25 students for Saudi Arabia

by Mohammed NAALIR

Twenty-five Sri Lankan students from the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities for the first time obtained have an opportunity to visit Saudi Arabia for 10 days on an educational enhancing program.

This tour has been organised on the initiative of A. L. M. Lafir, Consul General of Sri Lankan Embassy in Jeddah.

Fifteen Sinhala students and five students each from the Tamil and Muslim communities qualify for the tour, Lafir said. The selection was made following written tests and a series of interviews. Two hundred thousand rupees will be spent on each student during their stay in Saudi Arabia.

The students will study the Socio, cultural and economic aspects of the country.