(Pass rate = percent of school candidates passing 6 subjects including math and language) GCE O/L pass rates have doubled over the decade spanning 1995 to 2005.Here are some data (data_ed_ol_examresults1 What do you make of the data? 1. From 1995 to 2000 the pass rates increased dramatically 20% to 40%. Why?
මෙම ව්යà·à¶´à·à¶»à¶ºà·š ඇරඹුම සනිටුහන් වන්නේ එක් පියෙක් à¶à¶¸ දරුව෠වෙනුවෙන් නà·à¶œà·– හඬ ලà·à¶‚කේය සිසු පරපුර වෙනුවෙන්ම ව්යà·à¶´à·Šà¶ කිරීමට සිà¶à·– මොහොà¶à¶šà¶ºà·’. මෙම ව්යà·à¶´à·à¶»à¶ºà·š නිර්මà·à¶à·˜ උපà·à¶½à·’ චන්ද්රසිරිගේ සංකල්පනà·à·€à¶šà¶§ අනුවයි. උපà·à¶½à·’ සඳහන් කරන ආකà·à¶»à¶ºà¶§ යහපà¶à·Š අධ්යà·à¶´à¶±à¶ºà¶šà·Š සඳහ෠අරගලයට මුල් වී ඇà¶à·Šà¶à·š සිය දියණියගේ අධ්යà·à¶´à¶±à¶º සම්බන්ධයෙන් මà¶à·–වූ අර්බුදයන්ය. නගරයේ උසස් යà·à¶ºà·’ සම්මචප්රථමික පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶š ඉගෙනුම ලà·à¶¶à·– ඔහුගේ දියණිය à·à·’ෂ්යà¶à·Šà·€ විභà·à¶œà¶º සමà¶à·Š වීමෙන් පසු à¶à·€à¶à·Š ජනප්රිය පà·à·ƒà¶½à¶šà¶§ ඇà¶à·”à·…à¶à·Š වීමේ වරම ලබ෠ඇà¶. එහෙà¶à·Š ඔහුගේ දියණියට එම ජනප්රිය පà·à·ƒà¶½ à¶à·”à·… à·€à·à¶©à·’ කලක් අධ්යà·à¶´à¶±à¶º ලà·à¶¶à·“මට නොහà·à¶šà·’ වී ඇà¶à·’ අà¶à¶», එයට à·„à·šà¶à·” වී ඇà¶à·Šà¶à·š ඇය කෙරෙන් මà¶à·” වූ ආබà·à¶° à¶à¶à·Šà¶à·Šà·€à¶ºà¶šà·Šà¶º.
You love to teach but don’t want to go after politicians to get your dream job? The growing market in private education seems to be opening up job opportunities for teachers. A Web site dedicated to finding a teacher http://www.FAT.lk is evidence.
යහපà¶à·Š අද්ධියà·à¶´à¶±à¶ºà¶šà·Š සදහ෠වූ වියà·à¶´à·à¶»à¶º මගින් මà·à·ƒà·’කව පල කෙරීමට යන ‘පà·à·ƒà¶½’ නම්වූ මà·à·ƒà·’ක පුවà¶à·Š පචදියà¶à·Š කිරීම හ෠ප්â€à¶»à·ƒà·’ද්ධ සම්මන්à¶à·Šâ€à¶»à¶«à¶º අද අගà·à·ƒà·Šà¶à·” 25 à·€à·à¶±à·’ද෠සවස à¶à·”නට ජà·à¶à·’ක පුස්à¶à¶šà·à¶½ සේව෠මණ්ඩල à·à·Šâ€à¶»à·€à¶±à·à¶œà·à¶»à¶ºà·šà¶¯à·“ පà·à·€à·à¶à·Šà·€à·™à¶±à·” ඇà¶. අදහස් දà·à¶šà·Šà·€à·“ම්: මහà·à¶ à·à¶»à·Šà¶º ලà·à¶½à·Š පෙරේර෠ආචà·à¶»à·Šà¶º ජී බී ගුනවර්ධන අද්ධියà·à¶´à¶±à¶¥ එස් එම් ආරියරà¶à·Šà¶± ද අල්විස් සමà·à¶¢ ක්â€à¶»à·’යà·à¶šà·à¶»à·’ක නිමල් මුනසිංහ à·à·Šâ€à¶»à·“ ලංක෠ගුරු සංගමය අන්à¶à¶»à·Š විà·à·Šà·€ ව්ද්යà·à¶½ à·à·’à·‚à·Šâ€à¶º බල මණ්ඩලය
Interesting article by  Edward B. Fiske (former Times education editor and author of the Fiske Guide to Colleges) about (a) how Reagan appointed a commission to push a political agenda that included voluntary prayers in schools, but the commission he appointed came up with a report that focused on quality of education and (b) why economic productivity of a country  is not correlated with educational achievements. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/opinion/25fiske.
The Campaign for Better Education is launching its monthly newspaper “Paasala” today, August 25, at 3pm at the Library Services Board auditorium on Independence Avenue. A public seminar too will be held. Speakers: Prof. Lala perera Dr. G B Gunawardena S M Ariyarathna de Alwis, Educationist Nimal Munsinghe, Activist, Lanka Jathika Guru Sangamaya Anthar Vishva Vidyala Bala Mandalaya
Law & Society Trust (LST) 3, Kynsey Terrace Colombo 08 Sri Lanka Tel: +94 (11) 269 1228 / 268 4845 Fax: +94 (11) 268 6843 www.lawandsocietytrust.org  LST FORUM  New Education Act: Issues and ProposedRecommendations  By Dr. SujataGamage Coordintor, EducationForum Director, KnowledgeNetworks LIRNEasia  Thurs 24 April 5pm @ 3, KynseyTerrace Colombo08  RSVP Janaki 2691228/2684845 Emaillst@eureka.lk Â
This post is part of a series by the Education Forum on how school education is delivered in other parts of the world. From Article by Bruce Sheerin, Ministry of Education, New Zealand (http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=1756152/cl=13/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/wppdf?file=5kzr6wrctk9p.
Justine Ferrari, Education writer | February 05, 2008 (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23161015-13881,00.
Notice of Public Meeting on Recommendations for a New Education Act February 18, Monday, 2008, 3p – 5p Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Sri Lanka Education Forum has been hosting a series of meetings to identify areas of agreement among civil society organizations regarding recommendations for a New Education Act to the Ministry of Education’s Committee to Draft a New Education Act. The final meeting in the series is to be held on February 18, 2008, Monday, 3pm to 5pm at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The Education Forum is a group of professional, academic, corporate and civil society individuals and organizations representing teachers, principals, past pupils, educationists, entrepreneurs and well-wishers in education. The participants are bound by their common desire to develop, support and sustain a system of education that contributes to cultural, social and economic growth while ensuring freedom of choice and equality of opportunity to all. Sujata N Gamage PhD MPA Coordinator Education Forum V 011-4979795 0r 0770774-8470 F 011-277-5212 E sujatagamage@yahoo.