The Faculty of the Education of the University of Colombo held its Third International Research Symposium on the 24th of November 2023 in hybrid mode. The theme of the symposium was Research Excellence to Empower Education. This conference provided a platform to researchers in the field of education related disciplines to disseminate their findings, knowledge exchange and knowledge creation towards the development of education in Sri Lanka.

Associate Professor, Dr. Arun Kumar Tarofder, Graduate School of Management, Management and Science University in Malaysia delivered the keynote address on Impact of AI empowering Education. This international research symposium was successfully conducted under the patronage of Dr. Kapila Bandara, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Colombo and was chaired by Dr. Kumudu Seneviratne together with the Co-chair Ms.Enoka Randeniya and was graced by Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Senior Professor H.D.Karunaratne.