Dr. HML Kumari

• Reading for PhD in Education, University of South Wales, United Kingdom
• Master of Philosophy in Education – 2010, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Masters of Education in Educational Management  – 2007, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education with Distinction pass – 2002, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• BA in Economics First Class (Honours)– 1999, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Scholarship awarded for the MPhil/PhD by National Centre for Advanced Studies in Sri Lanka (2012)
• Scholarship offered for Intensive Leadership Training Programme by Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand (2009)
• Scholarship offered by the Fedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) for Training Programme on teacher trainers conducted at the First South Asian Summer University, New Delhi, India (2005)

• Educational Leadership and Management
• Classroom Management
• School Based Management and Educational Policy and Planning

• Distributed Leadership and collaborative work practices: Paper presented at the Annual   Postgraduate Research Conference (2015), University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
• Role of the school principals: Paper presented at the Annual Postgraduate Research Conference (2014), University of South Wales, United Kingdom.
• Instructional Leadership and principals’ role: Paper presented at the Graduate School Postgraduate Forum (2013), University of Wales, United Kingdom.
• A Study on Classroom Management Practices Leading to an Effective Teaching-Learning Process in Secondary Schools in Sri Lanka: Paper presented at the University of Colombo, Annual Research Symposium (2011).
• Situational Leadership and School improvement: Paper presented at Assumption University (2009), Thailand
• An Analytical study on the General Arts Degree Curricula offered by two selected universities in Sri Lanka: Paper presented at the University of Colombo, Annual Research Symposium(2008).
• Challenges in improving teacher leadership in Sri Lanka: Paper presented at the First South Asian Summer University (2005), New Delhi, India.

Unpublished Thesis

• An Analytical study on the General Arts Degree Curricula offered by two selected universities in Sri Lanka
• A Study on Classroom Management Practices Leading to an Effective Teaching-Learning Process in Secondary Schools in Sri Lanka
• A study of the Nature of the Results of Economics in the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) Examination Over the Time Period of Five Years and the Causes Leading to such Results

• Educational Administration
• School Based Management
• Human Resource Management
• Educational Planning
• Teaching Methods in Economics

• Team member of the National Assessment of Achievement of grade four pupils in Sri Lanka, National Education Research and Evaluation Centre (2006)
• Team member of the National Assessment of Achievement of grade four pupils in Sri Lanka , National Education Research and Evaluation Centre (2009)
• Team member of the Survey of Status of Second National Language Teaching and Learning in Colleges of Education, Sri Lanka (2006)
• Team Member of the Final Survey for impact evaluation of School Based Management (SBM) inSri Lanka, National Education Research and Evaluation Centre (NEREC), (2007)

Administrative Responsibilities

• Course Coordinator of the Master of Educational Management (Full time course) Faculty of Education, University of Colombo
• Member of the Higher Degrees Committee, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo
• Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo
• Representative of the Faculty of Education for the Sport Board, University of Colombo from 2006 to 2009

Involvement with other organizations

• External Examiner of the Med Thesis, Open University Sri Lanka
• Examiner of the Sri Lanka Educational  Administrative Service Examinations (SLEAS), National Evaluation and Testing Service, Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka (2011)
• Chief Supervisor of the marking panel of Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Examination, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka (2009/2010)
• Visiting lecturer in Economics for Bachelor of Labour Education Degree, Institute of Human Resource Advancement, Sri Lanka, from 2004 to 2007
• Visiting lecturer in Economics for Bachelor of Education Degree, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka, from 2004 to 2007

Graduate Supervision

• Bachelor of Education
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education
• Master of Education
• Master of Philosophy

Senior Lecturer