Northern students visit India

A 20-member team of students from various Government schools in the Northern Province visited New Delhi, under the student exchange program of the India-Sri Lanka Foundation, from April 16-22.The Governments of Sri Lanka and India established the India-Sri Lanka Foundation in 1998 to promote greater understanding through the enhancement of economic, scientific, educational, technical and cultural cooperation between the peoples of the two nations.

The High Commissioners of the two nations act as Co-Chairpersons of the Foundation while the two governments have nominated two directors each as the other members of the Board.

This is the first time in decades that a students team from Government schools in the North visited New Delhi .