Our work in education | British Council Sri Lanka

We connect the UK and Sri Lankan school sector to enrich education, promote global citizenship and build international trust and understanding. We foster dialogue and international partnerships between higher education institutions and organisations and help students who want to study abroad. We also work in vocational education to make education and training systems better able to respond to labour market demands and learner needs.

Our education and English projects

Transform

The aim of TRANSFORM is access to learning opportunities provided by a relevant education system, allowing young people to contribute to the economic and social development of Sri Lanka.

Is education a key to economic recovery in Sri Lanka?

A discussion on education post-pandemic, supported by the TRANSFORM report: Current Challenges, Future Directions: An overview of research exploring key challenges in education in Sri Lanka.

Online English language teacher training

Our Improving Teacher Education in Sri Lanka Project, part of our larger TRANSFORM Programme, moved away from its normal face to face teacher educator training in March 2020 and moved int

A Celebration of the CBB Teacher Training Project: 2005-2020

Case Studies from across the country, which illustrates the impact of the project on the lives of the teachers, mentors and students who benefitted from the project.

SLELTEC Proceedings 2020

The British Council in Sri Lanka, together with the Ministry of Education, launch the proceedings of the Sri Lankan English Language Teacher Educator Conference (SLELTEC) held in March 2020.

NDB Impact Evaluation: Supporting 21st Century Skills

The Supporting 21st Century Skills programme aimed to equip secondary English teachers to be able to adapt their teaching and the activities in the English textbook to support their stude

Impact Evaluation report: Improving Teacher Education in Sri Lanka (ITESL)

The Improving Teacher Education in Sri Lanka (ITESL) Impact Evaluation report was launched online bringing in speakers from the field of education. The report is now publicly available.

We are here to help you become a more effective English teacher

English language teaching and training competition

A competition to collect best practice in English teacher lesson planning and English teacher educator session planning activities. Winning materials will be displayed at SLELTEC 2020.

Internationalising Higher Education

Through our higher education activities, the younger generation gain a wider understanding of both their country and the world around them.

Commonwealth Class

Commonwealth Class is a collaborative effort of the British Council, BBC and Commonwealth Secretariat providing online debates, teaching resources and interactive activities for schools.

English language teaching, teacher training and curriculum development

Our work with teachers, universities and ministries

We provide a number of educational services, including English language teaching, teacher training and material and curriculum development – to public and private sectors.

Current Challenges, Future Directions | Research reports

The British Council is pleased to be working with the Government of Sri Lanka on its education reform programme.

British Council English Language Assessment MOOC Competition

Announcing the winners of the British Council English language assessment MOOC speaking and listening task development competition.

English language assessment competition

The English language assessment competition grew out of our work with teacher educators, both pre and in -service, in the state sector in Sri Lanka.