{"id":694,"date":"2021-07-09T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2025-01-20T01:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:39:41","slug":"advance-certificate-programme-in-tourism-entrepreneurship-and-business-development-actebd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/advance-certificate-programme-in-tourism-entrepreneurship-and-business-development-actebd\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Certificate in Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship (ACSTE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>SLQF Level\u00a0<\/strong> :<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>SLQF 1 (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugc.ac.lk\/attachments\/1156_SLQF_2016_en.pdf\"><strong>https:\/\/www.ugc.ac.lk\/attachments\/1156_SLQF_2016_en.pdf<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Major Objective<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The major objective of this Advance Certificate Programme in Advance Certificate in Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship (ACSTE) is to provide the essential conceptual and analytical knowledge with required skills through an <strong>Industry-Interactive and Application-Oriented Learning Approach<\/strong> to create <strong>professional excellence and analytical preparedness<\/strong> for innovative entrepreneurs for tourism development of the country, more specifically focusing to ensure <strong>People-Centered Sustainable Tourism Development<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Specific Objectives of the ACSTE\u00a0Programme<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The specific objectives of this course are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To provide the conceptual and analytical knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship in travel, tourism and hospitality management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To apply the gained knowledge and skills to start innovative and responsible tourism entrepreneurship through investment ventures in the industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To offer the entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to promote and formalize SME and People-Centered Tourism Investments in different parts of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To develop necessary skills and knowledge to apply for responsible and sustainable tourism business management align with national objectives of the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Target Groups<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The main target groups of this advance certificate course are the different levels of professional employees of the industry and those who aspire to be professional entrepreneurs in travel, tourism and hospitality management in both domestic and international tourism industry in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625851129519{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #800080 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #800080 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #800080 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #800080 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Medium\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">English<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625851034803{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #800080 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #800080 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #800080 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #800080 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Duration of the program<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Six (6) Months<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1737337082622{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #800080 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #800080 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #800080 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #800080 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Application period<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> January \u2013 31<sup>st<\/sup> January 2025<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Admission Requirements<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The minimum educational qualifications of the prospective students to follow this certificate programme should possess any of the following qualifications:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">G. C.E. A\/L or Equivalent Qualification<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OR<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Completion of NVQ Level 4 or Equivalent Qualification<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AND<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Passing the Admission\/Selection Test and Interview<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1736061840580{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #800080 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #800080 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #800080 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #800080 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Course Fee ( Local Students )<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Application Fee :\u00a0 Rs. 3000.00<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Program Fee : Rs. 100,000.00<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Payable in installments; Will be changed according to industry demand-trends and situation.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625849143056{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #800080 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #800080 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #800080 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #800080 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Course Fee ( Foreign Students)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Application Fee: <strong>US$ 15<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Program Fee : <strong>US$ 500<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Payment period: <strong>Total Payment must be paid to register with the programme<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Contact details: <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Prof\u00a0 D. A. C. Silva<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Title<\/strong>: Coordinator<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Telephone<\/strong>: +94773518500; +94773131208; +94112596889<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:drsuranga@econ.cmb.ac.lk\">drsuranga@econ.cmb.ac.lk<\/a>; tourism@econ.cmb.ac.lk; <a href=\"mailto:drsuranga3@gmail.com\">drsuranga3@gmail.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625857519922{border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;border-left-color: #800080 !important;border-left-style: double !important;border-right-color: #800080 !important;border-right-style: double !important;border-top-color: #800080 !important;border-top-style: double !important;border-bottom-color: #800080 !important;border-bottom-style: double !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Application process\/guidelines\/link to the webpage :\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> <a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uoctourism.com\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.uoctourism.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] SLQF Level\u00a0 :\u00a0 \u00a0 SLQF 1 (https:\/\/www.ugc.ac.lk\/attachments\/1156_SLQF_2016_en.pdf) &nbsp; Major Objective The major objective of this Advance Certificate Programme in Advance Certificate in Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship (ACSTE) is to provide the essential conceptual and analytical knowledge with required skills through an Industry-Interactive and Application-Oriented Learning Approach to create professional excellence and analytical preparedness for innovative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}