AIS Principal HarshanaPerera honoured at Icons of Learning Summit, Singapore
The course has been structured to deliver everything from basic creative theory and skills to practices in design research, inspiration deriving, prototyping, crafting and new technologies, to entrepreneurial know-how such as market identification, consum
tive theory and skills to practices in design research, inspiration deriving, prototyping, crafting and new technologies, to entrepreneurial know-how such as market identification, consumer research, branding and marketing. It will introduce students to drawing, metalworking, and the history of jewellery. As the programme enters its second semester, the students will be introduced to gemmology and CAD to deliver their first design project that follows through from research to design. The third semester will take further the students’ knowledge of gemmology and specialist metals, and also work on developing their own microrange of jewellery. This course content will be delivered through workshops, lectures, tours and studio sessions. The course will be a part time Saturday programme, with a fifteen month duration including mandatory training in the gem and jewellery industry.
The registrations are now in progress with applications for the scholarship closing on the 30th of November 2017. For more information contact 0763 427 772
or 0115867772/3.
Recognizing a career filled with remarkable achievements in education and invaluable contribution to institutions of learning, Asian International School of Sri Lanka, Principal, HarshanaPerera was recently presented with the Award for Distinguished Educationist at the Fourth Annual Icons of Learning Summit & Awards held in Singapore.
Hosted by the Singaporebased Business Excellence & Research Group (BERG), the Icons of Learning Summit is designed as a thought leadership platform that brings together various stakeholders within the ecosystems of education and life-long learning in order to exchange ideas and recognize best practices in action.
Speaking at the event, Perera elaborated on the challenges of educating young people in a manner that prepares them with the skills and technical expertise necessary for a productive professional career.
“Our challenge today is to ensure that the skills we teach our children now are translated into industry-relevant skills that give them the best chance of succeeding in the economy of tomorrow. We need to equip children with the right tools that they will need to succeed and perhaps the most important among these skills is the ability to not only understand what to learn, but how to
Speaking at the event, Perera elaborated on the challenges of educating young people in a manner that prepares them with the skills and technical expertise necessary for a productive professional career.
learn it. The AIS Innovation Centre launched recently is one such endeavor which aims to equip students with outside-the-box thinking.”
Moving forward, Perera reaffirmed the AIS faculty’s commitment to continue setting new benchmarks for Sri Lankan education providers, thereby supporting the process of continuous refinement of teaching and evaluation methods that produce skilled, adaptable school leavers capable of achieving excellence in their professional careers.
This year’s summit witnessed participation from education institutions ranging from schools, colleges, private universities as well as edtech startups from South & South East Asian countries. Leading educational institutions from India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE and Malaysia were presented the Icons of Learning 2017 Award in recognition of their unique approaches in education management and quality delivery methods.