National Institute of Social Development - NISD

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The humble beginnings of this pioneer institution in social work education commenced in 1952 when some leading citizens, a few non-governmental organizations and representatives of some government departments made a combined effort to establish the Ceylon Institute of Social Work. This institution was re-named as the Sri Lanka School of Social Work and commenced Diploma in Social Work in 1964.

In 1987 the University Grants Commission informed that Sri Lanka School of Social Work should be upgraded as an Independent Institution. Cabinet approved the cabinet paper to establish the National Institute of Social Development in 1989 in order to provide higher education in Social Work and the School was upgraded and re-named as the National Institute of Social Development by an Act of Parliament namely: the National Institute of Social Development Act no.41 of 1992.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between University of Colombo and NISD in 2003, following the suggestion of UGC to collaborate with a local University to commence the Bachelor of Social Work.

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Contact information

Liyanagemulla, Seeduwa

Phone number
112 882 506
Email
[email protected]
Website
https://nisd.ac.lk/index.php?lang=en