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UCSC BIT Convocation:Esoft students bag best results

Students who have studied for the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) BIT (Bachelor of Information Technology) Degree at the Esoft Institute of Computer Studies were able to obtain best results this year also. The convocation of the 8th batch of students that obtained the BIT Degree from the Colombo University was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) under the aegis of the Colombo University Vice-Chancellor and UCSC Director Prof. Gihan Wickremanayake recently.

ESOFT students Dasun Nilanjana, the 2011 Batch Top, who bagged the Prof. V. K. Samaranyake Gold Medal, the Best Project Gold Medal and a First Class Degree and Virangya Seneviratne who secured a First Class at the BIT External Degree Convocation held recently at the Colombo University

This is the fourth time that the students of Esoft obtained the best results in the BIT Degree Programme of the Colombo University consecutively. The best student at this year's convocation was Dasun Nilanjana of ESOFT. He obtained the BIT Degree with a first Class and bagged the Gold Medal awarded in commemoration of UCSC founder the late Prof. V.K.Samaranayake. The Colombo University awards this Gold Medal every year to the best student of the year. Further to that, Dasun Nilanjana secured the annual Gold Medal for the Best Project and another bright ESOFT student, Virangya Senevirathne, was able to secure a First Class.

One hundred and forty (140) students obtained the BIT Degree at this convocation and half of that number, 70, was students who had studied the BIT Degree Programme at ESOFT. Out of these 140 students, 21 students obtained First Class and Second class Degrees and 13 students were from ESOFT. According to these statistics, this year also, the students who had studied for the Colombo University BIT Degree at ESOFT obtained the best results for the fourth year running.

The University of Colombo School Of Computing (UCSC) is a pioneering institution in the ICT higher education field. The UCSC, which celebrated its' 25th anniversary recently, conducts Internal Degree Programmes, External Degree Programmes, Diploma Programmes and Post - Graduate Programmes. The UCSC launched the Bachelor of Information Technology External Degree, now widely accepted nationally and internationally, in the year 2000.

ESOFT is Sri Lanka's largest computer education institute with the most number of branches located island-wide where all the computer and ICT educational programmes can be followed at very reasonable rates, all under one roof. ESOFT has been conducting classes for the BIT Degree since the year 2000, when the Colombo University launched the BIT External Degree. ESOFT has an experienced, well-qualified and expert panel of teachers who are able to teach, give practical training and advice on projects for the BIT External Degree. ESOFT is one of the three institutions that conduct classes for the Moratuwa University BIT External Degree. The British Computer Society (BCS), the Chartered Institute for IT has conferred the Accredited Course Provider status on ESOFT to conduct BCS courses. Their internet website is www.esoft.lk

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