At the London (Edexcel) and Cambridge O/L, Advanced Subsidiary and A/Ll examinations 2010 Royal Institute has produced best results.
In the London (Edexcel) A/L examinations 9 students obtained 4 straight 'A' grades and 11 students passed with 3 'A' grades with most of them getting over 90 marks in their subjects earning stars. At the Advanced Subsidiary examination 11 students and 6 students achieved 4 and 3 'A' Grades respectively. At the Edexcel IGCSE (O/L) examination, while one student obtained 8 'A' Grades, 2 others obtained 7 'A' Grades and all of them getting more than 90 marks in their subjects and earning stars. 14 others obtained 5 to 6 'A' Grades and earned stars.
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In the 2009 GCE O/L examination Anchaliya Chandrakumaran became the "World's Best" in Human Biology and simultaneously was the "world's Third" (and Sri Lanka First) in Chemistry and ICT. Chethana Ketagoda was the "World's Best" in Sinhala. At the A/Ls 2009 Malik Fouze was "World's Third" (Sri Lanka First) in Applied ICT. Shasitha Kularatne in the 2010 A/L examination achieved 4 "A" Grades and an average of 98.75 marks which is an outstanding performance.
Among the high achievers in the Cambridge Advanced Subsidiary Level examination 2010, were 3 outstanding performers Weerakkody Semini Mendis who was the "Top in the World" in Business Studies. A notable fact is that it is the second time our students achieved the "Top in the world" category for Business Studies. D.P. Rashmin Amasha Pathirana was "Top in Sri Lanka" in Chemistry and Munesh Jayatunga "Top in Sri Lanka" in Accounting. In the O/Ls while D.P. Rashmin Amasha Pathirana got the category of "Best Across four Cambridge A/S levels, Weerakkody Semini Mendis , Munesh Jayatunga and Sandali Tharuni Bambarandage were best across three Cambridge AS levels. In the Cambridge O/Ls Pramodya De Silva and Vinodh Dissanayake achieved 8 "A" Grades each and Janya De Silva Jayasekera obtained 7 "A" Grades. At the Cambridge A/L examination Chathura Purandara Muthukumarana achieved 4 "A" Grades and Rojitha De Silva, Buddhi Mahipala, Oshadie Dissanyake, Kaushalya Karunaratne, Andrew Graham Perera and Oshadie Wickramasekera Obtained 3 "A" Grades each.
Year after year our results in O/L and A/L examinations have been outstanding. As indicated above, some of our students have achieved world's best results even surpassing UK students. Maintaining very high standards in teaching , exercising strict control over quality of instructions, provision of excellent library facilities, fully equipped Science and Computer Laboratories and the well qualified resourceful panel of teachers etc. have greatly contributed towards producing excellent results.
Royal Institute in Havelock Town has over 25 years experience in teaching for London O/L and A/L. The branch schools in Nugegoda and Maharagama teach up to Cambridge and Edexcel A/L examinations respectively and the latter also prepares students in the English medium for Local A/Ls based on the government syllabus. Additionally our students also can proceed up to an internationally reputed degree of the University of London at the Royal Institute of Colombo without an interruption. Thus whether it is Cambridge, Edexcel, Local A/Ls or a degree of the University of London, Royal Institute is in a position to offer all options.
In January 2010 a group of 15 Royal Institute students participated at the 15th International Folklore Festival held at Surinda Rajabhat University in Thailand where 15 countries participated and our team won the prestigious award for the Best Traditional Folk Dance performance. A public cultural show titled "Nada Nupa" was staged at the Lionel Wendt Theatre by our students presenting several dance and music items and a ballet " Pinocchio" . At the 8th Celesta International 2010 held in Lucknow, India where four teams from Sri Lanka also participated, Royal Institute team won the Third Prize in Choreography and the Third Prize in Dramatics.
These activities are evidence of the commitment of Royal Institute to promote a wide range of extra-curricular activities in order to provide a balanced education. |