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| Picture shows winners of the 2011 Innovative Students & Teachers Competition/ The students are standing with (L-R) Channa De Silva, Public Sector Director for Microsoft, Anura Dissanayake - Additional Secretary MOE, Project Director EKSP and Additional Secretary to the President, Felicia Brown - Regional Academic Programmes Manager Microsoft, H.M. Gunasekera -Secretary- Minister of Education, Bandula Gunwardana - Education Minister, Sriyan De Silva Wijeyeratne, Country Manager - Microsoft Sri Lanka, Yashinka Jayasinghe Alles - Academic Programmes Manager -Microsoft Sri Lanka and Manura Fernando - ICTE Coordinator EKSP. |
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The award ceremony for the winners of the Innovative Teachers and Students Competition was held recently in Colombo graced by Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena. The competition is a joint initiative between the Ministry of Education, the Education for Knowledge Society Project and Microsoft.
The winners of this years' competition will participate in the Regional Innovative Teachers & Students Competition to be held in New Zealand later this year, according to a Microsoft media statement. The 2011 competition drew 88,000 competitors who were asked to look for solutions outside of the classroom in order to teach and learn more effectively.
This year, entrants were also asked to use MS applications such as Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Moviemaker and Songsmith in addition to the usual MS Office applications, testing their IT competence as well as their creativity in the process.
The winners of the Student Competition for grades 1- 8 were the team from Sir John Kothelawala Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala - M.A. Manodya Prabath Jayarathna, P.V. Akila Mahen Pahalagama, and S.P. Virasha Sandakelum Gunasekera. Winners of the grade 9 -11 category were the team from Ullinduwa Vidyalaya, Ullinduwa, Kolonna - S. Dhanesh Madushanka Sampath, S.A. Janaka Sarangi and S.A. Piyumi Madhuwanthi.
From the A/L grades, the Commerce stream was won by Katukenda Sri Sangabodhi Maha Vidyalaya - J.A.D. Haritha Aseka, W.M. Lahiru Eranga and A.P. Nipuna Chinthanasiri Wijesinghe. The winning team in the A/L Arts stream came from Medirigiriya National School - A.H.G. Dinesh Sampath Sandaruwan, A.H.G. Pradeep Chandrakumara and M.A. Umayanga Kasun.
The Winners from A/L Science stream were K.T. Tharindu Gayan Lakmal Perera, D.L.C. Dayarathna and Sumith Dilan Wijesurendra from Kekirawa Central College, Kekirawa; and the winners of the A/L Maths stream came from Royal Central College, Polonnaruwa - B.A. Bhagya Chathurangi Swarnasinghe, K.A. Samadara Miuli Sandarekha, W.W. Yashodha Wasukee Gajanayake, E.M. Pamudini Nithasha Ekanayake and P.P.P.A. Udara Dananjaya Rupasinghe.
In the Teachers Competition, the winner for the Grade 1-8 category was D.M.C. Wasantha from Sri Sumangala Central College, Wariyapola; the winner for the grade 9-11 category, K.M.R. Priyakelum from Hingurakaduwa Maha Vidyalaya in Passara and the winner for Grades 12- 13 was B.R. Dhanawathie from Paankaduwa Maha Vidyalaya, Paankaduwa. |
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