Metropolitan Academy, first SLIM accredited corporate learning centre

Metropolitan Group tied up with the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing becoming Sri Lanka's first corporate to be accredited by SLIM to conduct its professional courses externally.

J.J.Ambani and Thushara Perera exchange the agreement

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between SLIM and the Metropolitan Group. Metropolitan's educational arm, Metro Academy will conduct the preliminary certificate in marketing course shortly.

"Metropolitan always believed in a learning culture. We have taken every effort to endorse and facilitate learning among our employees, and that was the reason for the birth of Metro Academy. We will shortly extend these courses to the public through the tie up with SLIM," said General Manager, Group Human Resources division Dulani Nissanka.

The third batch of students graduated recently from Metro Acadey, the Metropolitan Group's in-house education and knowledge arm. The Metro Academy conducts courses in several streams as well as many subjects including marketing and sales course conducted jointly with the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing.

She said that the Academy hopes to expand its tie-up with the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing in offering advanced marketing and sales related study courses and that several other professional bodies and institutes will also be partnering with the Metro Academy in time to come.

Currently, the Academy offers programs in Certificates in Selling, Advanced Certificates in Selling, the Foundation Course in Communication for Business and the Certificate Course in Marketing Management.

Metro Academy was set up three years ago to enhance and develop the skills and knowledge of Metropolitan Group employees. "Today, the Academy has expanded to offer language development and will also launch a series of customer relationship management programs as well", Chairman of the Metropolitan Group J J Ambani, and President of SLIM Thushara Perera said at the MoU signing ceremony.