CLIL Short Course 2026: 100 Ministry of Education Scholarships for Bilingual Education Teachers
The Ministry of Education is offering 100 full scholarships for a short course in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to people working in bilingual education in government schools. The closing date, first set for 16 October, has been extended to 28 October 2026. Applying takes two steps, an online upload and a posted hard copy certified by your Head of Institute, and the notice says incomplete applications are rejected without warning.
Key Facts
Who Can Apply
The notices call applications from people involved in bilingual education in the government school system:
- Teachers
- In-Service Advisors (ISAs)
- Bilingual Education (BE) resource persons
- Teacher educators (SLTES officers)
- SLEAS officers
- Officers attached to Zonal Education Offices
The flyer and the Ministry's web text list the groups slightly differently, and both are combined above. Neither sets out age, service or language-level conditions, which are not specified in the notices.
The Course
- Subject: The flyer calls it a Short Course in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The Ministry's web text calls it a Short Course in Academic Literacy and CLIL.
- Length: 3.5 months, starting in November 2026.
- Format: Hybrid. About 60 percent is taught on-site at PGIE at weekends. Online sessions are held at weekends and on weekday evenings.
- Certificates: The Cambridge TKT CLIL certificate and a certificate of completion from PGIE.
- Cost: The Ministry offers full scholarships to those who are eligible.
How to Apply, Step by Step
- Read the flyer and the Ministry's course page for the details.
- Get a hard copy of the application form using the button above, fill it in with your details and sign it.
- Have your Head of Institute certify the application. The notice says applications without this certification are rejected.
- Scan the completed form and the other documents.
- Open the Google Form, complete it and upload the scanned documents.
- Send the hard copies of the application form and the other related documents by registered post to: The Director of Education, Bilingual Education Branch, Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Isurupaya, Battaramulla.
Incomplete applications, and applications sent without the Head of Institute's certification, are rejected without prior notice.
Applicant Guide
From the notice
- There are 100 scholarships, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education.
- The closing date is 28 October 2026, extended from 16 October 2026.
- Applying has two parts: the Google Form upload and the hard copies sent by registered post to the Bilingual Education Branch at Isurupaya, Battaramulla.
- The Head of Institute must certify your application. Without it, or if anything is incomplete, the application is rejected without notice.
- The notices do not say how the 100 recipients are chosen.
Editor's guidance (general advice, not part of the notice)
The points below are general guidance by GovInfo.lk, not part of the official notice.
- Start with your Head of Institute. Certification is the step most likely to sink an application, so ask for it first and do not leave it to the last days.
- Do both parts, and do them early. The notice describes the online upload and the registered-post copy as steps to follow, so complete both. Do not rely on only one.
- Post it in good time. The notice does not say whether the 28 October date applies to the date of posting or the date of receipt. Post by registered mail well before the date and keep the receipt.
- Check every field. Missing information makes an application incomplete, so check each part of the form, your signature and your attachments.
- Use the Ministry's own links. Take the form and the Google Form link from the Ministry's page or from this post, and be careful with copies shared in messaging groups.
- Check the dates against your timetable. Classes start in November with on-site weekend sessions at PGIE and evening and weekend online sessions. Check that you can attend before applying.
- If you have questions, contact the Bilingual Education Branch. The notices give no phone number or email address, so look on the Ministry's page for one.
🇱🇰 සිංහල සාරාංශය
- අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ Post Graduate Institute of English (PGIE) එක්ව සංවිධානය කරන CLIL කෙටි පාඨමාලාව සඳහා ශිෂ්‍යත්ව 100 ක් ලබා දේ.
- ද්විභාෂා අධ්‍යාපනයේ නිරත ගුරුවරුන්, ISA, ගුරු අධ්‍යාපනඥයන්, කලාප අධ්‍යාපන කාර්යාල නිලධාරීන් ආදීන් සඳහා මෙය විවෘතය.
- පාඨමාලාව මාස 3.5 කි. පන්ති 2026 නොවැම්බරයේ ආරම්භ වේ. එය දෙමුහුන් (hybrid) ක්‍රමයට පැවැත්වේ.
- ලැබෙන සහතික: Cambridge TKT CLIL සහතිකය සහ PGIE සම්පූර්ණ කිරීමේ සහතිකය.
- අයදුම්පත අත්සන් කර ආයතන ප්‍රධානියාගේ සහතික කිරීම ලබා ගන්න. Google Form හරහා උඩුගත කර, මුල් පිටපත් ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් යවන්න. අවසාන දිනය 2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 28.
🇱🇰 தமிழ் சுருக்கம்
- கல்வி, உயர் கல்வி மற்றும் தொழிற் கல்வி அமைச்சும் இலங்கை திறந்த பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் Post Graduate Institute of English (PGIE) உம் இணைந்து நடாத்தும் CLIL குறுங்காலக் கற்கைநெறிக்கு 100 புலமைப்பரிசில்கள் வழங்கப்படுகின்றன.
- இருமொழிக் கல்வியில் ஈடுபடும் ஆசிரியர்கள், ISA, ஆசிரிய கல்வியியலாளர்கள், வலயக் கல்வி அலுவலக அதிகாரிகள் ஆகியோர் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்.
- கற்கைநெறிக் காலம் 3.5 மாதங்கள். வகுப்புகள் 2026 நவம்பரில் ஆரம்பமாகும். இது கலப்பு (hybrid) முறையில் நடைபெறும்.
- கிடைக்கும் சான்றிதழ்கள்: Cambridge TKT CLIL சான்றிதழ் மற்றும் PGIE நிறைவுச் சான்றிதழ்.
- கையொப்பமிட்ட விண்ணப்பத்தை நிறுவனத் தலைவரின் உறுதிப்படுத்தலுடன் Google Form இல் பதிவேற்றி, மூலப் பிரதிகளைப் பதிவுத் தபாலில் அனுப்பவும். இறுதித் திகதி 2026 ஒக்டோபர் 28.
Official Links
[EDITOR: add the Ministry of Education page for the CLIL short course here, using its exact URL as a .gi-btn button.]
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Source and Updates
Source: Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education and the Post Graduate Institute of English: flyer "Short Course in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)" (deadline extended to 28 October 2026) and the Ministry's course notice, with the application form (PDF). [EDITOR: add the Ministry page link]
Prepared by: GovInfo.lk Editorial Team
Last reviewed: 22.10.2026
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