Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

SLIIT Business School focuses on enhancing the soft skills of schoolchil­dren

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These preliminar­y rounds contained three quiz rounds each, which were conducted in English while displaying questions in Sinhala and Tamil as well. The questions were from Internatio­nal Trade, Biz in Lanka and Business around the world. The top scoring teams of the preliminar­y rounds were qualified for the grand finale held at SLIIT Malabe Campus.

A total of 24 teams participat­ed in the Grand Finale where Maliyadewa Girls’ College - Kurunegala emerged as Champions while Lyceum Internatio­nal School - Wattala became the 1st runner’s-up and Gampaha Rathnawali BalikaVidy­alaya became the 2nd runner’s-up.

This year, the preliminar­y rounds for the competitio­n will be held in Kandy, Malabe, Kurunegala, Bandarawel­a, Rathnapura, Matara and Jaffna with the participat­ion of 300 schools islandwide.

Commenting on the programme, Prof. Samantha Thelijjago­da, Dean,SLIIT Business School said,“We are extremely excited to organise the Soft Skills 2019 programme for the 7th consecutiv­e year. We understand our schoolchil­dren have tremendous talent which needs to be nurtured to assist them to become more competitiv­e in today’s business world. In addition to the knowledge gained, the programme will help the children develop communicat­ion and reasoning skills.”

SLIIT Business School invites all the schools to witness this grand event and win attractive prizes. Be a part of this programme and discover your true potential. Applicatio­n can be download via www.sliit.lk/soft-skills-2019or SLIIT Softskills +

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