(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.
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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