Mahindodaya Laboratories for all NWPC schools
by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.
Mahindodaya laboratories have been set up in 127 government schools
in the Kurunegala and Puttalam Districts under the patronage of
President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The project anticipates to equip students with technological skills
for a better future.
Over 800 students of low-income groups who had passed the G.C.E.
(O/L) 2013 have been awarded presidential scholarships to pursue higher
studies upto university level.
There are 27,000 teachers and 498,000 students and 31 English medium
schools in the NWP to improve the English Language skill said NWP chief
Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera at a ceremony held at Kurunegala Maliyadewa
Girls School to award 800 presidential scholarships to low income
students.
Provincial Director of Education J.G.N. Thilakaratne was also
present. |
