The ‘EDEX Mid Year Expo- 2017’ organized by the Royal College Union will be held on September 2 and 3 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC), the Royal College EDEX Advisory and Management Committee said last week.
The first EDEX Mid-Year Expo was launched by Royal College Union in 2013 to encourage Sri Lankan youth who passed the GCE O/L and A/L examinations and also school leavers, tertiary educational and postgraduate course seekers, undergraduates and graduates, underemployed and unemployed youth to be globally competitive by receiving higher education in top class local and foreign universities and educational institutions.
Speaking to Sunday Observer Chairman, EDEX, Mahinda Galagedara highlighted the importance of receiving higher education for youth after their school career and said EDEX remains the uncontested and largest tertiary education exhibition and job fair in Sri Lanka.
The Exhibition and Job fair is held annually in January in Colombo and Kandy and the Mid-Year Expo in September in Colombo.
The exhibition helps large number of Sri Lankan youth to find suitable higher educational course according to their qualifications as well as job opportunities.