A rare Math exhibition

by Ananda Kannangara

A large number of school children from Colombo and out stations were able to witness a rare and a unique exhibition on Mathematics, organised by the Maths Society of Royal College, Colombo.

The exhibition `Math-Ex 2006' was held at the college premises recently. It gave an opportunity to both children of Royal College as well as several other schools in Colombo and the outstations to participate.

The objective of the exhibition was to educate school children on the theories and practicals of Mathematics.

The Dean of the faculty of Mathematics Prof. Nalin de Silva was the chief guest on the opening day, commended the young Royalists for their endeavour and said that Mathematics was one of the most important subjects.

He said, exhibitions give school children the opportunity to expose their skills while obtaining experience in the field of Mathematics.

"Conducting exhibitions, children also can share their knowledge with other students" Prof. Silva said.

The Principal of Royal College, Upali Gunasekara thanked the students for conducting the exhibition for the second time and said that exhibitions of this nature will help to make Mathematics easy and interesting for children.

The Deputy Principal P. Upashantha thanked the Principal for the encouragements extended to hold such an exhibition and said that next Mathematics exhibition will be conducted in a different manner.

The Subject Co-odinator of Mathematics in Royal College, Mrs. Wasantha Wijesuriya thanked the lecturers of the Colombo University Mathematics Department for giving the necessary information to students to make the exhibition a success.

Middle school Principal Mrs. S. N. Amarasekara thanked the school media unit for their painstaking effort to give media coverage to the exhibition.