The whole world is in the middle of a pandemic. Beginning around March 2020 schools across the world had to close at once, for the first time since World War II. The health crisis created by the pandemic is obviously the number one priority of governments. The economic crisis the pandemic has caused too is […]
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New Educational reforms of Sri Lanka 2020
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized the need to reform the country’s education system in order to create a citizen who can optimally contribute to the future world, the economy and development.President emphasized: University curricula should target job market More focus on Technology and Information Technology Presidential Task Force on Education An Extraordinary Gazette notification was […]
Hon Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Vision on Education at Viyathmaga Convention 2019
Then presidential candidate and Present President of Sri Lanka HE Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivered inspiring speech at the Viyathmaga convention on 8th Sep. 2019 at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. We bring you important points he expressed on following areas: 0:16 Knowledge based century 1:57 Empowering youth with technology 3:22 Technology based Innovation 4:51 […]
Download Syllabuses & Teachers’ Guides
Syllabuses & Teacher’s Instructional Manuals (Teachers’ Guides) for Grade 1 to grade 12 in pdf format can be downloaded from official web site of the National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka. Related: Download directly from official NIE web site Download GCE AL teacher guides – Teacher’s Instructional Manuals Downlaod other A Level Syllabuses – Physics, […]
Learning Habits and rituals
Students study in different ways. They have various habits and rituals when studying for exams. Some prefer to study early in the morning, whereas others study at night. Some prefer to read loudly as they study and some want to read silently. Please share your learning habits with others. Janak Gunatilleke, educated in Royal College, […]
Chemistry books for A/L students
Some popular authors and their books on Chemistry. Books by Hemachandra Basnayaka Prof W D W Jayathilaka Prof Sudantha Liyanage MCQ and Essay classified Question answer books by Pesuru Publications A/L Chemistry Past Paper MCQ Analysis by A H Fareez Books by Ranga Gunarathna Knowledge Bank Question answer books More Chemistry Books Chemistry vivarana books […]
Olympiad Competitions in Sri Lanka
Update 2017 – Apply Sri Lanka Biology Olympiad 2017 before 31 May 2017. Sri Lankan students can compete in several Olympiad competitions. Normally these competitions will be held just before Advanced Level examination, in May – June. School children can win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals and also they will be awarded certificates. Medalists will […]
School Science Societies, Sri Lanka
The National Science Foundation conducts School Science Societies programme with the aim of fostering students to acquire knowledge on latest developments in various fields of Science and Technology, to make them aware of the application of scientific knowledge in day to day activities and for the improvement of the standard of living. Schools in Sri […]
Great Science articles for students
The Naked Scientists Online science radio show and science podcast is a BBC science radio programme. This site contains great articles on Science. Some of them are listed here: The Science of Parasites – Alexandra Cheung We tend to think of parasites as evolutionary cheats, surreptitiously taking advantage of their hosts’ hard work while they […]
Review Technique- How to keep information in long term memory?
Normally students can remember things they have learned immediately after they have learned them. But they will then forget more and more knowledge as time goes on. After a few months they may only be able to recall only a tiny percentage of what was initially learned. This article explains how to review material in […]
