Printed Learning Material that can be studied at home even without television or internet facilities are ready for Grade 1, 2 students

Printed Learning Material that can be studied at home even without television or internet facilities are ready for Grade 1, 2 students

අධ්‍යාපන තොරතුරු (Educational Information)

– The assistance of several organizations including UNICEF and Australian government to the government..

A learning package for grade 1 and 2 students that can be studied at home even without television or internet facilities has been introduced by the government of Australia, Unicef Sri Lanka, Save the Children, Room to Read and Child Fund Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the National Institute of Education

These learning materials have been prepared targeting the nearly sixty five hundred thousand students in grades 1 and 2 of primary education stage out of the total students population in Sri Lanka and by now these learning materials have been dispatched to provincial education departments.   

This learning package helps to the students in grades 1 and 2 to do the activities related to the subjects of Mother tongue, Mathematics and Environment in Sinhala and Tamil Media. The Ministry of education emphasizes that it is important and essential that the parents should direct and assist their children who are confined to their homes to use these learning materials.   

Steps have been taken to prepare these learning materials and provide them to the students in primary grades as a one step of the financial aid of 1.5 million Australian Dollars announced by the Australian government recently in order to propide opportunities for the children in this country to face the challenge of COVID 19 pandemic situation and to work positively.  

The meeting for accepting officially these printed learning materials which are scheduled to be distributed among the children to make the necessity of improving the educational activities of the students in Sri Lanka a reality, was held at the Ministry of Education yesterday (26) with the leadership of The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs. The minister stated at this occasion that the Ministry of Education has already implemented several measures including the television programs such as e-thaksalawa, Ratak Watina Pothak and Gurugedara Educational TV channel for the purpose of maintaining actively and continuously the education of school children who are confined to their homes in the wake of present challenging situation in the country.   

Several male and female personnel including Resident Coordinator of United Nations Hanaa Singer, Representative of the UNICEF Sri Lanka Institute Tim Sutton, Education Head of UNICEF Sri Lanka Takaho Fukami, Sri Lanka Director of Room to Read Institute Ms. Shewanthi Jayasooriya and National Director of Save the Children Institution Julian Chellappa participated in this occasion. And also several officers including the the Secretary of Education Mr.N.H.M. Chithrananda, Advisor to the Ministry Dr. Upali Sedara, Secretary of the State Ministry Mr. Ranjith Chandrasekara, and the Director General of the National Institute of Education Dr. Sunil Jayantha Nawarathna participated.

Source: Ministry of Education Website

The deadline is extended to submit applications for teacher survey

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The survey conducted by the Ministry of Education for the teachers serving in government schools for the purpose of finding the information about where the teachers like to work most and what are the subjects they have qualified have been postponed until 07.06.2020.  

 For this purpose, log into “Teacher Survey Form” in https://moe.gov.lk, the official website of the Ministry of Education or https://nemis.moe.gov.lk. The questionnaire provided this site must be completed following the instruction given in it before 07.06.2020. However, there will be no further extension of this date. 

Source: Ministry of Education Website

General Information Technology Examination – Mock Examination 2019 / 2020

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This online examination is conducted by the Department of Examinations of Sri Lanka as a preparation for the students who wish to sit for the General Information Technology Examination 2019 / 2020.
 
It can be accessed through https://dse1.onlineexams.gov.lk In case of having a technical problem or any other query regarding this test, please email it to: doeonlineexams@gmail.com for further advice and information.
 
Visit online examinations system

Source: Department of Exam Website

National School teachers completed their attachment period must report to the schools where they receive salaries

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The Ministry of Education informs that all the teachers of national schools who had been temporarily attached to other schools and have completed that attachment period and also unable to report to their permanent service stations due to the current situation of spreading the COVID 19 virus in the country, must report back to their permanent schools where they receive the salaries on the date of reopening the schools.

Source: Ministry of Education Website

External A/L candidates can pay exam fees to nearest post office – Exam Department

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The Examination Department said the external candidates who wish to apply for the Advanced Level (A/L) Examination can make the examination fees to the nearest post office.

The department said the payments for the examination would be accepted until Friday (15).

Meanwhile, the United Postal Trade Union’s Front Convener Chinthaka Bandara said the examination payment accepting system has not been updated but the system has been activated now.

Candidates can visit any postal outlet and make their payments as soon as possible, the convener said. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

Source: Dailymirror Website

Schools may be open 7 days a week – Minister Says

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The Education Ministry is focussing on keeping schools open all seven days of the week to catch up with the lost opportunities in education in the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic, Education Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday.

Minister Alahapperuma added however that teachers or students must not attend classes on all seven days as classes would be conducted in small groups.

“We are contemplating a system where it is sufficient if teachers and students attend school only four days a week and teaching in classes can be arranged in a pre-planned mechanism with the final target of completing the syllabus. In the new system, it is required to rearrange a class with over 30 students into a minimum of two groups to prevent large concentration of students,” Minister Alahapperuma stressed.

Minister Alahapperuma said there are 1,486 schools with less than 50 students, 1,560 schools with less than 100 students, 1,138 schools with less than150 students, 977 schools with less than 200 students, 2,690 schools with less than 500 students and 1,375 schools with less than 1,000 students and added it won’t be a big task to run these schools under the new system.

“It will not be easy for about 868 schools with over 1,000 students to adapt to the new mechanism but we have to do it because our top priority is the safety and welfare of nearly 4.5 million students and approximately 300,000 teachers,” Minister Alahapperuma emphasized.

Before the formal opening of schools after the country returns to normalcy with curfew lifted island wide, all 10,194 schools will be disinfected before the non academic staff, teachers and the Principal come to the school and make preliminary arrangements to open the school. After the schools are fully safe and ready to start academic activities, classes will be conducted for GCE A/L students, then GCE O/L students and finally for junior classes, Minister Alahapperuma told the Daily Mirror.

Minister Alahapperuma said school intervals will also be given on a staggered basis at different times for primary junior and senior students to prevent a large convergence of students in the school premises.

“The national school system has lost a total of 276 school hours by yesterday due to the curfew imposed since March 20. We must find a solution to the issue on how to replenish lost lessons and complete the syllabus. There are some lessons in the subjects of science and math for GCE O/L and A/L students we cannot leave out under any circumstances,” he added.

Minister Alahapperuma said a team of top officials of the Education Ministry led by Secretary L.H.M.Chitrananda were having an interaction with provincial education authorities this week to get their ideas on the reopening of schools.(Sandun A Jayasekera)

Source: Dailymirror Website