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ANC VISION

To be the first choice for Tertiary education in Sri Lanka


ANC MISSION

Molding successful futures by delivering International quality education To develop knowledge professionals capable of creating and exploiting global market opportunities.

The ANC Global Education Program: Transfer and Degree Completion Options Spanning the Globe

American Education Centre Limited (AECL) also known as ANC Education is a private higher education institute which provides American, British and Australian education programmes in Sri Lanka. The company is a subsidiary of CIC (www.ceylinco-insurance.com), Sri Lanka’s largest and oldest Insurance Company, which has over 35% market share of the country’s insurance businesses. CIC is listed on the main board of the Colombo Stock Exchange (www.cse.lk).
Having grown from an initial intake of 46 in 2002, ANC Education has prepared over 4,000 Sri Lankan and international students for major education systems – viz. American Australian and British. With a wide range of educational institutions under its umbrella, ANC Education is the only education conglomerate in Sri Lanka that caters to the specific needs of all students – from pre-school at ANC-Modern Montessori International (London) , O/L and A/L at Wycherley International School, through to undergraduate degree programs, executive adult education and corporate training.

ANC Education delivers an excellent education at the Pre-University, Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree, and Bachelor Degree levels to motivated and committed Sri Lankan and international students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

ANC Education has been successful in becoming the leading educational centre in the region for American university degree programmes. ANC Education has a significant number of international students from countries such as India, Maldives, South Korea, China and Europe. Also, a significant percentage of ANC Education’s student populations have parents who live and work abroad, particularly in the Middle East.

ANC Education started offering Northern Consortium UK (NCUK) programmes through a formal agreement and these programmes include International Foundation Year and International Diploma (university 1st year) in Business and Engineering. So far ANC Education has completed three academic years under this agreement and the fourth academic year is currently underway.


The ANC Education University College Degree completion program was established with the objective of developing our nation’s youth into well-rounded, competitive and resilient individuals who are able to contribute significantly to the economic growth and prosperity of the country.

 

Students have the option of completing a dual major degree by completing an additional 6 courses. During the last 8 years, i.e. from the day ANC Education students started transferring, approximately hundred’s of ANC Education students who participated in the American University transfer programme have transferred to almost 100 different universities in the USA and 5 universities in Canada.

ANC Education introduced its Australian university pathway through Monash College Melbourne, Australia, a fully owned subsidiary of Monash University in Australia.

The pathway, the Monash University Foundation Year, MUFY (see www.mufy.monash.edu.au/) is a pre-university one-year program designed to prepare international students for university study in Australia. Students are guaranteed entry to the first-year of a Monash University undergraduate degree once they have satisfied the minimum academic and English language entry requirements. The qualification is also well recognized by other Australian and overseas universities. Further, the MUFY has been accredited under the Commonwealth of Australia, National Foundation Programme Standards. ANC also offers the Monash College Undergraduate Diploma Part 2 programs (http://www.monash.edu/monashcollege/about/pathway/) equivalent to the first year Monash University. The Undergraduate Diploma is a guaranteed entry pathway to the second year in the Degree programmes at Monash University in Australia and other Australian universities or Malaysian universities.

ANC Education Subsidiaries & Associate companies

 

Wycherley International School

 

Wycherley International School, boasts of 25 years of academic excellence coupled with traditional social values of a multicultural environment. Wycherley International School today proudly holds aloft the honour of being the only school in Sri Lanka to be a Cambridge Centre imparting the totality of the Cambridge curriculum throughout a student’s school life. Reputed for its excellent O/L and A/L results, Wycherley has been producing ‘stars” that have excelled in an assortment of academic spheres in top ranking universities in the world.

NetAssist International

 

NetAssist International provides advanced IT training and professional certification, bringing the advanced IT training and internationally accredited certifications within the reach of Sri Lankans at an affordable cost. In addition, Net assist provides consultancy on IT related to services such as Software development; Network designing, Network security, Data storage, Communication servers and all Microsoft products.


 

 

Modern Montessori International (MMI)

 

Modern Montessori International (London) a leader in International Montessori Pre-School education providing the most up-to-date Montessori programme and child development services based on the Montessori Method of Education. The Modern Montessori International Group today has over 100 centres worldwide with offices in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand.


Executive Committee

    Dr. Punarjeeva Karunanayake
    M.D.
    CEO / Executive Director
    Dr. Upali Mampitiya
    Ph.D., M.Sc. , B.Sc.
    Chief Academic Officer
    Mr. Daniel R. Kelch
    Programs Director
    Northwood University International Program Centers
    Malaysia / Sri Lanka.
    Mr. P. Saravanan
    AGM Finance / Chief Finance Officer
    Mr. Ifthikar Marikar
    AGM Enrolment Management, American Transfer Programs
    Mr. Gishan Sumanasiri – MBCS,BSc,MBA
    AGM Degree Completion Programs
    Ms. Aruni Mahipala
    AGM – HR / Admin/Internal Marketing
    Dr Boniface Peiris
    Ph.D.MPhil, M.Sc.
    Head of US Transfer Program
    Dr. Nuraj Rajapakshe (Engineering)
    PhD. ,MSc. , BSc.
    Head of Monash College Diploma Program
    Mr. Inderjit Chander - MBA, LLB,
    Academic Head US Degree Completion, Northwood Program
    Mr. M B M Naufaloon - M.Sc. B.Sc.
    Head of Monash University Foundation Year
    Mr. Prasad Amarasinghe MSc (Info. Sys.) (London), Dip. IT (Australia)
    Senior Manager – Academic Administration.

 

 

Board of Directors

Mr.W.C.J.Alwis
BSc,FIII, FCII(London) - Chairman

[Director(Technical)/Chief Technical Officer –Ceylinco Insurance Plc"
Mr.A.R.Gunawardhana
FCIC - Director

[Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer(General Insurance) - Ceylinco Insurance Plc
Mr.D.W.P.Upali
ACA, MBA - Director

,Chief Financial Officer (General Insurance) - Ceylinco Insurance Plc]
Mr. H.D.K.P. Alwis
FCIC - Director

[Director/Deputy Chief Executive Officer(General Insurance) - Ceylinco Insurance Plc]
Dr. Punarjeeva Karunanayake M.D. - Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director.