http://www.educationforum.lk Discussion on Sri Lankan Education Issues Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:04:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/04/politics-economy-and-education/ 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   http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/04/law-and-society-trust-forum-presentation-on-education/ 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.pdf) The government of New Zealand delegates property expenditure decisions to each individual school. Such a decentralised environment ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/04/school-education-new-zealand/ Justine Ferrari, Education writer | February 05, 2008 (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23161015-13881,00.html) PUBLIC schools in NSW will be free to hire their own teachers under changes announced yesterday, but the union has threatened to fight the move. Education Minister John Della Bosca said all government schools would have the option of advertising openly to fill vacancies. Schools ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/02/school-based-teacher-recruitment/ 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 ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/02/public-meeting-on-february-18th/ The Education forum has conducted 3 study sessions so far with a good cross section of persons representing Associations of teachers, principals, and past pupils and  educationists and well wishers. Compilation of past legislations, circulars and Policy papers are now complete. Paper copies of these can be obtained for the ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/02/discussions-on-a-new-education-act/ In Sri Lanka, as in many others countries with a centralized teacher service, there is a problem of getting teachers to locate In poor rural (and estate) areas, when they can tap patronage systems to obtain transfers to more popular areas. Various incentives schemes have been tried, in a number ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/02/recruitment-of-teachers-directly-to-schools/ Submission of Proposals for formulating a New Education Act (Advertisement posted by National Committee for the Drafting of a New Education Act on January 17, 2008) On the Directions of His Excellency the President, the Minister of Education, Hon. Susil Premajayantha has appointed a National Committee under the chairmanship of Dr G. ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/01/submission-of-proposals-formulating-a-new-education-act-closing-date-20th-of-february/ NUS or National University of Singapore is a premier university in Asia with school leavers form all over the world competing for places.  NUS admit school leavers from India, Malaysia, Pakistan and other countries on the strength of each local  public examination but  Sri Lankan  students, even those with the ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2008/01/sri-lankan-gce-al-not-recognized-by-nus/ If Colombo is home to you, did you know that 50% or so of homes in Colombo are in tenement gardens or are illegal shanties. The children from these homes attend neighborhood schools of poor quality. These children attend a school close to home and go home without causing congestion ... http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/12/over-100000-kids-shipped-into-colombo-everyday-for-school/