North students in New Delhi on educational tour

A 20-member student group from schools in the Northern Province accompanied by two officials from the Northern Province Education, Culture and Sports Ministry returned to Sri Lanka after a successful educational tour to New Delhi, India.

Students from 19 schools in the North who scored the highest grades in the Advanced Level examination were selected by the Education, Culture and Sports Ministry for this educational tour. During the tour, the students had the opportunity to visit many historical sites in New Delhi such as the Mahatma Gandhi Samadhi, Indira Gandhi memorial, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial, India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi Haat and Crafts Museum. They also visited the St. Francis de Sales Senior Secondary School and interacted with students and teachers.

A group of seven students from Zahira College, Colombo are also scheduled to undertake a similar educational tour later this year. These events are supported by the India Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) under its youth programme to help create awareness and establish bonds of friendship among the youths of the two countries.

The ISLF was established by a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of India and Sri Lanka in 1998 to foster India - Sri Lanka relations through the enhancement of economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation and to promote greater understanding between the peoples of the two countries.