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School Big Match Cricket Season 2014
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The 135th ‘Battle of the Blues’ Big Match,the 2nd longest uninterrupted cricket match series in the world,between Royal College and S. Thomas’ College to be played at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds (SSC) Colombo on 13th, 14th and 15th March at 9am onward.
The Annual School cricket matches between rival schools is a very
popular event in Sri Lanka. Many of the annual `big’ matches are held in March
and the most famous and awaited of these all is the annual Royal - Thomian
cricket match. Big Matches form an important part of modern Sri Lankan culture
with both school children and adults taking part in much of the activity that
is part of the annual matches.
The 134th Battle of
Blues Big Match cricket encounter between Royal College and S. Thomas’ College
will take place at the Sinhalese Sports Club SSC ground on March 7, 8 and 9
2013.
The 84th Battle of
Maroons Big Match cricket encounter between Ananda and Nalanda College will
take place at the SSC ground on March 2
and 3 2013. The One Day Encounter is on 10th March at SSC Ground
Colombo.
The Big Match cricket
encounter between Mahanama and DS will take place at the P saravanamuttu ground
on March 22 and 23 2013. The One Day
Encounter is on 30th March at SSC Ground Colombo.
The 108th Lovers' Quarrrel the Big Match cricket encounter between Mahinda College Galle - MCG and Richmand College will take place at the Galle Stadium on March 22 and 23 , 2013.
TheRichmond–Mahinda
Cricket Encounteris an annualcricketbig match played between the first XI
cricket teams ofRichmond College andMahinda
CollegeinGalle,Sri Lanka.
It is one of the longest cricket match series in Sri Lanka, having been played
for 108 years.The match is also
known as the "Lovers' Quarrel" in public and it is played at theGalle International Stadium. Lovers'
Quarrel was begun in 1905. Live Match & Score >>>
Cabinet
decided to allow students who were affected by the z-score crisis in 2011 to
sit for the Advanced Level Examination for the fourth time in the 2013/2014
academic year.
The
approval was given after a proposal was put forward in this regard by the
Minister of Higher Education, S.B.Dissanayake.
Cabinet approval was granted to allow
students affected by the Z-Score issue in 2011 to sit the Advanced Level
examination for a fourth time, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya
Rambukwella said.
Addressing
the Cabinet press briefing at the ministry auditorium yesterday, the minister
said a fourth attempt to sit the GCE A-L for the affected students has been
facilitated on Supreme Court recommendation.
A joint
Cabinet paper in this regard was submitted by Higher Education Minister S B
Dissanayake and Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena keeping with the Supreme
Court determination.
The
Cabinet paper allows students who sat for the A-L exam for the third and final
time in 2011 and 2012, to sit for the exam as the fourth and final attempt in
2013 under the syllabus for which the students wish to sit (New or Old
Syllabus) for university admission, only for the academic year 2013/2014.
It further
allows students who could have sat for the A-Ls for the third and final time,
but who did not get the opportunity to sit for the examination in 2012, to sit
as the final attempt in 2013 under the syllabus for which the students wish to
sit for university admission. CDN
Students those who have issues and problems with University Entrance, Z Scores,
Leadership Training and Aptitude Tests can get further details from below
mentioned Telephone numbers.
Don’t hesitate to call them and get expert advice to your problems. They
are very friendly and will solve your all problems.
Also students should send an appeal to the UGC in written. Students
should forward a written appeal to the UGC along with the documentary evidence
in support of the appeal. A photocopy of the appeal application form in the UGC
admission handbook could be used as the appeal format. Appeal should be
forwarded to the UGC within four weeks from the date of publishing the Cut-off
points. (2011/2012 Academic
Year)
Sri
Lanka Higher Education Ministry has released the candidates list for the Fourth
batch of University Leadership Training Program 2012. Enter
Your National Identity Card Number (ID No:) and check whether you have selected
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The Grand Finale
of the Kavitha (Talent) show
will be held at Nelum Pokuna theatre on February 21 and 23 under the patronage
of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Higher Education Minister SB Dissanayake said. The Kavitha talent show is
organised by the Higher Education Ministry aiming to create a platform for
university students to showcase their creative talents in various aesthetic
fields. All arrangements
have been finalised for the Kavitha
grand finale show, which will be held in the Sinhala and Tamil mediums. The
Tamil Medium Kavitha grand finale show will be held on February 21 under the
patronage of Minister SB Dissanayake and Douglas Devananda while the Sinhala
Medium show will be held on February 23 under the patronage of the President
Mahinda Rajapaksa. "Kavitha was introduced for
university undergraduates and students studying in higher educational
institutes to identify their talents and capabilities. Besides, to create a
platform for them to showcase their talents" The talent
show will be held in 27 categories, such as, music, cinema,dancing, electronic
media , photography, script writing, stage drama, painting, literate categories
etc. Students could participate in one or more categories. Students'
performances in each category was evaluated by a professionals in that
particular field. Accordingly, nine evaluating panels have been appointed,
which was lead by nine renowned persons to evaluate performances. Higher
Education Ministry Secretary Sunil Jayantha Navarathne said the winners of the Kavitha show will be awarded
cash prizes together with a valuable trophy. Three prizes
will be awarded under each 27 categories. The first place of each category will
be awarded a Rs 100,000 prize while the second and third places will be awarded
Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000 in cash prizes respectively. The Ministry will spend Rs
12 million for cash awards. "University
students should play an active role in society. Our objective is to produce a
perfect graduate with theoretical and practical knowledge" Minister
Dissanayake said. Extract form
Ceylon Daily News
The Moratuwa
University Officials have decided to re-open the Engineering Faculty on
February 26 while keeping the Institute of Technology closed for a few more
days.
Vice
Chancellor Prof. Ananda Jayawardena said that the engineering faculty
would be reopened on February 26 for academic activities.
The
University’s engineering faculty and the Institute of Technology were closed
and the premises declared out of bounds for students until further notice on
Jan. 17 following the previous night’s violent attack on the male hostel of the
engineering undergraduates.
Prof.
Jayawardena said that the situation was still not good enough to re-start
academic sessions for both sections and that was the reason for opening the
engineering faculty first.
He said that
the Institute of Technology would also be reopened soon as examinations for the
National Diploma in Technology should begin on April 01 and the final year NDT
students had to do their practical sessions.
Higher
Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake said that a group of NDT students, led by
their students’ union, met him at the ministry last week and assured that they
would not engage in activities which would lead to clashes with engineering
undergraduates.
He said that
they planned to relocate the Institute of Technology to Homagama and it was a
long term solution to bring an end to clashes between the NDT students and the
engineering undergraduates.
"At the
final phase of the project, we will set up a university to enable NDT students
to obtain a degree," Dissanayake said.
The government has undertaken to set up non-state universities through
the Board of Investment (BoI), leaving aside the Higher Education Ministry only
to standardize such academic institutions, officials said yesterday.
Accordingly, ten foreign universities have sent their applications
seeking approval to establish their campuses in Sri Lanka.They are mainly from the countries such as
the United Kingdom and India.
The newly formed ‘Investment Promotion Ministry’ saysin its website, “ the State university system
performs as the main provider of the university systems, the establishment of
private universities will be encouraging the government to attract around
50,000 foreign students to Sri Lanka through proposed private universities.
These universities are also expected to absorb, on average the 12,000 Sri
Lankan students leaving the country for higher education and thereby protecting
foreign exchange savings and earnings.”
There are only 15 state university sector, sixpost graduate institutes and nine other
degree awarding universities in the country now.
Asked for a comment, Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr. Sunil
Jayantha Navaratne said that the Ministry had already set up the ‘Standing
Committee on Accreditation’ to regulate both state and non-state universities.
“We have taken this step under the Universities Act.We will issue necessary Gazette notifications
soon,” he said.
Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake told journalists recently
that there were already 19 properly functioning private degree awarding
institutions in Sri Lanka.
“A student can follow a management degree at Rs.400,000/500,000, while
an engineering course at around one million rupees. If we bring in more private
universities, there will be price reductions due to competition,” he said.
Already, a 120-acre land has been released for the establishment of a
branch campus of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), a US$ 100
million (Around Rs.12 billion) investment.