The school workshop series is a comprehensive yet a ?fun filleda event which has beenA held over the past 03 years. Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Gampaha, Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya,A Matara, Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda are some of the schools whichA SLIIT has worked with in the recent past.
Explaining the rationale of the workshop,A Dr. Theekshana Suraweera, founder of theA a ?Edutainment Unlimiteda school workshop series noted, a ?With a rise in academic pressure and anA increase in competition for university admissions, our secondary school students, especiallyA children in the GCE (Advanced Level) classes are under severe stress and anxiety. This could beA attributed to poor study skills, lack of knowledge on stress management and an unclear view onA career path ways. Therefore, as a part of our corporate social responsibility initiative, we designedA a workshop to address factors such as learning and study skills, confidence building, stress reliefA and relaxation exercise and study/career options after A/Levelsa ?.
Mind mapping, time management, forgetting curve and a range of fulfilled activities toA enhance team work and creativity are some of the items presented in the workshops. This full dayA bilingual workshop which accommodates around 250 children is conducted free of charge as aA CSR project ofA SLIITA to secondary school students.
a ?The feedback we have received from principals, teachers and the student who participatedA have been very positive. We hope to organize more workshops which will not only help studentsA excel within the classroom but also help them succeed in their place of work,a ? noted ProfessorA Lalith Gamage, President/CEO, SLIIT.