Old Thomians down Saracens to win CDCA Div III C’ship
Old Thomians Cricket Club, mostly represented by schoolboy cricketers of S. Thomas’ College and its fresh former players, beat Saracens Sports Club, to clinch the Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III Championship. Old Thomians recorded a comfortable 82-run win to secure the win of the final which was played at the SSC ground last [...]
Avishka Fernando’s all-round performance helps Panadura CC to defeat Ragama CC
The sterling all-round performance by Avishka Fernando and a good dose of extras, helped Panadura Cricket Coaching School to win the 12th MCA Inter Academy, U-15, 30 Over league tournament 2017, beating Ragama Cricket Academy by 19 runs at the MCA Grounds last Saturday. In the U-13 Final that took place in the morning session, [...]
Royal Institute School swimmers have exciting day at the pool
Young swimmers of Royal Institute International School took an exciting day out in the pool at the annual Swimming Championship held at the school’s swimming facility in Wijerama, Nugegoda. The competition was organised and conducted by the Royal Institute Swimming Club last Saturday with Head Coach Rukshan taking the forefront in putting matters into act. [...]
A noble gesture by British School U-13 Cricket Team
The British School in Colombo (BSC) in a noble gesture donated cricketing gear to the Under-13 Cricket Team of Mahadivulwewa Maha Vidyalaya, Trincomalee following their charity cricket encounter worked off at the Shalika Grounds, Narahenpita. The event was organised by the BSC Under-13 Cricket Team along with their parents in collaboration with the ‘Saviya’ Development [...]
STC Mt. Lavinia down STC Prep by 164 runs
S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia beat St. Thomas’ Preparatory School Colombo comfortably by 164 runs to win the inaugural Under-15 cricket encounter played for the Guy de Alwis Memorial Trophy, at Mt. Lavinia last Sunday. Put into bat first S. Thomas’ piled up 302 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 50 [...]
Nethmi and Lasan grab TT honours
Nethmi Hettiarachchi of Holy Cross College and Lasen Githmal of Royal College grabbed honours at the Western Province Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2017 organised and conducted by the Table Tennis Club which concluded at the S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia Indoor Stadium tables. Chathura Jayendra, the acting President of the Table Tennis Association of Sri [...]
Sri Lanka wins Qatar Asian Junior Team Cup
Sri Lanka won the Qatar Asian Junior Team Cup Under-14 tie against Kuwait by 2-1 held in Doha, Qatar recently. The Sri Lanka Under-14 team performed considerably well to overcome the Kuwaiti youngsters on their way to record a moral boosting 2-1 win. The Sri Lanka Under-14 team consisted of: Chathurya Nilaweera, Thehan Wijemanne, Nelaka [...]
Rotaract 3220 gears up for Rotaract Champions League 2018
The Rotaract Champions League (RCL) for 2018 will set off from the third week of January with many sports activities involved. The RCL 2018 will be held over two weekends, on January 20, 21, 27 and 28 and will consist of competitive sport activities including futsal, cricket, tag rugby, athletics, swimming, basketball, tennis, chess, table [...]
2018 Under-19 World Cup: Top 10 players to watch out for
The ICC Under-19 World Cup has served as a platform for a lot of legendary cricketers to prove themselves before they graduate to the senior international level. The likes of Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Kane Williamson, Quinton de Kock, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Dinesh Chandimal [...]
Textbooks for the visually handicapped
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam presents school textbooks to a visually handicapped student at the National Event for School Textbooks Distribution held at DS Senanayake College, Colombo, on January 11. Pic by Athula Devapriya.
Month’s extension for uniform material voucher’s validity: MoE
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has extended the expiry of this year’s uniform material vouchers distributed to school students. The MoE said the extension was to enable students who have not been able to purchase uniform material yet. Usually, uniform material vouchers expire on Dec.31 of the previous year and uniform material purchase not possible [...]
Increase in 3 ‘A’s at A/L 2017: Exams Dept.
There has been an increase in students obtaining 3 ‘A’ grades at the Advanced Level exam in 2017, and a decrease in students who have failed in all 3 subjects, the Exams Dept said. According to last year’s results 8267 students scored three ‘A’s, compared with 7,126 students in 2016. A/L 2017 had 22,021 students [...]
10,000 Lankan students Australia bound annually, for studies
About 10,000 Sri Lankan students head to Australia annually, for studies, the Australian High Commission (AHC) in Colombo said. “There have been more than 9,500 enrollments by Sri Lankan students to study in Australia, with thousands more pursuing Australian-affiliated studies, locally,” the AHC added. that . The Government of Australia noted that, in 2016-17 international [...]
CTU goes to HRC against Uva PC-CM
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) against the Chief Minister (CM) of the Uva Provincial Council (PC), for reprimanding a school Principal who refused to admit a student to her school. CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said he had written both to the Governor of the [...]
Education Dept. earns over Rs 54m by issuing certificates
The Education Dept. has earned over Rs 54 million last year through the issuance of certificates to candidates of National exams conducted by the Exams Dept. The Annual Report 2016 states a sum of Rs 54,729,000 has been earned by issuing certificates for the GCE Ordinary Level, Advanced Level, Buddhist Dhamma Teachers Exams and Technical [...]
‘Food Fest’ to support Sunera Foundation
The Colombo School of Arts & Sciences (CSA) has organised a food festival to raise funds to support the differently-abled. CSA students have chosen to better the lives of less privileged, differently-abled children and youth. Accordingly, the CSA, an international, Cambridge-associate school, has initiated a fundraiser to finance a year’s worth of free, weekly therapy [...]
Shehan Perera (19) dies soon after A/Ls, secures 3 ‘A’s
Shehan Perera, 19, from Kalutara who secured 3 ‘A’s at the Advanced Level exam, is, unfortunately, not alive to hear the good news. Shehan Dasun’s devastated parents held a blood donation programme last week, in memory of their beloved son who died of sudden heart failure, a month after sitting for his A/L’s on Sept.25. [...]
Study guidelines thoroughly, apply online: UGC urges university entrants
The University Grants Commission (UGC) urges students qualified to enter universities, to apply online, after studying the guidelines thoroughly. Applications for university entrance are accepted till Jan.26 and students can apply online by logging onto the UGC’s website www.ugc.ac.lk. They can also apply by purchasing the application and handbook from the UGC office in Colombo [...]