Higher Education Secretary Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navaratne, told the media that five National universities will be upgraded to International level by restructuring the courses, providing further training to university lecturers and developing many other aspects of the universities. Five Universities selected for this program are Moratuwa, Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayawardenapura and Kelaniya universities. Related Categories [...]

Many media in Sri Lanka and government ministers seem to support the idea that Sr Lanka needs private degree awarding institutes, as only few can be allowed to enter National Universities. However, some Sri Lankan University Student Associations, oppose the idea of Private Universities, and Medical students have voiced their concerns on the Private Medical [...]

Career and Higher education options in IT (Information Technology) and Computer Science presentation was done by Anuradha Fernando, Senior Deployment Engineer, Aepona International Lanka (Pvt) Limited at the seminar on Career and Higher education options after A/L was organized by studentlanka.com, in collaboration with Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka on 7 September 2010 at National Museum Auditorium, [...]

Updated 2011 August: Career and Higher study options after 2011 A/L Facebook event A free seminar on Career and Higher education options after A/L will be organized by studentlanka.com web site, in collaboration with Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka for those who have completed GCE Advanced Level examination in 2010 August. Aim of this seminar [...]

The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) operates based on the concept Open and Distance Learning (ODL). It caters to a wider population of people scattered over the country to pursue higher education at their choice. The university policy on admission would enable a person to register at the lowest ‘Level’ only with basic educational [...]

National Colleges of Education, commonly named as Vidya Peeta conducts Three Year Pre-Service  Professional Course in Teacher Education.  You need three passes in one sitting at the G.C.E. (A/L) Examination  and Credit passes  in some GCE O/L subjects to apply these courses. These National Colleges are located at (1) Uva,  (2) Nilwala, (3) Mahaweli, (4) [...]

Cost of Private degree courses vary as can be seen for the cost of various IT degrees. Higher Education Minister Hon S.B. Dissanayake told Parliament yesterday (6 July 2010) that cost per student in each undergraduate degree course of study was Rs 555,653 for Dental Science, Rs 463,476 for veterinary science, Rs 286,592 for medicine, [...]

Sri Lankan Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) is a degree awarding institute recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC) of Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). SLIIT offers local degrees and degrees in collaboration with foreign partner universities in Australia and the United Kingdom. At present, SLIIT operates two main [...]

Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka can be categorized as government schools, international schools, national universities, technical training institutes, degree/ diploma or certificate granting institutes affiliated to foreign universities, and local institutes that grant degree or equivalent qualifications. Sri Lankan government provides free education, scholarships for disadvantaged students, mid-day meals, free textbooks, free uniforms, and subsidized [...]

After O/L or A/L examination you can enter into one of the government sponsored vocational technical training institutes and get a training in a required profession, job or get a certificate, diploma, higher national diploma or a bachelors degree. Employed persons can follow the course while doing the job as apprentices or trainees. // < [...]