Nena Guna Waduma: Sisu Diriya:

Enhancing the personality of students

Bhagya K Kulasekera

A student receiving a gift and the certificate from the Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife, S M Chandrasena.   Arrival of the Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife, S M Chandrasena along with Director of Social Development Affairs to the President Nandana Wijesinghe and Senior Superintendent of Police of Kilinochchi, Saliya De Silva for the closing ceremony.

Nena Guna Waduma Sisu Diriya National Programme was inaugurated recently at the Hindu College, Kilinochchi to celebrate the World Children's Day.

This was a training programme for attitudinal reestablishment of schoolchildren for social development. More than 550 students and 100 teachers from 14 schools in Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu took the advantage from this four-day programme. Nena Guna Waduma: Sisu Diriya national programme was an idea of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to help the displaced students of Kabitigollawa bomb attack in 2006.

Then it was spread to students in GCE O/L and A/L classes from war affected and remote areas.

The main aim was to reduce the repression occurred by the terrorism, and to empower them for their studies.

Nena Guna Waduma: Sisu Diriya national programme is the first programme organized by The Office of Director of Social Development Affairs to the President on their 5th anniversary. The inaugural day was initiated with the participation of the Director of Social Development Affairs to the President, Nandana Wijesinghe, the Deputy Inspector General of Kilinochchi, N D Daluwatte, Senior Superintendent of Police of Kilinochchi, Saliya De Silva, Zonal Directors of Education and principals in Kilinochchi. All the participants got the chance to listen to a valuable lecture on 'Productivity' by Productivity Advisor, Lal Fonseka.

The second day of the programm e was brightened from many cultural activities and the students got the chance to get blessings from a special Saraswathi Poojawa held at Kilinochchi Hindu College. Lectures on 'Personality Development and Psychology' by Doctor A Kotalawala and Change by Shabir M Hashim were conducted successfully. On the third day of the programme there was a lecture by Hashim and participants got the chance to engage in many individual and group activities. On the final day of the programme, Sanath Gamage conducted a lecture on 'Motivation'.

The closing ceremony of the Nena Guna Waduma: Sisu Diriya national programme was held with the participation of Minister S M Chandrasena, the Director of Social Development Affairs to the President, Nandana Wijesinghe, Senior Superintendent of Police of Kilinochchi, Saliya De Silva, Zonal Educational Directors and other distinguished people. Certificates and Prize giving for the participants was also held on the same day.

wWith the aim of enhancing the personality of students from war affected areas; students from Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu, Jaffna, Mannar, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, Ampara and Batticaloa were benefited through this Nena Guna Waduma: Sisu Diriya project so far.

A. Madurangi, a student of the Kilinochchi MMV addressing the gathering at the closing ceremony.	Sanath Gamage engaged in a group activity with the students.
A part of the students who participated for the ‘Nena Guna Waduma’: Sisu Diriya National Programme.	Shabir M Hashim lecturing the students on the topic ‘Change’
Some students who participated in a group activity in relation to the special lecture ‘Motivation’.	Sisu Diriya dance performed by the students of the Hindu College, Kilinochchi.