CIPM SL shines with National Quality Award for Education Sector

CIPM officials receiving the Merit Award for 2018

CIPM officials receiving the Commendation Certificate for 2017

CIPM Sri Lanka – the nation’s leader in human resource management – was recently selected to be awarded the Merit Award for the Education Sector (Medium Category) for 2018 and received commendation certificate for 2017 at the National Quality Awards competition organised by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) for the years 2017 and 2018. 

CIPM is the only organisation in the education sector to be awarded the Merit award. The Award recognises that CIPM Sri Lanka has initiated and is maintaining quality standard according to International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) recommendations. 

The Sri Lanka National Quality Awards Competition is an annual awards program organised by the Sri Lanka Standard Institution (SLSI) to recognise Sri Lankan organisations that excel in quality management and quality achievement in their respective businesses.

“Winning this Quality Award underscores our commitment to quality. As a dynamic and fast-growing professional body and business school, it is essential that we maintain very high standards so that we can be efficient in conducting all our activities. Our stakeholders have high expectations and this Award signifies our efforts to efficiently cater to their requirements,” said CIPM Sri Lanka President Dhammika Fernando. 

The Annual Sri Lanka Quality Awards Competition evaluates contenders for its quality awards based on seven factors namely Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer Focus, Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge Management, Workforce Focus, Processes Management and Results. These are the same evaluation criteria used for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards in the USA.

“An affirmation of our attention to quality by SLSI is a significant milestone in achieving our goals and objectives. I take this opportunity to thank all those who were involved in helping us achieve this prestigious award,” said CIPM Sri Lanka CEO P.G. Tennakoon who provided overall leadership, valuable advice and guidance as Management Representative and for the preparation of the CIPM Sri Lanka National Quality Awards Report which was submitted for evaluation by the SLSI. 

“The President and the Executive Council of CIPM Sri Lanka provided strategic direction and fullest support and motivation to enhance the quality standards to achieve this award,” he added, signifying the importance of top management support in successfully implementing initiatives of this nature. 

Further he mentioned: “Special thanks should go to Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager Ruwani Senevirathne for introducing quality standard initiatives and enhance for quality standards to this level to achieve the awards.”

CIPM Sri Lanka’s initiative at the National Quality Awards was spearheaded by Ruwani Senevirathne, who was supported by the Heads of Departments and staff members. Some of the many quality related awards won by CIPM Sri Lanka in the past include the Merit Award at the JASTECA 5S award ceremony and ISO 9001:2008 certification from SLSI in 2012 (CIPM was the first professional Institute to receive ISO certification). 

CIPM was also the winner of a Commendation Award under the service sector-small scale at the National Productivity awards organised by the National Productivity Secretariat of the Ministry of Productivity in 2013. 

It received a special commendation award under the service sector-small scale category at the awards program organised by the National Productivity Secretariat of Ministry of Productivity in 2014, commendation award at the Sri Lanka National Quality Awards program organised by the Sri Lanka Standard Institution(SLSI) in 2015, Winner of the Business Excellence award under the Educational Services category at the National Business Excellence Awards and Certificate of Conformity in ISO 9001:2015 for the CIPM Head Office and its branches by SLSI in 2017.