Activities
- Developing English syllabuses for the school system.
- Preparation of Audio materials for Primary and Secondary Levels.
- Training of teachers, In-service Advisors and ADEs/ DDEs - English.
- Management of the Regional English Support Centers.
(RESC - 30 centers island wide)
- RESC staff development.
- Conducting the Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language course.
Courses conducted by the Department:
Special Notice #1:
ENGLISH TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATE THROUGH THE PRINSETT PROGRAMME
(Original Certificates Received from the Department of Examination)
The originals of some of the Trained Teacher's certificates obtained by following the PRINSETT Programme are available at the Department of English, NIE, Maharagama. Certificates that have been issued upto now by the Dept. of Examinations are available and there are still more to be issued.
Check the lists here to see whether your certificate is available to be collected. If it is there, please follow the following procedure -
- Note the List No., Serial No and your Index No.
- Call this department the day before you intend to come here to arrange the time to collect it, preferably on Wednesdays-
call 011-2851301 and Extension 225 or 221. If you do not call and check whether it can be collected, you may have to come again.
- The owner of the certificate him/herself should come and it will not be issued to anyone else.
- Photocopy both sides of your National Identity Card and bring it along with you to collect the certificate.
- It will also help if you bring a copy of your temporary certificate issued earlier if a copy is available.
If you know of anybody whose names are on the list, please inform them so that they will know that the certificates are available to be collected.
As and when we receive certificates from the Dept. of Examinations, we will be updating the data from time to time.
lists (Original Certificates Received) of Trained Teachers (PRINSETT Programme):
(The compatible reading software is Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.0 or higher)
| Year 1991 | Year 1992 | Year 1993 | Year 1994 |
Special Notice #2:
G.C.E. O/L English Literature – ‘Appreciation of English Literary Texts'
According to a decision taken by the ministry of Education, Literary Appreciation in English will be a subject examined at G.C.E.O/L from the 2008 examination onwards, being a subject in the second basket of subjects in category 3.2.2. The students can select one subject from each of the three baskets mentioned in Circular No. 2006/09 dated 07-03-2006. Circular No. 2007/06 dated 07.03.2007 had been issued subsequently to correct an error in the earlier one which inadvertently states having Literature for Grades 6 – 9. English Literature is a subject only from Grade 10 onwards. This was corrected but nothing else regarding Literature was changed.
Thus students can offer one subject from Basket No. 3.2.2., where Literary Appreciation in English too is included there. The Ministry of Education has sent another directive to schools dated 04-01-2008 asserting the above fact again as there had been misinterpretation of the circulars in the schools. A prototype paper will be released to assist teachers and students as to the format of the paper.
