Intel and Ministry of Education launch improved skoool.lk

Intel Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Education, launched the new and improved skoool.lk website for students and teachers recently. The official web site of skoool learning and teaching program now has content from the local syllabus for two important subjects, Science and Mathematics which are now available in Sinhala and Tamil. The Sinhala and Tamil translations were facilitated by the University of Moratuwa.

The British Council has made its 'Learn English Kids' web content available on the site as well.

Minister of Education, Bandula Gunawardana said, "Having seen how students were able to learn better using skoool.lk in English, we wanted to widen its user base. By providing course material in Sinhala and Tamil for some important subjects from the local syllabus, such as Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics, students learning in our local languages would also be able to make use of this."

"The addition of the British Council's English content will help us take English to students in every corner of the island. I thank Intel and British Council for helping us enrich the lives of our future generations," he said. "The Intel curriculum content program, skoool, supports the access of educational content of mathematics and science across 30 countries with over five million users annually," a spokesman for the company said. "Through collaborations with education ministries, agencies, and expert teachers around the world, skoool delivers relevant, localised, and curriculum-aligned content to students worldwide."

"This program also provides teachers and students online access to science and mathematics resources and tools in an engaging, multimedia environment to help improve learning," he said.