After finishing your A/L examination, you can now follow a course to train for a new career or find a suitable employment. 1. Higher Education or Finding a Job? First decide whether you want to do further education and earn a degree or post-graduate or professional qualification or find a Job and earn money. Of […]
Courses
Courses at Sri Jinarathana Vocational Training Institute, Gangaramaya
Sri Jinaratana Training Institute attached to Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple, Colombo conduct over 50 technical courses. These courses include Photography and Videography, Mobile Phone Repair, CCTV camera, Fish Breeding, Electronics, motor mechanism, tinkering, painting, blacksmithy work, welding and electric wiring. Over 7,000 attend classes daily. Some courses are free, and for other courses they charge nominal […]
Higher National Diplomas HND @ SLIATE
If you have successfully completed the GCE (A/L) Examination, then you can now apply for Higher National Diploma (HND) courses conducted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE). Update 2018 February- Applications are called for HND courses for year 2018 from those who have successfully completed the GCE Advanced Level Examination on or […]
Scholarships for Sri Lankans to study in India
The Government of India offers scholarships and fellowships to students from Sri Lanka enabling them to pursue Undergraduate, Masters and Research in diverse range of subjects. Scholarships are also available for research work and non-formal courses (e.g., training courses in classical music and dance). Offer of scholarships are sent to the Ministry of Higher Education, […]
Courses @ Sri Lanka Television Training Institute SLTTI
Sri Lanka Television Training Institute (SLTTI) under the Ministry of Mass Media and Information provide training to electronic media personnel and technical officers for nearly three decades. SLTTI has a complete state of the art recording studio with cutting edge technology. This studio fulfills the internal training requirements as well as the recording needs of […]
Careers & Courses in Health/ Medical Sector in Sri Lanka
The Medical (Health) sector involves many different professions. There are doctors, nurses, Midwives, physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists, radiographers, PHI s and the list goes on. Depending on their qualifications, health-care personnel can work in government or private hospitals, nursing homes, or pharmacies in Sri Lanka or abroad. Apart from a Doctor (General Practitioner) and a Dentist, […]
Private Degrees Recognized by UGC & Ministry of Higher Education
UGC has recognized some Degree programs offered by Private Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka, and Ministry of Higher Education has accredited some of these programs. UGC official webpage lists three types of Higher Educational Institutes and degree programs. Degrees of Institutes Recognized under Section 25 A of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 Degree awarding […]
Admission to courses in Technical Colleges 2015
You can now apply for courses conducted in Colleges of Technology/ Technical Colleges appearing in the Gazette of 2014.10.03. Students for admission will be selected according to the qualifications and merit. Application deadline: 28.11.2014. Courses These courses are categorized as per the minimum educational qualifications required for enrollment of the courses. Those courses are conducted […]
Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework SLQF for Higher Education
In future Higher education programs in Sri Lanka (Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and Post-graduate qulificaions) offerd by National Universitis or Private Universities should adopt Sri Lankan Qualifications Framework (SLQF). SLQF, prepared by UGC, has ten levels covering all levels of learning in secondary education, vocational, and higher education. The 10 qualification types in this framewok are […]
How Z score is calculated for University selection in Sri Lanka
All subjects are not equivalent. There are easy subjects as well as difficult subjects. There are high scoring subjects and low scoring subjects. Marking also can vary: there can be strict marking or liberal marking in different subjects. As such, aggregate of different subjects is not a fair criterion to give an overall rank to […]