Yala Sirisumana students showing colours in English language

Milton Dharmasinghe, Bulathsinhala special correspondent

For the first time in the history of Yala Sirisumana Kanista Vidyalaya (KV) in Bulathsinhala Education Division, Horana Education Zone, Grade 9 student K S Chamadi has received the first place in the 2011 Western Province inter school English recitation (category A) competition. She has also received the first place in the English announcing contest at the zonal level.

Yala Sirisumana KV is one of the underprivileged schools in Bulathsinhala Education Division with 54 students. At the divisional level English language competitions H R Tharuka (grade 10) and P W Dilhani (grade 10) have also received the first place in prepared speech and English news reading competitions.

Authorities in the English unit, Horana education zone and the people in Yala area are very happy about the development in the English education section in this remote school.

These students have shown their colours in this field as D M L Champika and N Somalatha, the teachers of English in this school have trained them under the instructions of A Samarathunga, Principal of the school.