Trinco students excel at national level exam

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 January 2004, 13:08 GMT]
Trincomalee students took the first, second and fourth places at the national level in Tamil medium in the Year-5 scholarship examination conducted by the Sri Lanka's Department of Examination. In addition Trincomalee district secured the first place for the second consecutive year, Commissioner General of Examinations Mr. Mahinda Wijesiri said.

The Department of Examination Monday released the results of the Year 5 Scholarships-2003 examination. Ravindradas Abilash of Trincomalee Sri Koneswara Hindu College came first in the island with 182 marks, Vijayakumar Anopiryan (180) of Trincomalee Orr's Hill Vivekananda College came second and Uthayakumar Thadchanan (174) of Nilaveli Tamil Maha Vidiyalaym secured fourth place.

The third place went to T.Sarveswaran (177) of Colombo Ramanathan Hindu College and the fifth place was shared by Miss G.Pawatharani (173) of Paddiruppu Central College in Batticaloa district and Master S.Pavithran of Vavuniya Tamil Mahavidiyalayam.

For Vivekanandan Seralathan of Trincomalee Orr's Hill Vivekananda College came first at the national level in the 2002 Year 5 Scholarship examination with 187 marks.



Abilash of Trincomalee Sri Koneswara Hindu College is seen with Principal Mr.C.Thandauthapani and class teacher Miss Meera Ramachandran





Anopriyan with Principal of Vivekanda College Mr.S.Navaretna (extreme right) and with class teachers (l-r) Kamalmalar Logarajah, Thavamani Ranjan and Thevagowri Shanmugamoorthy