and are planning to include Financial Management & International Through Transport as well. In order to prepare the students for the Institute Qualifying Examination, above subjects are covered by conducting question and answer sessions periodical examinations and also mock examinations, after the conclusion of the syllabus in each subject. The question and answer sessions give students the opportunity to put questions and voice any problems they have.
Mock examinations would give the students the opportunity to practice their examination techniques and to review their weak areas

Library Facilities
The Local Branch maintains a fully fledged library with very important and valuable books on all subjects. These books are available for reference by the students.
We are also planning to extend this facility by allowing the students to lend books of their requirement.

Distance Learning Centre
The local Branch is planning to set up a Distance learning Centre in Colombo by the end of February 2002.This center would provide Education( Correspondence ) for Students who are unable to attend classes and for those executives in the upper end in the Industry. This facility will be extended to the shipping community in Maldives particularly the Sri Lanka community in Male and other Shipping Centers in the Middle East.

Student Placement with Shipping Agents/ Freight Forwarders
For the benefit of ICS Registered Students, local branch is finalizing on the job training for students to gain working knowledge in the Shipping and Allied Industry and Prospective Employers will train the students for a period of 3 to 6 months and once students completed the examinations, they are better equipped to commence work. The Prospective Employers will consider such trained personnel to hire for their organizations