New school term starts today! The first phase of the first term of the year 2023 in government and government approved private schools is scheduled to start tomorrow (27). The semester will be held from tomorrow to April 4th. Schools…
MILLIONS OF TEENAGE AFGHAN GIRLS DEBARRED ATTENDING SCHOOL
Afghan school year starts without millions of teenage girls Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school.…
FIRST TERM FOR SCHOOLS BEGINS ON MONDAY
Schools: First term to begin on Monday The Ministry of Education has announced the completion of the 2022 academic year and the commencement of the 2023 academic year for government and government-approved private schools. The Ministry of Education announced today…
HOLIDAYS OF SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED
School holidays are announced The Education Ministry has announced this year’s holiday schedule for schools. The Ministry had divided school terms into stages to facilitate New Year holidays as well as to conduct government examinations. Accordingly, the first term would…
LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS LACKED BY 90 % THIRD GRADERS
90% of 3rd graders in SL lack literacy & numeracy skills A survey has revealed that about 90 per cent of the 3rd grade children in Sri Lanka do not have sufficient literacy or numeracy skills due to the…
FOR KOREAN LANGUAGE TEST EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND APPLICANTS
85,000 apply for Korean Language Test The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said that 85,072 youths have applied for the Korean language test to be held this year to select Sri Lankans for jobs in the manufacturing…
THIRD TERM IN SCHOOLS TO BEGIN
Final phase of third school term begins! The final phase of the third school term of the 2022 academic year in government and government-approved private schools began today (20). The Education Ministry took steps to give holidays to schools…
LYCEUM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PARENTS PROTEST
Parents protest opposite Lyceum International School Parents of students of Lyceum International school in Nugegoda and Wattala have staged a protest opposite the school premises. The protesting parents said that the school authorities have informed them that they are…
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT TEACHING VACANCIES
Notice on competitive examinations for Govt. Teaching vacancies The Ministry of Education has issued a notice regrading competitive examination for the recruitment of graduates in the Public Service to the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service for Sinhala, Tamil and English…
ACID ATTACK PREVENTS YOUNG GIRL SITTING FOR A LEVELS IN KEGALLE
Young girl sitting A/L exam injured in ACID attack A schoolgirl sitting for the 2022 GCE Advanced Level Examination has been attacked with acid by a youth in Kegalle. The girl who was on her way to the examination…
