{"id":2507,"date":"2019-01-29T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrncet.jfn.ac.lk\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T18:15:44","slug":"discussion-on-stemm-education-in-the-northern-province-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrncet.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/discussion-on-stemm-education-in-the-northern-province-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on STEMM education in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discussion on STEMM#<\/sup> education in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Objective: <\/strong>Increase merit admission of students from the Northern Province, Sri Lanka through the STEMM.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Venue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : <\/strong>Hoover auditorium, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna<\/p>\n

\u00a0Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : <\/strong>February 5, 2019 at 2.00 pm<\/p>\n

Since the university admission of the STEMM students from the Northern province on merit basis is declining at an alarming rate, we intend to conduct a \u2018Discussion Forum for exploring ways to improve university admission on merit basis in the STEMM field<\/em>\u2019 under an ongoing project in the field on STEMM. Scholars from the diaspora community and the Northern Province working in the STEMM field are expected to contribute in this discussion forum.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Agenda\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

14:00 –\u00a0 \u00a0Self introduction of the participants<\/span><\/p>\n

14:10\u00a0 – \u00a0University admission: present status- Prof.K.Kandasamy<\/span><\/p>\n

14:20 –\u00a0 \u00a0STEMM Education in NP: Current status and Challenges – ADE Science, ADE Maths, ADE Technology<\/span><\/p>\n

14:40 –\u00a0 \u00a0Observations on students\u2019 Learning and teacher\u2019s strategies<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– \u00a0Senior Teachers in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a015:10 –\u00a0 Observations of on students\u2019 by GCE (A\/L) Chief examiners<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Biology<\/strong> – Prof.Uma Kumarasamy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Chemistry<\/strong>\u00a0 – Prof. Meena Senthilnanthanan<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics <\/strong>– Prof. JCN Rajendra\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maths<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah<\/span><\/p>\n

15:40 – Needs and possible measures <\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– \u00a0\u00a0Dr.N. Ethirveerasingam, Prof.V.Dhayalan, Dr.K.Ganeshan<\/span><\/p>\n

16:00 \u00a0Panel Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n

16:40 \u00a0Drafting a list of Recommendations<\/span><\/p>\n

16:50 \u00a0Constituting a task force for way forward<\/span><\/p>\n

17:00 \u00a0End<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who wish to contribute to this discussion are requested to<\/strong><\/span> register here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coordinators\/HRNCET & CBERC projects \u2013 UoJ and HVL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

#<\/sup><\/em>STEMM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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