Royal College developing Strategic Plan with MTI

March 18, 2010 - PRLog -- This project is managed by the School Development Committee (SDC) established under the Program for School Improvement (PSI) initiative by the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka. Royal College partners with MTI Consulting for this initiative, taking into consideration the evolving educational landscape, and the expectations of all key external & internal stakeholder groups.

MTI will be conducting many consulting sessions, workshops, feedback & research from stakeholders in order to develop this plan. This 5 year plan will be centered around the ‘Royal College Eco System’ which focuses around the development of a student, via the economic value addition of education, personality and the individual’s values and morals. Academic activities, Co-curricular activities (including sports as well as clubs and societies), Teachers and the College Infrastructure form the next inner circle while External Linkages, government expectations and compliances will form the outer circle according to MTI CEO, Hilmy Cader.

The principal of Royal College, Upali Gunasekera mentioned that Royal expects to maintain and improve upon the success built over 175 years and that this will be a landmark achievement for the school by becoming the first government educational institution to develop such a strategic direction. He further added that Royal College look forward to sharing this experience with other state owned schools in the country through the Ministry of Education to help uplift standards of education in the entire country.

The School Development Committee (SDC) which is guided by the MTI Consultants in this project, includes representatives from Royal College led by the Principal as the chairman and other major stakeholder groups such as the teachers, parents, old boys and the government, said Dhanushka Jayakody, Regional Consultant of MTI.

MTI Consulting has a proven track record in consulting assignments for educational institutions, including high schools, universities, state owned and private educational institutes etc. In Sri Lanka it has extensive experience with public sector institutions such as Bank of Ceylon, Export Development Board, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ministry of Commerce, National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), National Savings Bank, SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka Telecom and Sarasavi Saviya in the domains of Strategic Planning, Re-Structuring, Corporate Finance, Technology, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Research & Analytics.