Shaleeka Jayalath
Shaleeka Jayalath is a seasoned educator and writer with a keen focus on learning beyond the classroom. She has partnered with Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. to produce a 12-part online series, The Education Hour with Shaleeka Jayalath, aimed at exploring innovative approaches to education. She has also written multiple educational articles for The Nation, between 2015 and 2016. Her extensive academic background is further reflected in her published works, including Algebra for O'Levels (Sarvodaya Vishva Lekha Publications, 1999), a comprehensive textbook designed for O-Level students. Shaleeka has contributed several insightful articles to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, including The True Meaning of Scenario Analysis (2005) and MCDA: Putting the Numbers into the Intangible (2003). Additionally, she co-authored a biographical piece on Mukta Wijesinha for Sam Wijesinha: His Parliament, His World (2012), edited by R.Wijesinha, which highlights the life and contributions of the distinguished parliamentarian. Her work reflects a commitment to advancing education and contributing to the broader discourse on analytical thinking and knowledge dissemination.
Bridging the Inter-Generational Gap
In an increasingly chaotic, acronym-driven society, ruled by YOLOs (“you only live once”) and FOMOs (“fear of missing out”), where parents pronounce “delulu” (“delusional”) as “dilalla” and assume it to be a reference to a girl named Delilah, the divide between generations has
By Dividing Classrooms, Are We Dividing Our Nation?
Sri Lanka’s geo-strategic location in the Indian Ocean has over the centuries given it a diverse ethnic makeup. Today, we fancy ourselves to be a multicultural utopia, and refer proudly to our multicultural
Education Preparing Children for the Full Circle of Life
Education is far more than the pursuit of grades. It is about preparing students for life itself, with its joys and challenges, and sadly, the unavoidable reality of the life cycle: birth, aging, and death. But while it is at
EdTech 21st Century Education or A Trojan Horse?
Educational Technology or EdTech is a concept that has evolved over the years. From referring to the use of overhead projectors in lecture rooms (unheard of by today’s Gen Zs!) to taking the
The Missing Ingredient in Parenting Why Dads Can’t Stay on the Sidelines
In the 1950s, Talcott Parsons, a functionalist sociologist, argued that both the father and the mother had well-delineated roles to play within the family. Parsons viewed the father as the ’’instrumental leader,’’
Is rote learning destroying our ability to Think & Grow?
For years, students in Sri Lanka following the national curriculum have been taught to ace their O-level and A-level exams by memorizing textbook content and even marking schemes provided by the Department of Examinations.
