MATRIX, in the forefront of ICT Education in Sri Lanka
MATRIX Institute of Information Technology (Pvt) Ltd, commenced its journey in the year 2006 and has now being serving the nation for the past 11 years. This journey of MATRIX has educated over 15000 students and has tremendously supported to increase the ICT workforce of the country. It has not just been a journey, but a journey with some great achievements. MATRIX has been able to produce 75 Sri Lankan and World Prize winners and continue to produce the very best to the ICT industry. This journey has been successful due to the untiring commitment and dedication of an unmatched panel of highly qualified and experienced panel of lecturers headed by Deshamanya Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawardena. He has been in the field of education and training for over 20 years and further is a giant in the ICT education sector in Sri Lanka, he is also involved in preparing the ICT syllabus for the Ministry of Skills development and vocational training in liaison with the ICT industry.
MATRIX confirmed their quality of service again at the BCS convocation 2017 held at the BMICH on the 8th of October 2017. Mr. Vikash Jeyathevan who is just 20 years won the Sri Lankan and World Prize for the BCS Certificate level in IT. Vikash started BCS just after he finished his G.C.E A/L. further Ms. Fathima Ilumtheen won the Sri Lankan and World Prize for BCS PGD Level. Fathima commenced her journey in ICT at MATRIX and eventually achieved even the world prize further proving the quality of the panel of lecturers at the institution. Almost every year MATRIX has been able to prove to the world the quality of service they do offer to the students and will continue to do so as stated by the Chairman/ Managing Director, Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawardena. “We just don’t teach for students to pass the exams but to obtain the highest recognition and to gain the best knowledge that the current and emerging industry needs”.
MATRIX, from its inception has been educating students for the BCS, the chartered institute of IT, higher educational qualifications (HEQ) examinations. BCS is one of the oldest professional bodies in ICT, which was established in year 1957 and educates students in many countries. BCS professional qualification consist of three levels, namely certificate in IT, Diploma in IT and PGD in IT. One of the biggest advantages of BCS professional examinations is that anyone can start the program at any age and there is no entry qualifications, but however MATRIX would enroll students with care to ensure highest student achievement. “its not only about numbers of students you teach but how well you teach every single student”, stated the Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawardena. BCS also allows a candidate to complete within less than two years and also for a fee, which is less than LKR 350,000. For further details you could contact the BCS hotline on 0714317924.
MATRIX, also offers the Bachelor of information technology ( BIT) of the University of Colombo school of computing ( UCSC), which is the first ever IT external degree in Sri Lanka. BIT started in year 1998/ 99 under the patronage of late Prof. V.K. Samaranayake and now is one of the leading ICT Degrees in Sri Lanka. MATRIX has also produced many top candidates for BIT and recently Ms. Manushi Wijepala, now working for London stock exchange (formally known as Millennium IT) became the top candidate at the 2015/ 16 BIT convocation by obtaining a GPA of 3.93 and was also awarded prof. V. K Samaranayake Gold medal for becoming the top candidate. BIT degree takes three years to complete and further is considered as one of the best recognized entry qualifications to top IT companies in Sri Lanka and even overseas. The BIT degree can also be completed for a total cost of LKR 300,000 with MATRIX and a candidate can attend classes on weekends at their convenience. For further details you could contact the BIT hotline on 0714317930
The BIT Degree of the University of Colombo, has entry requirements and therefore students without G.C.E A/L or equivalent cannot commence the program. In order to cater to this need the University of Colombo offers the Foundation in Information Technology ( FIT), which has three subjects, namely ICT, English and Mathematics that also allow candidates to start BIT Degree after the successful completion of FIT of the UCSC. For further details you could contact the BIT hotline on 0714317929.
To conclude Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawardena stated that “Education is an important element of anyone’s life, we educate ourselves or children to ensure a better future, therefore every person, every parent needs to think and rethink before you enroll yourself or your child for any program of study”