A/L results out today
The results of the GCE Advanced Level Examination 2008 would be released today, the Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nimal Bandara said.
[Views:101] [Fri, Jan 02, 2009] [Full Article]

New building complex for Jaffna University
The University of Jaffna is to be expanded with a new building complex for its Management Studies and Commerce Faculty at a cost of Rs. 400 million. It will provide enhanced facilities to both students and the staff.
[Views:33] [Fri, Dec 26, 2008] [Full Article]

O/L Mathes Exam will be reheld
Education ministry informs Examinations commissioner to conduct new syllobus maths 2 paper exam again.Date to be notified later -Minister Education
[Views:36] [Wed, Dec 24, 2008] [Full Article]

Special Committee to probe Maths paper
Education Minister Susil Premajayantha who paid urgent attention to the problem relating to the Ordinary Level Mathematics II question paper has appointed a Special Committee to probe the matter and submit its recommendations regarding suitable remedial action.
[Views:32] [Thu, Dec 18, 2008] [Full Article]

O/Ls begin at 4,770 centres
COLOMBO: The G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination began yesterday at 4,770 examination centres throughout the country in a smooth and peaceful manner, Examinations Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe said.
[Views:33] [Tue, Dec 09, 2008] [Full Article]

A perceptive study on migrant labour
Arecent issue of the Daily News had an article about a Lebanese film which is of exceeding national and social importance to us Sri Lankans. “Maids for sale” the Lebanese film maker Diam Al-Joundi’s exposure of the thriving business of domestic servants in that country, is both a critique of the human rights/labour standards of her own country as well as a cry for help on behalf of the near hundred thousand poor vulnerable women from Sri Lanka whose destiny in the hands of their employer is often appalling.
[Views:33] [Fri, Dec 05, 2008] [Full Article]

Large number of GCE (O/L) students fail to obtain NICs
Although the Department of Registration of Persons (DRP) called upon the school authorities to encourage GCE (O/L) students to obtain National Identity Cards, only 200,000 students had done so during the past six months.
[Views:80] [Sun, Nov 30, 2008] [Full Article]

GCE O/Ls begin on Dec. 8
The G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination under the new and old syllabi is scheduled to be held from December 8 at 4,800 examination centres throughout the country, Examinations Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe said.
[Views:80] [Sat, Nov 22, 2008] [Full Article]

Grade Five Scholarship results out today
COLOMBO: The results of Grade Five Scholarship Examination is out today.
[Views:208] [Fri, Sep 19, 2008] [Full Article]

SC orders immediate salary increment for teachers
COLOMBO: The Supreme Court as an interim relief yesterday ordered the Education Ministry to pay the teachers a salary increment immediately until the teachers are placed on proper salary scales, yesterday.
[Views:137] [Tue, Sep 09, 2008] [Full Article]

Paper marking impasse: SC urges consensus on salary issue
Colombo: The Supreme Court yesterday directed the teachers unions and the Salaries and Cadre Commission to reach a consensus with regard to the salary issue and requested the cooperation of teacher unions without any obligation to prepare a list of examiners as soon as possible.
[Views:104] [Tue, Sep 02, 2008] [Full Article]

Bid to curb illegal migration for jobs
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said yesterday it had combined forces with the Immigration\ Emigration Department and Police to counter the spate of malpractices pertaining to the recruitment of Lankan overseas job seekers.
[Views:173] [Tue, Jul 15, 2008] [Full Article]

Pay hike for private sector
The Government yesterday announced a 15-43 per cent pay hike for private sector employees with retrospective effect from July 1.
[Views:239] [Wed, Jul 09, 2008] [Full Article]

Jobs for disabled
Social Services and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Lionel Premasiri will implement a special programme to seek the contribution of disabled persons to the country’s development activities, Ministry spokesman Supun Ratnayake said.
[Views:181] [Mon, Jun 23, 2008] [Full Article]

More Lankans should vie for hospitality jobs in UAE
Sri Lankan Ambassador to the UAE, Mohammed Nabavi Junaid, said more Sri Lankan migrant workers should vie for skilled jobs in the hospitality and hotel industry in the UAE, rather than opting to work in factories or households.
[Views:222] [Mon, May 26, 2008] [Full Article]

Labour offices to open in Lanka
Bahrain is expanding its efforts to regulate the labour market by opening an office in Sri Lanka to ensure employment procedures are in line with laws in the two countries.
[Views:177] [Sat, May 24, 2008] [Full Article]

Labour offices to open in Sri Lanka
BAHRAIN is expanding its efforts to regulate the labour market by opening an office in Sri Lanka to ensure employment procedures are in line with laws in the two countries. A representative office of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) will be opened in Sri Lanka and a similar office of the Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment will be opened in Bahrain.
[Views:193] [Fri, May 23, 2008] [Full Article]

SRI LANKA KEEN TO ADOPT MALAYSIAN EPF MODEL
NEW DELHI, May 20-- After 50 years of establishing the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), Sri Lanka is in the process of restructuring its social security scheme along the Malaysian model.
[Views:193] [Tue, May 20, 2008] [Full Article]

Lankan domestic workers to be insured
Saudi Arabia will soon introduce a mandatory insurance scheme for Sri Lankan domestic workers.
[Views:209] [Tue, May 20, 2008] [Full Article]

Domestic Workers From Sri Lanka to Be Insured
RIYADH, 19 May 2008 — Saudi Arabia will soon introduce a mandatory insurance scheme for Sri Lankan domestic workers.
[Views:182] [Mon, May 19, 2008] [Full Article]