Centre for Financial Literacy

Who We Are?

We are the Department of Finance, we have proven our "A-grade quality" throughout the past decade by being at the forefront of knowledge in finance through teaching, research, service, and outreach.

With materializing the mission of delivering first-rate finance education and contributing to the financial and economic development of Sri Lanka and other regions, we have recently established another new initiative; the Center for Financial Literacy (CFL).

The main objective of CFL is to serve national and international needs for education and research consulting services in financial literacy.

What We Do?

In its simplest form, we offer practical and applicable finance knowledge. Financial literacy is essential for inclusive growth and collaborative economic development, which are now central to the research agenda and national policy frameworks in countries all around the world.

Numerous researchers demonstrate that people with high financial literacy tend to be more logical when making financial decisions; they save more money, obtain funds via the official financial system at reasonable rates, and promptly decide on suitable investments and retirement plans. Through this, they will be able to accumulate assets and guarantee their "financial well-being" throughout their lives.

Sri Lanka is a country with a high print literacy rate of 92.64%, however, according to a survey led by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) with the technical and financial assistance of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the "financial literacy" rate of the country is 57.9%, which is considerably low.

As we have recognized the significance in advance, we strive to enhance financial literacy through our Center for Financial Literacy. We carry out exceptional programs, including workshops to heighten financial literacy among graduates and undergraduates, employees in the public and private sectors, and people in the general public. We provide training of trainers (TOT) programs to create a pool of qualified instructors who can later instruct others on the subject matter.

Further center for Financial Literacy provides personal finance and money management education to the school students community. These free financial coaching sessions has really helped the students to understand their finances.

Ultimately, in line with the university's vision, we seek to "Become a Centre of excellence in the creation and dissemination of knowledge for sustainable development".

Financial Literacy Course

මෙම පාඨමාලාව පාඨමාලා ඒකක 10කින් සමන්විත ‌වේමුදල් පිළිබඳ මූලික කරුණු

මූල්‍ය විනය

පුද්ගලික මූල්‍ය කළමණාකරණය

මුදල් ඉතිරිකිරීම

මුදල් නාස්තිකිරීම

ණය ගැනීම

අයවැයකරණය

ආයෝජනය සහ ධනය සැලසුම් කිරීම

බදුකරණය

රක්ෂණය

මෙම පාඨමාලා ඒකක සියල්ලක්ම ඔබ වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කරනුයේ සජීවීකරණ වීඩියෝ ආකාරයෙනි. කිසිදු ගාස්තු අය කිරීමකින් තොරව ඕනෑම අයෙකට මෙම සජීවීකරණ වීඩියෝ සඳහා ප්‍රවෙිශ විය හැක. එබැවින් ඕනෑම අයෙකට තම දැනුම වර්ධනය කරගැනීමට අවස්ථාව සලසා දීම මූල්‍ය අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ පරමාර්ථයයි

Our Team

Patrons

Senior Prof. Nilanthi De Silva

Vice-Chancellor

University of Kelaniya

Prof. Bandara Wanninayake

Dean

Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies

Head / Department of Finance

Dr. J.M.R. Fernando

Head

Department of Finance
Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies

Director

Dr. Chathura Liyanage

Senior Lecturer Grade II

Department of Finance
Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies

Standing Committee (Board)

Dr. Madhurika Nanayakkara

Senior Lecturer Grade I

Department of Commerce and Financial Management
Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies

Dr. Sugeeth Patabendige

Senior Lecturer Grade I

Department of Marketing Management
Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies

Ms. Vindya Sangarandeniya

Senior Lecturer Grade I

Department of Human Resource Management
Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies

Mrs. Dhanushka Piyananda

Lecturer (Prob)

Department of Finance
Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies

Our Projects

18th October 2022
Financial Literacy Awareness Programme
At Taxila Central College, Horana

On October 18th we succeeded in launching the first day of the conference series at Taxila Central College in Horana guided by our lectures Prof. Susima Weligamage and Dr. Chathura Liyanage. Around 200 students in the 12th and 13th grades of the Commerce section in the school were involved. In this session, we shared our knowledge of personal finance management, budgeting, and virtual currencies. Based on student feedback the session was very successful.

19th October 2022
Financial Literacy Awareness Programme
At Karunarathna Buddhist National College, Wattala

On 19th October we conduct our second session at the Karunaratne Buddhist National College in Wattala. Ms. P.W.Ganga Madhushani and Mr. Jayanath Samarawickrama who are the lecturers of the Department of Finance contributed as the resource persons for this session. There were over 250 students from all streams of A/L section at the school participated. We got very positive comments about this session from the school teachers and the participating students.

9th November 2022
Financial Literacy Awareness Programme
At Tripoli Army Camp, Maradana Colombo 10

On 9th November we conduct our third session at Tripoli Army Camp, Maradana. Ms. Dhanushka Piyanada and Mr. Ruwan Buddhika who are the lecturers of the department of Finance contributed as the resource persons for this session. Over 100 army officers participated in this session.

15th November 2022
Financial Literacy Awareness Programme
At Hayleys Advantis Limited

On 15th November we conduct our fourth session at Hayleys Advantis Limited's Head office. Ms. Dhanushka Piyanada lecturer from the Department of Finance contributed as the resource person for this session. Over 100 staff members participated in this session in a hybrid mode.

17th November 2022
Financial Literacy Quiz Programme
At Mahinda Rajapaksha College, Homagama

On 17th November we succeeded in launching the fifth day of the conference series at Mahinda Rajapaksha College in Homagama guided by our lectures Dr. Chathura Liyanage and Mr. Ruwan Buddhika. Around 100 students in the 13th grade of the Commerce section in the school were involved. In this session, we shared our knowledge of personal finance management and conducted a quiz on Financial literacy. Based on student feedback the session was very successful.

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