Discussion on STEMM^# education in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Objective: Increase merit admission of students from the Northern Province, Sri Lanka through the STEMM.

 Venue     : Hoover auditorium, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna

 Date       : February 5, 2019 at 2.00 pm

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 ‘Discussion Forum for exploring ways to improve university admission on merit basis in the STEMM field’ 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.

Agenda   

14:00 –   Self introduction of the participants

14:10  –  University admission: present status- Prof.K.Kandasamy

14:20 –   STEMM Education in NP: Current status and Challenges – ADE Science, ADE Maths, ADE Technology

14:40 –   Observations on students’ Learning and teacher’s strategies

                   –  Senior Teachers in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths

 15:10 –  Observations of on students’ by GCE (A/L) Chief examiners

               Biology – Prof.Uma Kumarasamy        Chemistry  – Prof. Meena Senthilnanthanan
               Physics – Prof. JCN Rajendra                Maths          – Prof.S.Srisatkunarajah

15:40 – Needs and possible measures
                   –   Dr.N. Ethirveerasingam, Prof.V.Dhayalan, Dr.K.Ganeshan

16:00  Panel Discussion

16:40  Drafting a list of Recommendations

16:50  Constituting a task force for way forward

17:00  End

Those who wish to contribute to this discussion are requested to register here.

Coordinators/HRNCET & CBERC projects – UoJ and HVL

^#STEMM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine