Section of the students with officials at the ceremony yesterday.
One hundred and fifty meritorious students were awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Scholorship at a ceremony yesterday in Colombo.
The scholarship into its seventh year will award each student Rs. 48,000, picked from each of the 25 schooling districts in Sri Lanka. Each student will receive their funds over two years at Rs. 2,000 per month to complete A level studies, according to the Indian High Commission in Colombo.
Ministry of Education with Sri Lankan Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Education and Y.K. Sinha, High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka as chief guests.
The High Commissioner also stated that currently about 270 slots were available to Sri Lankan students for pursuing higher studies in India. India encourages the youth of Sri Lanka, for the development of whom we attach the utmost importance, to take full advantage of these scholarships offered every year, added a news release from the Indian mission in Colombo.
