currently there are thousands CIMA students in Sri Lanka while 95% CIMA qualified persons are employed in business sector. Most of them hold positions as top CEOs and top class managers. Rest 5% assumed to be in final years of their undergraduate courses.

CIMA Course content

CIMA mainly focus on Management Accounting. But ii has a broader coverage under three subject area pillars such as

Management Accounting Pillar
Financial Accounting Pillar
Business Management Pillar

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Kalana is a final year undergraduate of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He passed Finalist of CImA (UK) at age of 23 in May 2009. Find out more about him on twitter (@kalanatenakoon) or http://www.facebook.com/kalana.tennakoon.
A student has to follow ten subjects i.e three subjects in each pillar upon completion of Foundation level. The overall CIMA syllabus focuses mainly on Financial Management. Basically there are five levels such as Foundation, Operational Level, Managerial Level, Strategic Level and TOP CIMA. Foundation Level is also known as CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting. Read more »

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) wasestablished in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan.

It aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of ADB’s developing member countries to pursue postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region.

Scholarship
The ADB-JSP provides

full tuition fees

a monthly subsistence and housing allowance

an allowance for books and instructional materials

medical insurance

travel expenses

For scholars engaged in research, a special grant may be available for thesis preparation.

In special circumstances computer literacy, preparatory language and other similar courses may be covered under the scholarship.

Programs covered by the ADB-JSP
Programs covered by the ADB-JSP are postgraduate studies in

economics

management

health

education

agriculture

environment

natural resource management

science and technology

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What is the purpose of the e8 scholarship?

The purpose of the e8 scholarship is to support outstanding students pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development and to encourage meaningful contributions to the collective body of knowledge about this subject.

Key Dates
Applications for the Post-Doctoral programme must be received by the e8 General Secretariat by December 4, 2009. Applications for the Masters programme must be received by March 19, 2010. Read more »

The Fulbright Scholarship Program was established to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. It provides funds for students, scholars and professionals to undertakgraduate study and advanced research. The program was promoted by and named after Arkansas senator J. William Fulbright, who promulgated its passage through the US Senate in 1946.

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opportunity to compete for Fulbright Student Fellowships for graduate study in the United States leading to a Master‘s degree or a Ph.D. To be eligible, applicants must:
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The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the opportunity to people from selected developing countries to undertake development-related studies in New Zealand.

Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Up to nine (9) NZDS-Open scholarships will be offered to eligible candidates for study beginning in the 2011 academic year, with an equitable spread across all three countries.

This may include study related to education, health, rural livelihoods, governance, human rights, or economic development, depending on the human resource development training needs of the home government.

New Zealand -Development Scholarships are offered for full-time, tertiary level study at participating New Zealand education institutions.

Eligible countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia:
Cambodia (pdf 66K), Indonesia (pdf 68K), Lao PDR (pdf 66K), Maldives (pdf 58K), Mongolia (pdf 58K), Myanmar (pdf 58K), Nepal (pdf 58K), Philippines (pdf 62K), Sri Lanka (pdf 58K), Timor-Leste (pdf 75K), Viet Nam (pdf 55K)

Readmore:
http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2007/06/new-zealand-development-scholarships.html
More info: http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/scholarships/nzds

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation website recently published Bill Gates 2010 Annual Letter.  He emphasizes on innovations in health, food, education and energy and how it can make the difference between a bleak future and a bright one.  He argues that although there are online courses and lectures from leading universities are available on the web, so far technology has hardly changed formal education and he thinks that education would be the the next area where the Internet will surprise people in how it can improve things.

He has also just started a twitter account and already has over 300,000 followers. I just followed him with my twitter account.

Download Bill Gates 2010 Annual Letter (18 Pages, 2.49 MB, PDF)

You may also like to watch this video where Bill Gates says Sri Lanka is poised for greater growth:

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