Two school workshops were conducted by the press council covering schools at Zonal Education divisions in Badulla & Bandarawela district on 17 th October, 2019 & 18 th October 2019 for the School Media Workshops series. The Seminars were conducted at the auditorium in Badulla Municipal Council & Darmashoka College, Bandarawela. Nearly 800 students were participated representing the Zonal educational divisions for the Workshop which was held on “Media Literacy & Entertainment”. Emeritus Professor Mr. Sunanda Mahendra , Former Head of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, Dr.Mrs Wasana Maithree at University Of Kelaniya & Mr. Prasannajith Abeysuriya , The Former Head of the Department of Drama at the University of Visual & Performing Arts were participated as resource persons to this special occasion .The programme was involved with lectures & discussions.

The school Workshop on “Media Literacy and Appreciation Under the series of Media Workshops for Schools conducted by the Sri Lanka Press Council, the first school workshop for the year 2019 was held on 25th of February 2019 at the District Secretarial Office in Kalutara.

Two lectures were conducted under two main topics by Sri Lanka Press Council for students who are studying at Galahitiyawa Central College in its auditorium today.
The discourse was conducted under the theme “Sri Lanka Press Council Act & its Ethics” by the press Commissioner Niroshana Thambawita. Another discourse was conducted regarding “The Right to Information Act and its importance” by Mr Daya Sri Narendra.

The first school workshop for the workshop series in 2020 was held at Panadura Balika College on 27th of February. Nearly 450 students participated for this event representing the relevant Zone. Emeritus Professor at University of Kelaniya Mr. Sunanda Mahendara, Senior lecturer Mr. Wijayananda Rupasinghe and Senior lecturer Mr. Prasannajith Abesooriya participated to this event as resource persons. The workshop was held associating lectures and discourses.