Ragging is bullying of first year students or freshers by senior students, which usually occurs at the beginning of each academic year in many state Universities in Sri Lanka. This has been deeply embedded in the university subculture in Sri Lanka. This post is based on research paper by Siri Gamage School of Education, University […]
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Interest Free Student Loans to follow Private Degrees
Interest Free Student Loan Scheme for Selected Degree Programs Academic Years – 2019/ 2020 (GCE A/L Examination 2017, 2018, 2019) Now you can get an educational loan of Rs. 800,000 from the government to follow Private degree in a Private Higher Educational Institution (Private Campus). It is an Interest Free Loan, granted to the students who […]
Apply for Universities based on 2017 GCE A/L results
The University Grants Commission states that 30,000 of those who passed the 2017 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination will be granted university entrance. According to the commission, the handbook containing the admission has been issued now and you can purchase this book from the leading bookshops in Sri Lanka. The Commission further states that admissions to […]
Download A/L Z Score table from UGC University admission book
University Admission Handbook published by University Grants Commission contains Z-score table. This table gives Minimum Z score cut off values for selection of various University courses in each district. 2017-2018 University handbook contains Z score values for 2017 GCE A/L Examination. Download Z Score Table 2017 A/L Z -Scores – Minimum “Z” Scores for selection […]
Selections to University based on Z-score – District and Merit quotas
After checking your GCE A/L results now your next questions are My results are sufficient to select to University course? Which university course will I be selected based on these results? Can I go to Medicine/ Engineering/ Management/ Law faculty? When you check your A/L results you will also get Z-score value, Island Rank (IR) […]
World Ranking of Sri Lankan Universities 2017
Webometrics.info published 2017 July edition of Web Ranking. According to this latest ranking University of Peradeniya became the best University in Sri Lanka, while University of Colombo was down to the 2nd place for the first time in the history. University of Kelaniya also improved their ranking and now ranked as the Third best university […]
Z scores for University Admissions 2016/17 based on 2016 A/L Results
You can now check Minimum Z-scores for selection to courses of study of Universities in 2016/ 2017 Academic Year in respect of each district and detailed information of course selection based on the GCE (A/L) Examination in 2016 by following methods; 1. Visit UGC selection Website http://www.selection.ugc.ac.lk/ http://www.ugc.ac.lk/ 2. Call 1919 (Government Information Centre) 3. […]
How many students study in State Universities?
According to the latest (2016) Central Bank (CB) Report, the number of undergraduates study in state government National Universities are 86,061 in 2016. This figure was 83,778 in 2015. The number of new students admitted to State universities increased to 28,952 in 2016, from 25,676 in 2015, the latest Central Bank (CB) Report revealed. 9 […]
Why Study Biomedical Science BMS?
Biomedical science is an exciting new field with great opportunity for a challenging career. However most students seeking higher education are still unaware of this upcoming field. To those seeking a career in the field of human biology or seeking a laboratory based career with interest in research obtaining a degree in Biomedical Science would […]
SAITM Medical college issue – Present situation and possible solutions
Professor Hiran Amarasekera of the Sri Jayewardenepura University says, “The government should do justice to the students who have enrolled in SAITM because the former government allowed the establishment of SAITM.” By Rasika Hemamali Following are excerpts: ?: Even though no one opposes private universities, there is a lot of opposition to private medical colleges. […]
