Professional Career Milestones

Mahanama College, Colombo

• The Principal

Ministry of Education / State Ministry of Education Reforms 
[Deputy Director of Education (Education Reforms- Planning)]

• Developed the GIS system for Sri Lankan schools to restructure the education system
• Developed the integrated implementation plan for National Education Reforms including NIE & National Education Commission
• Developed Administrative reforms activity plan and conducted a mapping exercise with all provinces to identify school clusters, development boards and new zones and presented to the Sri Lanka parliament
• Developed an online system to analyze school clusters, boards
• Planned and Conducted an Empowering programme on Education Reforms for 1000 National school principals
• Developed and conducted a mechanism to collect public opinion on education reforms and aligned with the education reforms framework

Department of Education, Western Province
[Deputy Director of Education (Planning)]
 

• Planned and conducted school mapping exercise to determine core schools to be upgraded as national schools based on defined criteria
• Implemented productivity concepts in educational institutions and schools in the western province
• Planned and Conducted BPP (25 days, 60 Training Sessions, Basic Principalship Programme) for 1200 principals online
• Introduced School Development Plan that integrates AIP, Five Year Plan, and School Budget
• Introduced Integrated Planning Mechanism with Online Project Planning, Budgeting, Implementing and Monitoring System (DSIS)

Ministry of Education
[Assistant Director of Education (Secondary Schools Development and NSBS)]

• Developed the plan of the “Nearest schools is the best school” programme for the annual SLR 65B budget with the concept papers and cabinet papers
• “Sanitation First “- Programme to construct 1160 school sanitary units
• Planned and conduct Local and foreign Capacity development programmes for Principals
• Instructions and guidebooks were published, and over 1000 technological labs and faculties were established.
• Contributed to procurement process as TEC member over 25 procurement processes for TL & TF equipment and HRD programmes including foreign training

Department of Education, Eastern Province /  Ministry of Education, Eastern Province / Trincomalee Zonal Education Office
[Assistnat Director of Education (Planning, Mathematics, ICT)]

• Planned and established new 2 education zones, Trincomalee North and Batticaloa West
• Trincomalee Girl's High School was planned and established as the district's first Sinhala medium high school.
• Mathematical competition (Sinhala Medium) was conducted in a fully automated 
• Introduced a special capacity and confidence building programme “How to Become an Innovative Teacher” 
• Planned and Conducted 4 “Deyata Kirula” exhibitions in Kandy, Buththala, Anuradhapura and Ampara respectively in 2010,2011,2012 and 2013 for the provincial Education sector of EP
• Introduced Portable Mathematics Lab Concepts For 103 Secondary Schools in EP
• Introduced “Crick2020”, a mathematics game for students to develop basic concepts in mathematics
• Conducted School Mapping exercise and established GIS including location coordination of all EP schools 

ITN, Independent Television Network Ltd
[Project Assistant (Engneering)]

• Server Administration
• Installation, Monitoring & Troubleshooting of
• DNS, Mail Server, Database Server & File Server
• Proxy/ISA (Internet Security & Acceleration Server), Antivirus Server
• Network Administration
• Expansion, Monitoring & Troubleshooting of ITN & Lakhanda Computer network (over 150 terminals)
• Knowledge of using Cable testers, punch-down and crimping tools etc.
• Web Development
• Redeveloped and maintained the ITN official website in 2005, and 2006.
• Displayed Election results on the ITN website during this period.
• Computer Hardware
• Repairing and troubleshooting PCs and special type media purpose computers such as Character Generators, and Tele Prompters.
• Staff Training
• Conduct IT training sessions for Lakhanda staff
• Advertising
• Designed paper advertisements for ITN.
• Software Development
• Troubleshooting and redeveloping several modules for ITN & Lakhanda main Inventory Control Systems
• Develop several software applications such as SMS Counting Programme, ITN Electronic equipment maintaining the system, and Library Information System. 
• ITN / Lakhanda Restructuring & Strategic Planning Process 2005-2009
• Assist the process by data collecting by interviewing employees analysing relevant documents and preparing final reports as presentation and document formats.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports to the parliament via the chairman on content analysis of ITN News Telecasts and national development programmes.