{"id":7,"date":"2018-08-07T07:57:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T07:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/s.athirathan\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:33:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/s.athirathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Google Scholar&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fview_op%3Dnew_articles%26hl%3Den%26imq%3DAthirathan%2BSabaratnam%23|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\"> Dr. S Athirathan<\/h1>\n[vc_column_text]Senior Lecturer<br \/>\nDepartment of Social Science Education<br \/>\nFaculty of Education<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Qualifications<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2019<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Ph.D. in Education<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE), (SEDA) <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2011<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Master of Education <\/p><p class=\"where\">Eastern University, Sri Lanka <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Distinction) <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Jaffna<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Master of Arts in Economics<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Peredeniya <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2002<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">BA (Hons) (Upper Second) in Economics<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Jaffna<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Appointments<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Coordinator For the  B.Ed. Part II  and FND Programme (TM)  from 2013 -2015<\/li><li class=\"\">Coordinator, B.Ed. (TM) 2015-2018<\/li><li class=\"\">Coordinator, Post Graduate Diploma in Education (TM) 2019 - 2022<\/li><li class=\"\">Coordinator, Master of Education (TM) 2020-2022  & 2023\/2024,  2025\/2026<\/li><li class=\"\">Acting Head, Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. 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