DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THIRD TERM SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Third term school holiday dates announced   Education Minister Susil Premajayantha has announced the school holidays for the third term will be from December 22, 2023, to February 2, 2024. GCE A/L exam is scheduled to take place in January.

IN COLOMBO SCHOOLS CHILDREN’S OBESITY AROUND 8%

Obesity in Colombo school children up to 8%   Latest survey reports have revealed that obesity levels of school children in the Colombo district, have increased to 8%, says Dr. Chithramalee De Silva, Director Maternal and Child Health at the…

ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINESE LANGUAGE CENTER GETS GREEN LIGHT

Agreement to establish Chinese Language Center in SL   Agreements entered into by the Open University of Sri Lanka for higher education cooperation and regarding  the Chinese Language Center Aiming to promote international cooperation, scholarly collaboration, cultural interaction and friendship,…

ISLANDWIDE TEACHERS PROTESTED IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS YESTERDAY

Teachers Islandwide to protested Yesterday   Teachers’ unions across the Islandwide are to hold protests and demonstrations in front of schools today (27). According to Mr. Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers Union, teachers will protest in front of…

SCHOOL SECOND TERM ENDS TODAY

2nd term of schools to end today   The second term of all government and government-approved private schools will end on tomorrow (Oct. 27), the Ministry of Education said today (Oct. 28). In a notice, the ministry said that the…

GRADE FIVE SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION HELD

NEWS 337,956 students to sit Grade 5 Scholarship exam Yesterday   The Grade 5 Scholarship examination 2023 will be held today, October 15 at 2,888 centres and 337,956 students will sit this year’s examination from 9.30 am to 12.15 pm.…

TO PREVENT RAGGING UNI HOSTELS TO BE MONITORED

Uni. hostels to be monitored at night to prevent ragging   Higher Education State Minister Dr. Suren Raghavan said a decision has been reached to check university hostels at night to prevent incidents of ragging in hostels. He said the…

SCHOOLS IN MATARA TO REOPEN TODAY

Matara schools to reopen today   All government schools in Matara District will be reopened from tomorrow (11), the Southern Provincial Education Secretary said. Due to the bad weather, all the schools in the districts were closed for a few…

OWING TO INCLEMENT WEATHER FIFTY SCHOOL BUILDINGS HAVE COLLAPSED PARTLY IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE

50 school buildings collapsed in Southern Province!   About 50 school buildings have collapsed in Galle and Matara Districts in the past six weeks, it was reported. Southern Province Education Secretary Ranjith Yapa said that the children who were studying…

DATES OF GCE ADVANCED LEVEL REVEALED

G.C.E A/L exam dates announced   Rescheduled dates for the G.C.E (A/L) examination has been announced by the Department of Examinations. Accordingly, the exam is to be held from January 4 to January 31, 2024.