Gateway signs MoU with Nottingham Trent University
Sanjeevi JAYASURIYA
The gateway Graduate School which sets a bench mark in international
schools in Sri Lanka, opened their new Gateway Graduate School branch at
Bampalapitiya on Tuesday, with a view to provide a wide access to the
growing student demand.
The Gateway Graduate School Director Dr. Harsha Alles,
exchanging the MoU signed with the Nottingham Trent
University UK Por-Vice Chancellor (International) Professor
Nigel Healey. Picture by Nissanka Wijayarathne |
The new facility in Colombo will be a convenient location for
students where Graduate Schools already located in Rajagiriya, Kandy and
Negombo provide state-of-the art facilities with qualified and
experienced staff drawn from the industry.
"The Gateway Graduate School which started 15 years ago strives to
maintain the standards in the private education sector and consider
having regulatory frameworks to control and monitor international
schools is important.
As the country has no specific guidelines for private and
international schools it is essential to have a mechanism to regulate
these institutions, Gateway Graduate School Director Dr. Harsha Alles
said.
"We are an institution that is established in the country's education
system. The courses offered by the school has moved from business and IT
to other areas of demand. With plans to offer BA in Education, we are in
a position to produce British Degree holders in Sri Lanka for the first
time, he said.
The teacher training opportunities for the private sector are limited
in Sri Lanka. The teacher training course by the Gateway delivering the
required skills will benefit the private education sector and also
support to improve the standards of teaching, he said.
Providing education from foundation level to graduation, the Gateway
Group has built a reputation of being not only one of the largest but
also one of the most trusted educational institutes in Sri Lanka.
Gateway Graduate School together with Edexcel International
introduced teacher training courses to offer recognized qualifications
to all teachers and to improve the standards of teaching in
international and private schools.
The first intake completed their course of study and awarding of
certificates of the Edexcel professional Diploma in Teaching was also
conducted at the new premises. Gateway has four intakes in Colombo and
two intakes in Kandy, with plans to commence the course in Negombo
shortly.
The occasion also marked the Gateway signing of the MoU with
Nottingham Trent University UK. The two institutions will develop
articulation pathways in many areas of study.
Plans are already afoot to provide an articulation pathway to the
Diploma holders in teaching to complete a BA in Education in Sri Lanka. |