The inaugural ceremony to grant financial assistance of Rs. 150,000 each to 127 Daham Schools was held at the Matara Bodiya precincts recently. Here Minister of Youth Affairs and Skill Development Dullas Alahapperuma with Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Chandima Rasaputra, Minister of Education, Southern Provincial Council. Pic: Matara Central Cor.

The annual prize-giving of St. Thomas' Prep. School, Kollupitiya was held at the College auditorium recently. Here the Head Master N.Y. Casie Chetty pins the J.T.R. Perinpanayagam Memorial Gold Medal for the Best All-round Student on J.A. Lyman.