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SLIIT announces scholarships for academically gifted students

In an unprecedented effort to provide financial support to young students faced with rising higher education costs, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology SLIIT), Sri Lanka’s largest IT degree awarding institute, recently announced that it would award several full tuition scholarships to students who have done exceptionally well in their Advanced level examinations and wishing to pursue IT for their higher studies.

Through the establishment of a scholarship programme, SLIIT hopes to attract the best brains and high achievers in their 2008 intake to study the four years Bachelor of Sciences (Honors) degree in IT.

SLIIT will consider for this scholarship programme, applicants displaying high academic and extra curricular talent and who have obtained a minimum ‘Z’ score of 1.4 at their Advanced level examinations. The subjects offered could be varied and not restricted to any particular stream.

All applicants will have to face an aptitude test plus an interview. Candidates will be selected for the aptitude test based on merit. The scholarships offered are for study at the Malabe campus.

CEO of SLIIT Professor Lalith Gamage was upbeat about the new scholarship programme. “SLIIT is dedicated to increasing access to higher education, particularly in the area of IT” he said.

“I am particularly proud to welcome these students to our campus as their hard work, achievement and diverse life experiences will enrich the learning environment for everyone”, he emphasised.

Committed to increasing the share of IT professionals in the country, In addition to the scholarships for academically gifted students, SLIIT is offering half scholarships, to children of Samurdhi beneficiaries for enrollment at their Matara center.

The first year of this programme will be at SLIIT’s Matara center and thereafter at the Malabe campus for the rest of the degree course.

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) is the largest IT degree awarding institute in Sri Lanka with the highest number of PhD qualified lecturers in the field of Information Technology.

It is also recognised by the University Grants Commission under the Universities Act. The SLIIT was established in 1999 to educate and train a large number of IT professionals required by the fast growing IT industry in Sri Lanka.

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