GCE O/L top scorers meet President

Top ten scored students of the GCE O/L exam held last year met with President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today. Extending his warm congratulations to themm President Sirisena presented financial gifts and laptops to the top scored students.

The top scorer, S. Sathsarani Hettiarachchi from Vishaka Girls’ School in Colombo, the second scorer K. K. Samal Punsara from Nalanda College Colombo and the third scorers;  R. Maleena Rathnayake from Devi Balika Vidyalaya, R. M. Indeewari Umayanga from Mahamaya Vidyalaya in Kandy and the students who won the places up to ten met the President. The parents of the students also were present at this occasion.

Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, State Minister V. Radhakrishnan, Secretary to the Education Ministry W. M. Bandusena also were among those participated.

Vashinya Premananda from Colombo International School in Kandy who became the youngest web creator by creating a website at the age of nine also met the President with her parents. She completed her Bachelor of Computer Science Degree at her age of eleven.