Al-Madina students gain entry to English Medium instruction

At the end of 2014, Al-Madina grade 5 students sat for an English exam to decide if they would be admitted to English medium classes in their new schools in Grade 6 in 2015. Out of 15 students, a record 7 students have been admitted to English medium from Grade 6. This is Al-Madina’s best …

Sri Lankan Village School Teachers run first workshop for peers

From April 21-24, 2013, a team of five lead teachers from the schools participating in the PIMD Lotus Program, ran their first Lotus Program teacher training workshop. PIMD was on hand to support them but they did an amazing job which was acknowledged by their peers. The other attending teachers commented that this was the …

Lotus Program launches! January 2012

In January, 2012 the PIMD team visited the six schools participating in our Lotus Program to formally launch the Lotus Program at the start of the new school year. All teachers gave demonstration lessons. View videos of some of the standouts on our Youtube channel .

First Teacher Training Workshop

In July 2011 PIMD conducted the first teacher training workshop for the new phase of our Lotus Program focusing on English and Computer Literacy for Grades 3-5. Forty teachers from six schools participated. They were introduced to teaching techniques and approaches for English Literacy based on the use of levelled readers in both guided (small group) …