An overall of 361 trainees from the Southern Province who mastered the G.C.E.
Advanced Level (A/L) assessments in 2023 and 2024 were granted an incentive of Rs.
100,000 each today (06 ), under a program launched by the Presidential Fund to identify impressive district-level performers.An event was held today at the Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium of the University of Ruhuna to acknowledge the students from the Southern Province who demonstrated quality in the G.C.E.
A/L assessment, the Presidents Media Division (PMD) said.During the occasion, an overall of 361 students, 10 from each of the six subject streams across Galle, Matara and Hambantota districts for both the 2023 and 2024 A/L assessments, got an incentive of Rs.
100,000 each.The Presidents Fund assigned Rs.
36.1 million for this function.
This effort is set to be presented across all districts in due course, the PMD said.Addressing the event, Dr.
Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President, stated that following the new federal governments ascension to power and under the regulations of President Anura Kumara Disanayake, the Presidents Fund has been structured to expand its services and improve transparency.He highlighted that previous discrepancies have been remedied, making sure that advantages now reach those who genuinely are worthy of them.The Secretary to the President likewise pointed out ongoing efforts to digitalise the fund and decentralise its services regionally to enhance efficiency.Dr.
Kumanayake even more emphasised that education is the main tool for kids to succeed in life.
He prompted the trainees to make the most of these advantages, master their education, and end up being great people, thereby contributing to the nations accomplishment, it added.Furthermore, Mr.
Sunil Handunnetti, Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, stated that the current federal government has successfully transformed what was as soon as the Presidents Fund into the Peoples Fund, making it an institution that supplies services for the well-being of the public, the statement added.Minister Handunnetti noted that previously, there were reports of the Presidents Fund being misused for the medical treatments and travel of political henchmen.
He asserted that it has actually now been changed into a public well-being institution.He likewise worried that trainees who advance through the complimentary education system with the assistance of these scholarships have a duty.
Minister Handunnetti advised them, as future leaders, to satisfy their tasks to the country and its people without fail.
He prompted them to devote to not taking part in theft or fraud versus the country or its people, particularly after taking advantage of public tax cash for their education, it said.Meanwhile, Mrs.
Saroja Savithri Paulraj, Minister of Women and Child Affairs, expressed that providing kids with the wings of education to check out the world is a crucial priority for the existing government which education can foster humane citizens.The Minister specified that education was a central focus of the current governments election campaign, and the President is actively working towards this.
She included that the Presidents Fund has actually started providing scholarships to academically talented children, reflecting the federal governments goal to empower children through education.Mrs.
Paulraj even more mentioned that a lot of the participants at the event would likely occupy significant positions in Sri Lanka or worldwide.
She warned that if they do not end up being humane residents, the considerable financial investment in their education would not yield its full benefits.Miss Sithmini Madanayake, a student from Southlands College, Galle, delivered the vote of thanks.
She mentioned that this program provides a valuable opportunity for economically disadvantaged students to successfully pursue higher education and accomplish success in life.She revealed tremendous appreciation to the President and the Presidents Fund for this initiative.Among those present were Members of Parliament L.M.
Abeywickrama, Lal Premnath and Aravinda Senarath; Roshan Gamage, Senior Additional Secretary to the President and Secretary of the Presidents Fund; Senior Professor P.A.
Jayantha, Vice-Chancellor of Ruhunu University; Chandana Tilakaratne, District Secretary of Matara; W.A.
Dharmasiri, District Secretary of Galle; and Bimal Silva, District Secretary of Hambantota.
In presence were senior officials from the Presidents Fund, federal government authorities, heads of security forces, moms and dads and students.-- PMD