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02/11/2019

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01/11/2019

Important Notices from this week gazette (01.11.2019)
November 01, 2019

Important Notices from this week gazette (01.11.2019)

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Here we have listed the important notices from this week  government gazette on 01st of November,2019. For Full Details refer the gazette paper. You can download thte gazette via he links which are given at the bottom of this post. 


  • රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
    • දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් උප්පැන්න මරණ හා විවාහ අතිරේක විවාහ සාමාන්‍ය රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් තනතුරු
      • කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • රෙජිස්ඨාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 
    • මුස්ලිම් විවාහ ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමේ රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් තනතුරු නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
    • උප්පැන්න මරණ හා විවාහ අතිරේක විවාහ උඩරට සාමාන්‍ය රෙජිස්ටාර් තනතුරු මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව
    • ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිත්‍ය/   ස්වේච්ඡා නාවික හමුදාවේ ශිල්පීය අංශයේ (සිවිල් ඉංජිනේරු) නාවිකයන් පිරිමි සඳහා පුරප්පාඩු
  • ශ්‍රී ලංකා විභාග දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 
    • ඉස්ලාම් ආගමික අහදියා,අල් කුර්ආන්  පාසල් සඳහා වූ අවසන් සහතික පත්‍ර විභාගය
  • பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம்
    • தமிழ் மொழி மூலம் பிறப்பு இறப்பு மற்றும் விவாகம் மேலதிக விவாகம் பதிவாளர் பதவி
      • களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் 
  • பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம்
    • முஸ்லிம் விவாகம் பதிவு செய்தல் பதிவாளர் பதவி
      • நுவரெலியா மாவட்டம்
  • பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம்
    • பிறப்பு இறப்பு மற்றும் விவாகம் மேலதிக விவாகம்( கண்டிய/ பொது) பதிவாளர் பதவி
      • கண்டி மாவட்டம்
  • இலங்கை கடற்படை 
    • இலங்கை நிரந்தரக் கடற்படையின் கைவினைப் பகுதியில் கடற்படை வீரர்களுக்கான வெற்றிடங்கள்
  • இலங்கை பரீட்சைத் திணைக்களம்
    • இஸ்லாமிய சன்மார்க்க அஹதிய்யா, அல்குர் அல்குர்ஆன் பாடசாலை இறுதிச் சான்றிதழ் பரீட்சை
Click Below for the Gazette
01.11.2019

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30/10/2019

Student Information System (SIS - NEMIS)
October 30, 2019

Student Information System (SIS - NEMIS)


ඔබගේ ඉල්ලීම් සලකා බලා පද්ධතියට තොරතුරු ඇතුලත් කිරීමට ඔබට තව කාලයක් ලබා දීමට අපි තීරණය කලෙමු. 2019/11/29 දින දක්වා කාලය දීර්ඝ කරන ලදි. මේ කාලය තුල ඔබගේ උපරිම සහයෝගය ලබා දී මෙම කාර්යය සාර්ථක කර ගැනීමට දායක වන්න.2019/11/29 න් පසු කාලය දීර්ඝ නොකරන බව කරුණාවෙන් සලකන්න.
අවසාන දිනය - 2019/11/29
We have decided to give you more time to enter information into the system after considering your requests. Please do your best during this time & contribute to success this. Please note that the period will not be extended after 2019/11/29.
Dead line – 2019/11/29
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First of all, like below facebook page. Its is the official Facebook page of the Data Management Branch of the Ministry of Education. You can get recent updates and guidelines easily via that page. It will make the process easier and faster.

Via this page you can get clear guidelines and can solve your doubts and problems too.
Click Below for Facebook Page


And also refer the notification of your DASHBOARD for important notices.

Click Below and Read the Guide well before entering data
Guidebook (30 Pages)

Click Below for the form to collect information

For More Details
Email Address : nsis.moe@gmail.com
Contact no : 0112784837



Click Below for Teachers Information System

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29/10/2019

Proposed New Educational Reforms and Related Opinion Survey 2018 (NIE)
October 29, 2019

Proposed New Educational Reforms and Related Opinion Survey 2018 (NIE)



Proposed New Educational Reforms 2018, යෝජිත නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ , புதிய கல்வி சீர்திருத்த முன்மொழிவுகள் 2018,Proposed New Educational Reforms 2018, යෝජිත නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ , புதிய கல்வி சீர்திருத்த முன்மொழிவுகள் 2018,

The Hon. Minister of Education has appointed a committee representing all the state institutions related to education in order to identify the areas that need curricula reforms in general education. The aforesaid committee has prepared a draft identifying the four areas below that need reforms. 

1. New vocational stream introduced to grades 12 and 13 
2. G.C.E. Advanced Level – grades 12 and 13 
3. G.C.E. Ordinary Level- grades 10 and 11 
4. Primary Education

Some Important Changes proposed



Click Below for the Proposed Ned Educational Reforms
Sinhala (Not available)
Tamil ( Not Available)

Proposed New Educational Reforms 2018, යෝජිත නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ , புதிய கல்வி சீர்திருத்த முன்மொழிவுகள் 2018,Proposed New Educational Reforms 2018, යෝජිත නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ , புதிய கல்வி சீர்திருத்த முன்மொழிவுகள் 2018,Proposed New Educational Reforms 2018, යෝජිත නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ , புதிய கல்வி சீர்திருத்த முன்மொழிவுகள் 2018,


28/10/2019

Baithulmal Scholarship for A/L Students (for muslim Students)
October 28, 2019

Baithulmal Scholarship for A/L Students (for muslim Students)

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Ceylon Baithulmal fund invited applications from poor muslim students for the scholarship for GCE A/L.
Requirements
  • Recipients of Zakath
  • 18 points in GCE O/L 2018 (A - 4points, B - 3 Points, C - 2 Points, S- 1 point)
  • Application Available till 15.11.2019
Closing Date 15.12.2019


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Join the Sri Lanka Ari Force and obtain a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from USA
October 28, 2019

Join the Sri Lanka Ari Force and obtain a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from USA

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Educational Qualificaions
Passed GCE O/L  (A in Enlish, C for Science and Maths)
3 S in Physical Science Stream

Closing Date 04.11.2019


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27/10/2019

BA in English and English Language Teaching (Open University)
October 27, 2019

BA in English and English Language Teaching (Open University)


Source : Open University
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The B.A in English and English Language Teaching is a four year special degree which includes the study of Applied Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Literature and relevant areas of Education. It is meant for anyone who wishes to enter the ELT profession and, would, therefore require a sound knowledge of the theories of ELT.

Entry Requirementsa
All applicants should be above 18 years of age.

or

b) Those who have passed all six courses of the OUSL Diploma in English Language and Literature programme will be permitted direct entry to the Bachelor of Arts in English and English Language Teaching programme. Applicants who qualify under this category should nevertheless submit an application before the closing date.

or
c) Those who have passed the OUSL Advanced Certificate in English, after 2012, (NOT Advanced Certificate in English for Business and Professional Communication offered by the OUSL) with the required grades will be permitted direct entry to the Bachelor of Arts in English and English Language Teaching programme. Applicants who qualify under this category should nevertheless submit an application before the closing date.

or
d) National Diploma in Teaching English (ESL) of two (02) years duration from a National College of Education (NCOE)

or
e) Any other recognized two (02) year teacher training qualification in Teaching English as a Second Language acceptable to the Senate of the OUSL.

or
f) Passed 3 subjects (including English Literature) at the GCE Advanced Level Examination or an equivalent qualification.

All the applicants except those applying under category (b) and (c) are required to sit for a Selection Test on 15th December 2019 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am to be held at all the 09 Regional Centres of OUSL (Colombo, Kandy, Matara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Badulla, Kurunegala, Jaffna and Ratnapura).

Those who have successfully completed the Diploma in English and English Language Teaching programme which was offered by The Open University of Sri Lanka until 2013, can apply for the BA (Hons) in English and English Language Teaching and enter the program at Level 5, without having to sit the selection test. They will be given a credit transfer for the 12 courses completed at Diploma level.

Issuing of Applications :26th October 2019
Closing Date for Applications :26th November 2019
Date of the Selection Test :15th December 2019

Click Below for Details


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25/10/2019

Registration of External Resource Persons as  Lecturers  - Department of Technical Education and Training
October 25, 2019

Registration of External Resource Persons as Lecturers - Department of Technical Education and Training


බාහිර දේශක/උපදේශක සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම 2020 - කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව வெளிவாரி விரிவுரையாளர்கள் /போதனாசிரியர்களாக வெளிவாரி வளவாளர்களை பதிவுசெய்தல் 
தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்வி மற்றும் பயிற்சித் திணைக்களம்,
බාහිර දේශක/උපදේශක සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම 2020 - කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව வெளிவாரி விரிவுரையாளர்கள் /போதனாசிரியர்களாக வெளிவாரி வளவாளர்களை பதிவுசெய்தல் 
தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்வி மற்றும் பயிற்சித் திணைக்களம்
  
කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
බාහිර දේශක උපදේශක සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම 2020

මෙම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව යටතේ ඇති තාක්ෂණ විද්‍යාල/ කාර්මික විද්‍යාලවල බාහිර දේශක / උපදේශක තනතුරු සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමට මෙම නිවේදනය අවසානය දක්වා තිබෙන තාක්ෂණ විද්‍යාල වල / කාර්මික විද්‍යාලවල අධ්‍යක්ෂවරුන් විදුහල්පතිවරුන් විසින් අයදුම්පත් කැඳවනු ලැබේ

මෙම තාක්ෂණ විද්‍යාල / කාර්මික විද්‍යාල වල බාහිර පදනම මත දේශන පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව තිබෙන විෂයන් පිළිබඳ විස්තර සහ ආදර්ශ අයදුම්පත්‍රය තමා සේවය කිරීමට අදහස් කරන තාක්ෂණ විද්‍යාලයේ / කාර්මික විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ / විදුහල්පති වෙන තම ලිපිනය හා මුද්දර ඇලවූ ලියුම් කවරයක් (9'' X 4'') එවීමෙන් ලබාගත හැකිවේ . එවනු ලබන ලියුම් කවරයේ වම්පස ඉහළ කෙළවරේ බාහිර සම්පත්දායකයින් යනුවෙන් සඳහන් කරන්න. නොඑසේ නම්එ අදාල තාක්ෂණ විද්‍යාලයට හෝ කාර්මික විද්‍යාලයට පැමිණ මෙම විස්තර ලබා ගත හැක

විස්තර පත්‍රිකා ලබාගත හැකි අවසාන දිනය 2019.11.22
අයදුම්පත් භාර ගන්නා අවසන් දිනය 2019.12.02


தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்வி மற்றும் பயிற்சித் திணைக்களம் 

வெளிவாரி விரிவுரையாளர்கள் / போதனாசிரியர்களாக வெளிவாரி வளவாளர்களை பதிவுசெய்தல்

வெளிவாரி அடிப்படையில் விரிவுரைகளை மேற்கொள்ளவுள்ள பாடங்கள் பற்றிய விபரங்கள் மற்றும் விண்ணப்ப படிவம் போன்றவற்றை தாம் கடமையாற்ற விரும்பும் கல்லூரியின் பணிப்பாளர் அல்லது அதிபர் அவர்களிடம் இருந்து பெற்றுக் கொள்ளலாம்.அவ்வாறு இல்லாவிடின் உரிய கல்லூரிகளுக்கு வருகைதந்து விபரங்களை பெற்றுக் கொள்ளலாம்

சுய முகவரி இடப்பட்டு முத்திரை ஒட்டப்பட்ட கடித உறையின்( 9'' X 4' )அனுப்பி பெற்றுக்கொள்ளலாம் கடித உறையின் இடதுபக்க மேல் மூலையில் வெளிவாரி வளவாளர் என குறிப்பிடவும்.

கையேட்டை பெற்றுக் கொள்வதற்கான இறுதித் திகதி 
2019.11.22

விண்ணப்ப படிவங்கள் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படும் இறுதித் தேதி 
 2019.12.02

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or Read gazette (25.10.2019)




බාහිර දේශක/උපදේශක සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම 2020 - කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව வெளிவாரி விரிவுரையாளர்கள் /போதனாசிரியர்களாக வெளிவாரி வளவாளர்களை பதிவுசெய்தல் 
தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்வி மற்றும் பயிற்சித் திணைக்களம்,
බාහිර දේශක/උපදේශක සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම 2020 - කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව வெளிவாரி விரிவுரையாளர்கள் /போதனாசிரியர்களாக வெளிவாரி வளவாளர்களை பதிவுசெய்தல் 
தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்வி மற்றும் பயிற்சித் திணைக்களம்
Important Notices on this week gazette (25.10.2019)
October 25, 2019

Important Notices on this week gazette (25.10.2019)

Here we have listed the important notices on this week gazette. For Detail information read the gazette. You can download the gazette, Links are given at the bottom of this post.
(Online gazette available, after the online version updated)

රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 
මුස්ලිම් විවාහ ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමේ රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් තනතුරු 

  • අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය

රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 
උප්පැන්න,මරණ හා විවාහ අතිරේක විවාහ උඩරට සාමාන්‍ය රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් තනතුරු 
  • ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය

රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 

උප්පැන්න හා මරණ රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් තනතුරු

  • කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් ජනරාල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 

දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් උප්පැන්න මරණ හා විවාහ අතිරේක විවාහ සාමාන්‍ය රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් තනතුරු 

  • කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ මණ්ඩලය


සාමාන්‍යාධිකාරී තනතුර


රාජ්‍යසේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව

ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාස්තු විද්‍යාඥ සේවයේ පළමු ශ්‍රේණියේ නිලධාරීන් ජේෂ්ඨතාවය හා කුසලතාවය මත විශේෂ ශ්‍රේණියට උසස් කිරීම සඳහා අයදුම්පත් කැඳවීම


කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 

බාහිර දේශක උපදේශක සඳහා බාහිර සම්පත් දායකයින් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම


කාර්මික අධ්‍යාපන හා පුහුණු කිරීමේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 

තාක්ෂණ විද්‍යාල වල කාර්මික විද්‍යාල වල පැවැත්වෙන පාඨමාලා සඳහා සිසුන් ඇතුලත් කර ගැනීම


ශ්‍රී ලංකා විභාග දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව 

දහම් පාසල් අවසාන සහතික පත්‍ර විභාගය


பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம் 

பிறப்பு இறப்பு மற்றும் விவாகம் மேலதிக விவாகம் பொது பதிவாளர் பதவி

  • காலி மாவட்டம்
  • கொழும்பு மாவட்டம்
பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம் 

தமிழ் மொழி மூலம் பிறப்பு இறப்பு மற்றும் மேலதிக விவாகம் பதிவாளர் பதவி 

  • கொழும்பு மாவட்டம்
பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம்

முஸ்லிம் விவாகம் பதிவுசெய்தல் பதிவாளர் பதவி

  • கம்பஹா மாவட்டம் 
  • களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் 
  • அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம்


பதிவாளர் நாயகம் திணைக்களம்

பிறப்பு இறப்பு பதிவாளர் பதவி 

  • குருநாகல் மாவட்டம்
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24/10/2019

Practical Exam (GCE O/L 2019 - Aesthetic Subjects)
October 24, 2019

Practical Exam (GCE O/L 2019 - Aesthetic Subjects)

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Practical tests of GCE O/L 2019 - Aesthetic Subjects will be held from 28.10.2019 to 08.11.2019 for 174 778 candidates at 1295 practical test boards.

The Listening test of the subject 41 Music (western) will be conducted island wide on 03.11.2019 at relevant practical boards for the subjects.

40 - Music (Oriental)
41 - Music (Western)
42 - Music (Carnatic)
44 - Dancing (Oriental)
45 - Dancing (Bharata)
50 -  Drama and Theatre (Sinhala)
51 - Drama and Theatre (Tamil)
52 - Drama and Theatre (English)

Admission cards and timetables  of school applicants and private applicants have been sent by post to the relevant principals and to the addresses mentioned in teh applications of private candidates respectively.

Inquiries
0112 784 208
0112 784 537


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21/10/2019

G.C.E. O/L Supportive Seminar Papers - Education Ministry
October 21, 2019

G.C.E. O/L Supportive Seminar Papers - Education Ministry

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OL Supportive seminar papers for 2019 are available now. Ministry of Education has released these papers and published on E takshalawa Learning  Management System. You can access old supportive papers too.

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