Sri Lanka on Thursday was elected to the 58-member executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Sri Lanka was one of six Asian nations elected in the vote held in Paris to replace 31 members of the board. The other Asian states selected to the board are Malaysia, Soth Korea, Mongolia, Pakistan and the Philippines. Sri Lanka’s permanant representative at the UNESCO, Chithrangani Wagiswara said, “its a victory for sri Lankan foreign policy “ She also said that this is the second time sri lanka has been able to retain its place in the executive council. The board consists of 58 Member States with a four-year term of office.
The government has stopped the distribution among school teachers in the North-East of a highly controversial booklet on children’s mental health.  Investigations have revealed that the book distributed by an NGO contains totally inaccurate interpretations of the Tamil separatist terrorism. Even worse is that the publication carries an article by an LTTE leader. The Education Authorities have recalled the booklets that have already been distributed. Some officers of the Education Ministry and the National Education Institute are being questioned over the distribution of this anti-national booklet.
While assuring that the salary anomalies of the teachers would be resolved before January next year, the Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha yesterday called on the teacher unions which have planned a strike on October 29 and 30 to call it off and cooperate with the government. Minister Premajayantha told a press conference yesterday that a solution to the issue regarding anomalies should be based on the recommendations of the Salaries and Cadre Committee that is appointed to look into the anomalies of the entire state sector. He said the final report of this committee is due before December 31 this year and the matter would be resolved soon after.“We appeal to the teacher unions to bear with us for a short period for the sake of the children,†he said. The Minister said he has done his best to resolve the matter and had several rounds of discussions with the trade unions to resolve the matter.
ඔක්. 24 – ඊයේ රà·à¶à·Šâ€à¶»à·’යේ සිට පේරà·à¶¯à·™à¶«à·’ය විà·à·Šà·€à·€à·’ද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà·š සිසුන් පිරිසක් විසින් බලහà¶à·Šà¶šà·à¶»à¶ºà·™à¶±à·Š රඳවà·à¶œà¶±à·” ලà·à¶¶ සිටි නියà·à¶¢à·Šâ€à¶º උප කුලපà¶à·’වරයà·à¶§ පà·à¶½à¶š සභà·à·€ සමග රà·à·ƒà·Šà·€à·“මකට සහභà·à¶œà·’ වීමට අවස්ථà·à·€ ලබ෠දී à¶à·’බේ. නියà·à¶¢à·Šà¶º උප කුලපà¶à·’වරය෠පà·à·€à·ƒà·”වේ, à·ƒà·à¶šà¶ ්ඡà·à·€à¶§ සහභà·à¶œà·’ වීමට අවස්ථà·à·€ හිමි වුවà¶à·Š à¶à¶¸à¶±à·Šà·€ මුදà·à·„à·à¶» නොමà·à¶à·’ බවයි. නියà·à¶¢à·Šà¶º උප කුලපà¶à·’වරය෠පà·à·€à·ƒà·”වේ, ඊයේ පස්වරුවේ මහ෠à·à·’ෂ්ය සංගමය සමග පà·à·€à¶à·’ à·ƒà·à¶šà¶ ්ඡ෠අසà·à¶»à·Šà¶®à¶š වීමෙන් පසු   සිසුන් à¶à¶¸à¶±à·Šà·€ මෙලෙස රඳවà·à¶œà·™à¶± සිටි බවයි.  ඔවුන් අà¶à¶» පීඨà·à¶°à·’පà¶à·’වරුන් à¶à·’දෙනෙක්, ආචà·à¶»à·Šà¶º මණ්ඩලයේ දෙදෙනෙක් සහ කà·à¶»à·Šà¶º මණ්ඩලයේ පිරිසක් ද වූහ.
රà·à¶¢à¶šà·“ය කියූ à·ƒà·à¶±à·’න්ම සිà¶à¶§ ගà·à¶¸à·Šà¶·à·“රà¶à·Šà·€à¶ºà¶šà·Š නà·à¶Ÿà·™à¶±à·Šà¶±à·š එහි එà¶à¶»à¶¸à·Šà¶¸ අභිමà·à¶±à¶ºà¶šà·Š ගම්â€à¶ºà·€ ඇà¶à·’ බà·à·€à·’නි. එවන් අභිමà·à¶±à¶ºà¶šà·’න් යුà¶à·”à·€ කිâ€à·Šâ€à¶». à·€. 1835 දී එවකට à·à·“â€à·Šâ€à¶» ලංකà·à·€à·š ආණ්ඩුකà·à¶» ධූරන්දර à·à·“â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶¸à¶à·Š විලියම් නà·à¶»à·Šà¶§à¶±à·Š උà¶à·”මà·à¶«à¶±à·Šà¶œà·™à¶±à·Š ඇරඹි කොළඹ රà·à¶¢à¶šà·“ය විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½à¶º, à·à·“â€à·Šâ€à¶» ලංකà·à·€à·š අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± ක්ෂේà¶â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶ºà·š නව නà·à¶¸à·Šà¶¸à¶šà·Š ලෙස à·„à·Â¼à¶³à·’න්විය à·„à·à¶š. 1963 කොළඹ රà·à¶¢à¶šà·“ය පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à·à¶®à¶¸à·’ක පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶§ ඇà¶à·”à·…à¶à·Šà·€, 1976/1977 වසරවලදී රà·à¶¢à¶šà·“ය විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà·™à¶±à·Š නික්ම ගිය 72 කණ්ඩà·à¶ºà¶¸à·š à·ƒà·à¶¸à·à¶¢à·’කයන්ගෙන් බහුà¶à¶»à¶ºà¶šà¶§ අඩසිය වස පිරිපුන් වීම මේ ලිපියට à·„à·šà¶à·” පà·à¶¯à¶š වී ඇà¶.
Over 700 children of State transport sector employees will receive scholarships from President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow in appreciation of their achievements at the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination. Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma told the media yesterday that the scholarship programme titled ‘Sisu Diriya’ was launched with the objective of recognising the invaluable contribution made by the employees to uplift the State transport sector in the country.
An urgent appeal has been made to President Mahinda Rajapaksa by the All Ceylon Union of English Teachers (ACUET) requesting him to consider the feasibility of granting double pay to all public sector employees and pensioners for the month of December. The reasons for the appeal are that: Most private sector employees get double pay and bonuses for the month of December; parents are expected to buy books (other than those issued by the government), stationery, clothes shoes etc. for their children for the new school year; all consumer commodities and other items have gone up in price. Source: http://www.dailymirror.
එක්දහස් නවසිය à·„à¶à·…ිස් හයේ වර්ෂයේ වයඹ පළà·à¶à·š බිංගිරිය පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶¯à·šà·à¶ºà·š දà·à¶¯à·”රුඔය අසබඩ පිහිටි අà¶à·’ දුෂ්කර පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶š සේවය කළ අප්පුහà·à¶¸à·’ මුල්ගුරුන්නà·à¶±à·Šà·ƒà·š හ෠උපගුරු පුංචි බංඩේ ගුරුන්නà·à¶±à·Šà·ƒà·š නà¶à¶» වී සිටියේ ගුරු නිවà·à·ƒà¶ºà·šà¶º. මේ පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶¯à·šà·à¶ºà·š දිනපà¶à·à¶¸ රà·à¶à·’â€à·Šâ€à¶» කà·à¶½à¶ºà·š ගොවීන්ගේ වග෠පà·à·…à·” කරමින් පළà·à¶ දෙවනà¶à·Š කරන වල් අලි බොහ෠සිටියහ. ගම්මු පà·à¶½à·Š රකිමින්, වෙඩි පà¶à·Šà¶à·”කරමින් à¶à¶¸ වගà·à·€à¶±à·Šà¶§ වල් අලින්ගෙන් වන à·„à·à¶±à·’ වළක්ව෠ගà·à¶±à·“මට මහà¶à·Š වෙහෙසක් දà·à¶»à·–à·„. අලුà¶à·’න් පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶§ පà¶à·Šà·€à·“ ආ ගුරු නිවà·à·ƒà¶ºà·š නà¶à¶»à·€à·“ සිටි පුංචිබංඩේ ගුරුන්නà·à¶±à·Šà·ƒà·š à¶à¶¸à· අලි මන්à¶â€à·Šâ€à¶» හොඳ à·„à·à¶§à·’ දන්න෠ඒ පිළිබඳ හසළ පළපුරුද්දක් ඇà¶à·’ අයකු බà·à·€à·Š නිà¶à¶» දෙවේලේ ගමේ නොයෙක් දෙන෠සමඟ පà·à·€à·ƒà·”වේ මහà¶à·Š ආඩම්බරයෙනි. රà·à¶à·’â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶ºà·š පà·à·ƒà¶½ අවට පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶¯à·šà·à¶ºà¶§ එන වල් අලි සිටින දෙසට මහ හයියෙන් මà¶à·”රමින් රà¶à·’ඤ්ඤ෠පà¶à·Šà¶à·” කරමින් දුව යන පුංචි බංඩේ ගුරුන්නà·à¶±à·Šà·ƒà·š අලි පන්න෠දà·à¶¸à·“මෙන් පසු ගුරු නිවà·à·ƒà¶ºà¶§ විà¶à·Š නිද෠ගන්නේ à¶à¶¸à·à¶œà·š මන්à¶â€à·Šâ€à¶» බලෙයන් අලි දිවගිය බà·à·€à·Š පවසමිනි.
The controversy-plagued Year-One admissions policy delayed by a series of legal battles is being further hampered by the lack of senior education officers to sit on proposed admission committees and fears are being expressed that even the start of the new school year 2008 may be delayed. Education Directors in the Western, Southern, Central and other provinces said they were facing difficulty in forming interview boards due to the lack of Deputy Education Directors who in terms of the new guidelines need to head the interview boards. Western Province Education Director D.M. Chandrapala said the interview boards of 302 schools in the Province should be formed with 40 Deputy Education Directors.
Fancy having city kids go into the village to learn? Usually it’s the other way around. But the Horizon Lanka IT village at Mahavilachchiya in Anuradhapura plays host to students from the cities and towns keen on learning IT and this small hamlet has taken Sri Lankan skills to a different plane on this planet. Sri Lanka’s first IT village, Horizon Lanka, where a group of youth processes data for a fee has given city folk and policy planners many lessons. The first and most important lesson is that English is vital in a globalised world and for those education planners who think they should disturb the current English language education stream in government schools and provide a mix of English and Sinhalese subjects, the message from this small village is don’t!