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Bandula Gunawardena

Type: Person

Name: Bandula Gunawardena

Title: Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives & Consumer Affairs

Organization: Government of Sri Lanka

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Fact Sheet: Biography for Bandula Gunawardena

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

NO RIGHT TO PUNISH TEACHERS!

Education Minister to fellow politicians: No political party or politician has the right to mete out punishment to any member of the teaching profession, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said. The minister was addressing the ‘Arts Competition 2012’ ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Bandula Gunawardena, Education, Complaints, Turning Point, Terrorism

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

New technology subject stream launch on June 20

Newly introduced Technology subject combination for the GCE (A/L) will be launched on June 20 at Temple Trees with the participation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the chief guest, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.He said that as the first ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Bandula Gunawardena, National Institute of Education, Ministry of Youth, Education, Mahinda Rajapakse

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bandula blames pre 1994 education policies

Bandula blames pre – 1994 education policiesYouth UnemploymentToday’s unemployment crisis was consequent to the ill-conceived educational policies in effect before 1994. About 80 per cent of school leavers found it difficult to find employment as most ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Bandula Gunawardena, Education, Unemployment, Laborer

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Bridging the gap between employable graduates and job market

Ground-breaking changes in education sector:By Manjula FernandoEducation Minister, Bandula Gunawardena says the Government's 'Mahindodaya 1,000 schools project' is the first serious endeavour aimed at easing the intense race for popular schools in cities. ... [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Education, Bandula Gunawardena, S.B. Dissanayake, National Institute of Education, Mahinda Chinthana Programme

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Vidunena eLearning project launched

font size decrease font size increase font sizeRate this story(0 votes)‘Vidunena’ an eLearning initiative conceptualized and developed by the National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel along with Felidae, a leading provider of eLearning products and ... [Published The Nation.lk - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Mobitel, FELIDAE, Bandula Gunawardena, National Institute of Education

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

S.B. Dissanayake

SB would have been a farmer -JVP

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena and Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake would have been unheard of if there had been no free education in the country, said the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday.JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: S.B. Dissanayake, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Education

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Mahinda Rajapakse

Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation awards scholarships to 300 students

* June 12, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday presided over an event to hand over scholarships under the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation's "Life Jathika Subapathum" scheme to school students.President Rajapaksa handed over scholarships ... [Published Colombo Page - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka Insurance, Mahinda Rajapakse, Bandula Gunawardena, S.B. Dissanayake, Sudath Silva

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Only 53 to fill 1,000 English language teacher vacancies

Though graduates galore in countryOnly 53 qualified persons have applied for teachng English though the Education Ministry has advertised 1,000 vacancies.Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said that it was a very pathetic situation that his ministry ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Bandula Gunawardena, Education

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

JVP accuses govt of taking revenge from teachers

The JVP-led Co-ordinating Committee of the Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) alleged yesterday that government was planning to transfer 18 teachers including the principal of the Gotaimbaragama School at Ranna, in the Hambantota District for their participation ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 27 2013]

Entities: Education, Bandula Gunawardena, Bar Association, Human Rights Violations, Sri Lanka

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success; govt. calls it a big flop

While the Coordinating Committee of Sri Lanka’s Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) maintained that their token strike against the electricity tariff hike was successful all round the country, the Sri Lankan government said that overall attendance in public ... [Published Asia News Network - May 22 2013]

Entities: Trade Union, Sri Lanka, Bandula Gunawardena, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Bandula blames ex-CJ for Z-score crisis

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena told Parliament yesterday that ousted Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake should be held responsible for the 2011 GCE Advanced Level ‘Z-score’ crisis.The minister said that when the ‘Z-score’ issue turned controversial, ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 21 2013]

Entities: Crisis, Supreme Court, Bandula Gunawardena

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lankan President congratulates Intel Science and Engineering Fair winner

* May 20, Colombo: Sri Lankan student, Dinesh Kapuge from Mihinthale Central College, a winner of the 2013 Intel Science and Engineering Fair met President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the Temple Trees. He also won an additional US$ 500 US savings bond ... [Published Colombo Page - May 20 2013]

Entities: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Duminda Dissanayake, Nalanda College Colombo, S. M Chandrasena

Quotes

"newly introduced subject combination is highly job oriented and anyone who follow the stream will not be unemployed in the future" Gunawardena said

New technology subject stream launch on June 20 [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 18 2013]

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NO RIGHT TO PUNISH TEACHERS! [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - 7 hours ago]
New technology subject stream launch on June 20 [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 18 2013]
Sri Lanka to introduce new Technology subject s... [Published Colombo Page - Jun 17 2013]
Bandula blames pre 1994 education policies [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 17 2013]
Bridging the gap between employable graduates a... [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 16 2013]
Vidunena eLearning project launched [Published The Nation.lk - Jun 15 2013]
SB would have been a farmer -JVP [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - Jun 14 2013]
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation awards scholars... [Published Colombo Page - Jun 12 2013]
Only 53 to fill 1,000 English language teacher ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 02 2013]
JVP accuses govt of taking revenge from teachers [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 27 2013]
Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success;... [Published Asia News Network - May 22 2013]
Bandula blames ex-CJ for Z-score crisis [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 21 2013]
Sri Lanka unions say strike a success, governme... [Published Colombo Page - May 21 2013]
‘Health Quiz Competition’ of Kalmunai Education... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 21 2013]
Sri Lankan President congratulates Intel Scienc... [Published Colombo Page - May 20 2013]
The State of the Free Education System in Sri L... [Published groundviews - Mar 26 2013]
Biography for Bandula Gunawardena [Published Able2Act - Feb 16 2007]

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The State of the Free Education System in Sri L... [Published groundviews - Mar 26 2013] Image courtesy The Nation I am one of the 243,876 lucky students who sat for the Advanced Level Examinations in 2011. It has been almost one-and-a-half-years since then, and I received my university registration form only yesterday (6 – 4 – 2012). ...