Excellence in Education

Students of British School in Colombo have achieved top honours at the London Edexcel public examinations.

Two students from British School in Colombo have done well in their International General Certificate of Secondary Education (International equivalent of the traditional O level. They were placed among the top ten in the world.

Amishkha Weerasinghe was ranked 4th in the world in Physics and Cain Yee was ranked 6th in the world in Chemistry.

They will each receive a special award at the Edexcel ceremony to be held at BMICH on August 28. The British School in Colombo is now housed in its new premises along Elivitigala Mawatha in Colombo 8 and has been an officially registered centre for London Edexcel examinations since 1995.

The school follows an international curriculum preparing students to sit the International General Certificate of Secondary Education examinations at the end of form 5/year 10. Students may then opt sixth form level to study either Advanced Level courses or the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme, both of which fulfil admissions requirements for entry to degree courses at overseas universities.