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Live your Kiwi Dream with APIIT SLTC Successfully Concludes Three-day Resident Workshop for Instructor Capacity-development
As students rush to pursue their university degrees in countries of their choice, New Zealand is a top contender for dream destinations.
Study in a country that has one of the best education systems in the world, enjoys a very high quality of life, and is ranked as the third most beautiful country in the world.
High-quality education
New Zealand’s qualifications are world renowned, with every university being in the top 3% worldwide. The institutions work closely with industry, businesses, and communities to support students to become ‘work ready’.
All eight of our universities are in the top 3% in the world. An education from New Zealand provides you with personalised learning and academic excellence.
Unbeatable lifestyle
New Zealand is known around the world for their incredible work-life balance. It continues to offer the world’s highest quality of living, not far behind the US in GDP per capita and far ahead of it in a number of quality metrics. In addition, New Zealand has been ranked the second most peaceful and safest country in the world.
Work ready
A New Zealand education gives you skills that prepares you for the future of work. The teaching style and practical, hands-on, way of learning gives graduates strong employability skills. While studying, you could also support yourself with paid parttime work. A part-time job gives you valuable experience in the
New Zealand workplace, especially for future employability. Lower tuition fees and costs of living
The tuition fee is comparatively lower to that of studying in other countries that Sri Lankan students commonly select. The cost of living of New Zealand’s cities compares favourably with other major
cities around the world. The cost of living can be cut down depending on location, interests and choices.
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The NCUK International Year One is a first-year undergraduate equivalent programme that builds students’ knowledge and skills. It prepares and qualifies students for entry to the second of undergraduate degree courses offered by NCUK Universities.
NCUK guarantees students a place on a programme of study at one of the NCUK Universities, provided that the student performs to the level specified by the NCUK Guarantee. APIIT is now proud to offer the NCUK Year One in both Law and Business.
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Foundation Year is a unique qualification that helps students transition from secondary to tertiary education. Established in 1987 in the UK, NCUK is a consortium of leading universities dedicated to giving international students guaranteed access to universities worldwide and helping them succeed when they get there. The systematic process enables students to receive the support needed from registration for the qualification, right until they settle in at university on completion of their programme.
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The SLTC Research University conducted a three-day resident capacitydevelopment programme for 124 instructors representing the National Youth Corps and the National Youth Services Council, who will be engaged in the teaching process of the recently launched Degree in Applied IT (DAIT), offered by the university at 76 study centres across the country. Conducted from 1st March – 3rd March at the SLTC main campus in Padukka, the programme was organised to help the participants understand the broader objectives of DAIT, the potential of the ICT industry both in Sri Lanka and globally and how DAIT will help prepare its students to progress into a range of careers in the field of IT. It was also an opportunity to appreciate and recognise the support rendered by the many individuals on the team whose continuous efforts had made a national initiative such as the DAIT, successful.
The Degree in Applied IT – DAIT, is a bachelor’s degree in Applied Information Technology awarded by the SLTC Research University. Conducted in partnership with the National Youth Services Council and the National Youth Corps under the guidance of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, DAIT is part of a national initiative to equip the country’s youth to pursue a range of careers in the global IT industry. Designed with the intention of training students in the practical applications of IT, the first intake of the degree programme admitted 910 applicants who had successfully completed their A/Ls in diverse categories of subjects. This enables students from any secondary education background to receive a recognised higher education qualification in IT and train as qualified professionals.
DAIT is being conducted at 76 centres across the country, by the instructors of the National Youth Corps and the National Youth Services Council with the support of the academic faculty of SLTC. Considering the uniqueness of the programme and the novelty of its learning mechanism to the Sri Lankan higher education sector, measures such as the instructor capacitydevelopment programme were identified to be integral towards ensuring the success of the programme. The three-day training programme included several panel discussions highlighting the importance of DAIT in the current national context, its relevance to the global IT industry and the role of the instructors and their responsibility towards the undergraduates. Mr. Hasitha Liyanage , CEO of Different delivered the keynote address, speaking about the diverse opportunities available for Sri Lankan IT graduates in the global and local industries . Presentations were made by Mr Pubudu Liyanage, Human Resources Consultant at Acumatica Inc. who stressed upon the importance of developing soft skills to succeed as a professional and Mr Sampath Jayasundara, CEO, hSenid who also stressed upon the lucrativeness of the IT industry for qualified graduates.
The programme concluded with an award ceremony where several individuals who had contributed towards the planning, initiating, curriculum development and content design, operations and logistics, quality assurance, administration and enrolment processes of the DAIT programme were recognised for their efforts and commitment towards this national initiative.