Higher Education for the 21st Century is a World Bank-IDA funded project of the Ministry of Higher Education. This project is aimed primarily at enhancing the quality and relevance of higher education in the Universities of Sri Lanka.
The University of Colombo is a recipient of this grant, and has an Operational Technical Secretariat (OTS) for this project. The OTS office is located in the College House premises.
The project has several components,
- University Development Grant (UDG)
- External Degree Programme (EDP)
- Quality and Innovation Grants (QIG)
The QIGs will be made available in 4 separate Windows as follows:
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- Window 1: Undergraduate Programs of Faculties of Arts and Management
- Window 2: Undergraduate Programs of all Other Faculties (excluding those in Window 1)
- Window 3: Postgraduate Research Programs
- Window 4: Research Dissemination & Commercialization Projects
- Human Resource Development (HRD): Scholarship program
- Entrepreneurship program
Project Components
HETC | QIG | W4 | University of Colombo School of Computing
IDAS | Faculty of Arts
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Professor D.T.U. Abeythunga
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Email: director@lts.cmb.lk
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FINANCE
Mrs M.K. Kahawita
Deputy Bursar
DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT
Mr G.H.Gamini
Deputy Bursar
WORKS ENGINEER
Mr. Rahal L. B. Abeyratne
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT
Mrs. A.G. Tharangani
Ms. S Nuwanthika Nilupuli