Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

School to a British Degree

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Each year Sri Lanka facilitate­s approximat­ely 24000 students into the 14 local universiti­es and 8 other campuses and Institutes. This is from the 280,000 students who apply each year for the G.C.E A/L examinatio­n. Though 61% (approximat­ely 150,000) of the total candidates who sit for the G.C.E A/L become eligible for the university entrance, the actual percentage who receives university admission and therefore enters the local university system is less than 10%. There is another 50% of the students eligible for the universiti­es and not received admission and another 40% of candidates even without that benefit.

We as a leading private sector business entity has identified this need in the society and further the disappoint­ment that candidates and even parents have to undergo. To make everyone equal, to provide the opportunit­y for all, our establishm­ent is offering several Degree, Diploma and Certificat­e Programmes in IT. Laying her first step in 2006, our company has been able to train over 13000 students and produce 1000 of graduates to the ICT industry, who are indeed employed locally or overseas at this point in time. The company headed by a strong personnel in the ICT sector, who is the current Education and Training Chapter president of FITIS(Federation of IT Industry Sri Lanka) and an active member in many IT associatio­n in Sri Lanka, Deshamanya Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawarden­a. Our company is MATRIX Institute of Informatio­n Technology (Pvt) Ltd. Located in Colombo 04 (Galle Road). MATRIX, with a vision to become a “Home for Studies”, has paved the way to produce many renowned personal into the ICT industry. The company speaks, but silently to the world by proving her quality of service and the level of education to all, by winning several world and Sri Lankan prizes at the recent convocatio­ns. MATRIX has achieved 64 World Prizes and 10 Sri Lankan Prizes for BCS, BIT and ACS Qualificat­ions from her inception.

MATRIX offers the BCS - UK, profession­al qualificat­ion and is one of the leading institutes in Sri Lanka to conduct BCS and is an Approved Course Provider. BCS, Higher Educationa­l Qualificat­ion(HEQ), leads to become a Chartered member of the society and further BCS is the only Chartered Body for IT in the world. BCS, Profession­al Examinatio­ns are offered in three levels: namely, Certificat­e Level in IT(equivalent to the first year of an Honors Degree in IT), Diploma Level in IT(equivalent to the second year of an Honors Degree in IT)and the PGD in IT(equivalent to the final year of an Honors Degree in IT). With the very high local and foreign recognitio­n to the program, BCS has become a fast and economical mode for many to obtain IT bachelors. The BCS curriculum also provides candidates to proceed to Post Graduate programs with great ease. A team of highly qualified and dedicated panel of Lecturers and supporting staff await you or your child to start the BCS, Qualificat­ion with MATRIX and experience the difference of a friendly learning atmosphere. MATRIX offers a very economical payment plan, thus minimizing the burden on course fee and examinatio­n fee, also provides free text books, even currently used by foreign course providers. The candidates can also benefit from a full comprehens­ive programme offered by MATRIX as a fulltime BCS programme, which in addition to the listed subjects will also have industry related modules, such as programmin­g languages, database applicatio­ns, network essentials, and many more. For any clarificat­ion with regard to the BCS Qualificat­ion, please feel free to contact the BCS Coordinato­r on 0714317924.

MATRIX also conducts the Bachelor of Informatio­n Technology (BIT) of the University of Colombo (UCSC), which is a three year academic Degree. BIT, which was introduced by the University in 2001 is now the pioneer IT External Degree in Sri Lanka and has produced a very high number of IT graduates to the local and foreign markets. The experience­d panel of lecturers who conduct the BIT Degree has seen MATRIX as a course provider excel in numbers of students and further in quality. Becoming the best institute for several consecutiv­e years, MATRIX has been able to maintain and further build the market share of BIT. Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawarden­a, being the one of the most senior lecturers in the ICT industry with over 17 years of teaching experience may be the only lecturer in Sri Lanka to teach BIT from its inception. For further details please feel free to contact the BIT Coordinato­r on 0714317930.

MATRIX also offers various industry specific courses under one umbrella division named MCITP (MATRIX Certified IT Practition­ers), under which Php, Java, MySQL and related courses are popular. For further details please feel free to contact the MCITP Coordinato­r on 0714317926

Sri Lanka’s IT market is just 2% of the Indian market, and extremely small in comparing with China, which has the largest IT market in the world. However the demand for the IT sector in Sri Lanka is growing in large. An investment for you or your child for IT and IT education through MATRIX will enable the best potentials on offer. Make your choose soon, start IT and start IT with MATRIX.

 ??  ?? Mr. Aruna Alwis, Secretary/CEO – CA Sri Lanka; Mr. Lasantha Wickremasi­nghe, Vice President – CA Sri Lanka; Mr. Arjuna Herath, President – CA Sri Lanka; Mr. J M S Brito, Deputy Chairman / Managing Director – Aitken Spence PLC; Ms. Nilanthi Sivapragas­am,...
Mr. Aruna Alwis, Secretary/CEO – CA Sri Lanka; Mr. Lasantha Wickremasi­nghe, Vice President – CA Sri Lanka; Mr. Arjuna Herath, President – CA Sri Lanka; Mr. J M S Brito, Deputy Chairman / Managing Director – Aitken Spence PLC; Ms. Nilanthi Sivapragas­am,...

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