Computing/IT and Business Management at APIIT

18-Sep-2008
by Kavinda Hettiarachchi

Providing internationally accredited higher education qualifications in the fields of computing/IT and Business Management and contribute to man power development and socio economic advancement of the country is the mission of Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) who launched a programme recently at their City Campus to provide youth with an understanding of career opportunities available and to guide them in selecting a suitable higher education path to achieve their career goals.

Leading organizations presented on career opportunities and provided information on employer expectations. It was of a great value to the youth in planning their higher education for their career. There were presentations by Dr. Gayan Jayakody, Group Leader and Senior Lecturer of APIIT school of Computing on "Higher education opportunities for you"; by Druvinda Jayamanne, Associate Director, Virtusa Corporation on "Careers in IT", and a guest lecturer from Unilever Ceylon on "Careers in Business". There was a special presentation on Education loans and there were stalls and individual counseling sessions too.

APIIT – Sri Lanka vision is to be a leading higher educational institute in the Asia Pacific Region with a global reputation for academic excellence. APIIT was incorporated in September 1999 with the BOI approval to offer tertiary education in IT and Business Studies in partnership with the APIIT in Malaysia and Staffordshire University in the UK. APIIT-Sri Lanka also had credit transfer arrangements with a number of reputable universities in the UK (13) and Australia (8) and thus forms part of an international collaboration in cross border education.

In a short period APIIT-Sri Lanka has expanded rapidly and grown in stature. Its basically due to upholding of high standards and quality of education programmes. This is achived through constant attention to critical factors that underpin quality, namely, the adoption of international curricula to suit the Sri Lankan context, recruitment of high qualified and competent lecturers, strategic investments to maintain the teaching facilities at the cutting edge and efficient delivery and management of educational programmes.