Adyapana exhibition from October 5-7

Adyapana, the career-oriented exhibition has helped a large number of Sri Lankan students to excel in higher education and obtain employment said an official of the Australian Trade Commission.

He was speaking at a ceremony to launch Adyapana 2012, the higher education and career oriented exhibition which will take place from October 5-7 at the BMICH. The exhibition will be held in Batticaloa from October 12-14 and in Jaffna from January 18 -20, 2013.

“The excellence shown by Sri Lankan students has been the motivating factor for the Australian Trade Commission to support the program”, the official said.

The exhibition will comprise over 130 stalls with participants from leading universities and higher education institutes in the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, Nepal and Singapore. The theme of this year's exhibition is ‘Passport to the Future'.

Over 180,000 students have benefited from the exhibition which has been endorsed by the Ministry of Higher Education.

It brings local and international universities, business schools and colleges under one roof to exhibit education and career options. LECS Director, Imran Hassan said that many students have taken the passport to the future through Adyapana which has laid a solid foundation for higher education. Adyapana has built a solid reputation of being the most focused career oriented educational exhibitions.

"A miniature exhibition that began in 2006 with a few stalls has today scaled the heights of success to be the most focused higher educational exhibitions in the country.

The exhibition will provide an ideal opportunity to create awareness among students to explore career options”, he said.

Adyapana attracts a large number of students and parents from across the country and offers a myriad of opportunities for undergraduate, post graduate studies, vocational training and career guidance.

The exhibition is held for the seventh consecutive year by the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Conference Services (LECS).

LF