Northern students return from Indian tour
A 20-member group from various schools in the Northern province of
Sri Lanka accompanied by two officials from the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports returned to Sri Lanka today after a successful
educational tour to New Delhi, India.
Students from 19 schools in the Northern Province who had scored
highest grades in 'A' Level exams were selected by the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports, Northern Province for this educational
tour.
During this tour, the students had the opportunity to visit many
historical sites in New Delhi such as the Mahatma Gandhi Samadhi, Indira
Gandhi memorial, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial, India Gate, Rashtrapati
Bhavan and Delhi Art and Crafts Museum.
The team from Sri Lanka also visited the St. Francis de Sales Senior
Secondary School and had the opportunity of interacting with students
and teachers.
A group of 7 students from Zahira College, Colombo are also scheduled
to undertake a similar educational tour later this year.
These events are supported by the ISLF under its youth programme and
help in creating awareness and understanding and create bonds of
friendship amongst the youth of the two countries.
The India - Sri Lanka Foundation was established by a Memorandum of
Understanding between the governments of India and Sri Lanka in 1998 in
order to foster India - Sri Lanka relations through the enhancement of
economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation and to promote
greater understanding between the people of the two countries.
- Asian Tribune
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