Islandwide Scholarship Programme Award Ceremony - Gampaha (2014)

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Official photography Coverage PCJT Software Engineers' Convocation 2014 held on 6th of August At BMICH. Congratulation to our 1st batch mates. 13 students complete their Degree as a Software Engineering Graduate. we are So Proud Of You. Wish you a Bright full Feature.

The avurudu festival organized by the Students of Sri Java Institute Gampaha held on 5th of May 2014 8am onwards at Siyane Rd Gampaha. Photography by Ravimal Amarathunga Photographer at Panol Photography

The annual trip of java institute gampaha Branch 2014 to Mandu ganga and Unawatuna beach was held on 22nd of february 2014

PCJT Double Decker Relax 2013 organized by java institute for advanced technology gampaha was held on 31st of august Gampaha, Sri Lanka

The Faculty of Creative Studies (FCS) of the Java Institute for Advanced Technology was ceremonially declared open on the 28th of February, 2013, with a declaration issued to this effect by Dr. Bevan Morris, the President of the Maharishi University of Management, USA, and Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace, in the presence of Dr. Ishantha Siribaddana, the founder of the Java Institute for Advanced Technology, and Professor Lakshman Madurasinghe, the Head of the Faculty.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority conducted a special orientation and training for SQA partners on the 19th and 20th of February, 2013. This event was attended by the Head of Department of Examinations, Mr. Asela Cooray and Mr. Mevan Wickramasinghe, Manager Education programmes.

The purpose of this programme was to welcome centre partners to the Scottish Qualifications Authority and to provide guidance and training on SQA policies and Academic Practices.

The even was held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and was attended by over 10 international SQA centers from the region. The first day of event was an introduction to support practitioners with the delivery and assessment of HN Frameworks by providing information, facilitating network discussion sessions and encouraging networking between centre partners. This was then followed by an update by the senior External Verifier for the SQA on changes to centre verification policies from the 2010 to the 2013/2014 framework and provided a comprehensive training in areas such as Internal assessment reporting, Unit specifications, instruments of assessment and exemplification models, centre evidence requirements, administration of assessments and areas of good practice.

The next stage of the event was a practical demonstration and workshop on assessment delivery where the points discussed were covered through a practical scenario. Then the discussion progressed to good practices to be followed, drawing from experiences from other centres. Some key areas of discussion included recording reasons for decisions where candidate evidence is on the cusp, recording problems and discussion in IV records, electronic submission and plagiarism checks and detailed feedback and guidance. This concluded the first day of the workshop.

The second day of the workshop was focused on course content development and the importance of creating assessments that are designed with a contextual approach and which suit the candidates needs and also emphasized the need for constant feedback between assessors and module leads to ensure that assessments are always fit for purpose.

The next stage was a detailed overview of the 2013/2014 framework that was delivered with the intent of updating the knowledge of key centre personnel to effectively comply with these quality assurance requirements.

The event was an extreme success and at the conclusion of the training programme, the training certifications were handed out to the attendees by the Chief Executive of SQA Dr. Janet Brown. The award for the Java Institute for Advanced Technology was accepted on behalf the institute by Mr. Mevan Wickramasinghe.

Sri Lanka -United Nations Friendship Organisation (SUNFO)and Java Youth Force Entered into a memorandum of understanding at the Global Youth Service Day on 16 April,2011 at Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka.

The Java World Congress on ICT for Sustainable Development was held for the first time in Sri Lanka on November 19, 20, and 21 in Colombo at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre.

This initiative was a multi-stakeholder partnership programme that focused on the current decade (2010-2020). The website pertaining to this initiative (www. javaworldcongress.org) was launched by the Minister of Economic Development, Honorable Basil Rajapaksa.

In August 2010, the Sri Lankan Team of the Java World Congress met the President of the country, Honorable Mahinda Rajapaksa, and he assured them support to make this event a success.

The theme of the World Congress is integrating ICT to build and strengthen the social capital to achieve the United National Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Experts were presented papers on how ICT could be utilized to solve social issues in various fields such as education, food, health, environment, livelihoods, infrastructure, sports, science and technology.

Delegates from various countries such as the USA, the UK, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Singapore, India, Vietnam, Japan, South Africa, Russia, Greece, and the UAE participated in order to conduct presentations at this congress.

The Java Sri Lanka 2010 Computer Software and Education Exhibition, under the theme "e-Parapure Viskam Dakma", was held at the SLECC along with the world congress. This exhibition aimed to promote the scheme "ICT for All and ICT for All Villages".

Over 300 software solutions developed by the youth of the "Java Institute for Advanced Technology" via technologies related to the spheres of Web, Micro, Mobile, Robotics, and Business Technologies were presented at this event.