SUSRED Award 2017
Dr M. Koneswaran from Department of Chemistry, EUSL received the SUSRED 2017 Award (Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees) for supervising the PhD student leading to completion of the degree within a stipulated time.
Dr Koneswaran received the award from Honorable Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage Dr Sarath Amunugama at the awarding ceremony held on 25th July 2018 at BMICH, Colombo.
President’s Award for Scientific Publication - 2016, held on 19th November 2018
Two scientists from Faculty of Science, Professor S. Thirukkanesh, Department of Mathematics and Professor F. C. Ragel, Department of Physics received Presidential Awards for their outstanding scientific research published in prestigious international journal in the year 2016. The award ceremony was held on 19th November 2018 at Taj Samudra, Colombo presided by HE Maithripala Sirisena. Professor Thirukkanesh has previously won the award four times (2008, 2009, 2014 & 2015) and Professor Ragel has won the award twice previously (2008 & 2014).
BT/Methodist Central College (16 June, 2018)
Dr. P. Elango, Dr. M. Sithambaresan and Mr. G. Parthiban have visited to the laboratory in BT/Methodist Central College on 16th June 2018 and discussed the problems that the teachers face to run experiments and possible solutions were drawn. This kind of visits will continue for several weeks until they run practicals in the laboratory
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Supporting the professional growth of teachers
Practicals for A/L students are not conducted in many Schools. This was studied and found that there are three major obstacles which retard the progress of the eastern students to acquire practical knowledge. In this context,
as the first step, COSU has taken steps to provide practical knowledge in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology to the A/L teachers of Batticaloa region through a series of workshops supporting their professional growth.
Seminar on "The importance of education and proper learning methods"
Seminar on "The importance of education and proper learning methods"
A seminar was done by Dr. M. Sithambaresan at Central College, Chenkalady on “the importance of education and proper learning methods” to A/L science students (2018 batch) of the school. Also, a discussion was done with the students on “common errors made by the students in A/L chemistry examinations” to enhance their performance in chemistry examinations.
Seminar on "the importance of education and proper learning methods"
A seminar was done by Dr. M. Sithambaresan at Paddiruppu National School, Kaluvanchikudy on “the importance of education and proper learning methods” to the new A/L students of the school, parents and teachers to promote learning of students. This is to make the parents and teachers aware of the students’ education and support them on proper learning.