The third session of the special seminar on ‘Improving Communication and Media Literacy in Northern Province Schools’ was conducted by the Department of Government Information with the collaboration of the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna under the National School Media Club Promotion Program on 29th of October 2021.

The event was coordinated by Mr. Harsha B. Abeykoon, Assistant Director of Information, Department of Government Information. r. S. Raguram, Head, Department of Media Studies spoke on the title of ‘Transitional Stage and Trends of Mass Media during the Corona Period’ and Ms. Sivapriya Sriram, Senior Lecturer, Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University and Ms. Poongulaly Srisankeerththan, Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna delivered the lectures on ‘Conflict Sensitive Journalism’ and ‘Contemporary Media Technologies : An Introduction’ respectively.

As a conclusionary session, the panel discussion was conducted by Retired Professor Kamal Waleboda, Department of Mass Communication, University of Colombo, Dr.S.Raguram, Senior Lecturer / Head, Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna, Ms. Sivapriya Sriram, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Communication Studies, Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University of Sri Lanka and Ms. Poongulaly Srisankeerththan, Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna.

More than 115 participants including the teachers who are involved in teaching ‘Communication and Media Studies’ in schools and the students benefitted from this third session.