Gateway Group

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The premier International School situated in Royal Gardens, Rajagiriya, provides quality teaching and learning for children from 2 1/2 to 18+ years of age with classes from Play Group to Advanced Level. The new fully fledged four acre Campus situated in a salubrious environment with a canal flowing on a side, consists of customised school buildings and modern facilities built with a blend of leading British Independent Schools architecture and Sri Lankan culture. Student population of the school has reached the capacity level of 1900.

One of the first International Schools in Sri Lanka, formerly known as Kandy International School was brought under the wings of Gateway in 2000. Now, a leading International School in Kandy with a student population of 900, provides education at all levels. The Campus in Kandy lacated at Asgiriya, is in close proximity to the renowned Asgiriya cricket stadium. The location, which is just one kilometer away from the Kandy town, provides a panoramic view. The school attracts students from towns as far as Kurunegala, Matale, Gampola and Nuwara Eliya.

Situated in a serene environment bordering a scenic lagoon with spacious play areas and modern facilities provides a valuable service to students from Play Group to AL in Negombo and the surrounding areas from Wattala to Chilaw and many cities in the Gampaha District.

Located in a majestic colonial building in Bambalapitiya, caters to students of Foundation and Primary levels. The school caters to students from western and southern parts of Colombo as well as the ones living in coastal areas from Dehiwela to Panadura.

Popularly referred to as the Kids School, the organisation offers ICT education to children of 4 to 16 years throughout the island at our own centres as well as in partnership with leading Independent schools and other training centres on a franchise basis. Our courses are taken by over 12000 school children in Sri Lanka. The entire programme is mapped to the school's ICT Curriculum of the English National Curriculum. This programme, designed and developed by us, is marketed the world over by NCC Education, UK as Computer Pioneers (CP). CP is taken by over 25,000 students the world over in countries such as Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dubai and Nigeria.

Incorporated in 1999 as a BOI approved company, CFICT has grown from a single location training centre, to one of the largest branch networks, with over 30 centres, providing training to more than 5,000 people monthly throughout the island. Our courses include academic programmes (Diploma to Advanced Diploma level), certificate courses (in various application software and programming), skills development programmes (e-Citizen, ICDL, Advanced ICDL etc.) and professional courses such as the Microsoft certified courses needed for the industry. The organisation has carried out large scale training assignments in Sri Lanka such as the training of over ten thousand Principals and Teachers in the state sector.

The Language Centre provides English Language Teaching (ELT) to Young Learners (6 to 12 years), Teenagers, School Leavers and Adults/Professionals. Delivery methods include taught lessons, blended learning and e-learning. Courseware by way of workbooks, audio, video and multimedia are provided by publishers in the UK such as Cambridge and Delta. All programmes meet international standards as the curricular are designed according to the Council of Europe Common European Framework. We carry out programmes in association with Pearson/Edexcel International and Cambridge International Examinations (ESOL). Several large scale training assignments have been carried out throughout the country in association with organisations such as the John Keells Group and the US Embassy.

Caters to the requests of parents who feel the need to develop and strengthen the communicative and dramatic skills of their children. It has made rapid progress since its inauguration, catering to students from local and international schools with approximately 850 students between the ages of 4 to 13 attending courses at any given time. Our competent and well trained teachers work as a team towards one goal, and that is to instill in our students a sense of self confidence and a realisation of self creativity. Students are presented for both foreign and local examinations according to their age and ability in Speech and Drama, Spoken English, Mime etc.

The organisation provides ICT based advisory services as well as customer software development services both externally as well as internally to the parent group. We provide e-Business solutions and custom applications. Combining proven expertise in emerging technologies and a strong understanding of new-economy business domains, we deliver end-to-end software solutions that solve technology needs. GCS's flagship product, School Online, won the National Best Quality Software award in the category of Education and Training consecutively for 3 years. In all three years, Gateway was selected to represent Sri Lanka in the Education and Training category for the international APICTA competition.

Gateway, has expanded its geographical boundaries to the UK by taking over the Abingdon Kindergarten Group in Oxford. Founded in 1987, the Abingdon Kindergarten Group has a reputation of providing quality child care and early learning to children up to 5 years. With the focus of providing quality education from Foundation to Graduation, Gateway now has the opportunity to share best practices across different countries. Training and developing the staff is considered a priority area at Gateway. With Gateway's entry to the UK, staff of Gateway schools in Sri Lanka and UK have the opportunity to share their experiences through teacher exchange programmes.