Samurdhi Sip Dora schols for 8,133 students
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa was the chief guest at
the Samurdhi Sip Dora Scholarship awarding programme which was held at
the Naiwala weekly fair in Minuwangoda on yesterday.
8,133 students would be awarded island wide Samurdhi Sip Dora
scholarships, while the cost of scholarships is 195 million. Under the
Samurdhi Sip Dora Scholarship Programme 450 students from the Gampaha
district have been granted scholarships with a payment of Rs 1,000 per
month for a period of two years.
As per the instructions of the Economic Development Ministry, funds
have been provided by the Department of Commissioner General of Samurdhi
for the scholarship programme.
Gampaha District MP Ruwan Ranatunga, Sri Lanka Samurdi Authority
Director General Attorney Bundula Thilakasiri, Department of the
Commissioner General of Samurdhi, Director General Chandra Wickamasinghe,
Gampaha District Secretary JA Rathnasiri and several government
officials participated at the occasion. |