High Commission of India, Colombo

India is offering 41 scholarships to English teachers from government schools in Sri Lanka for a special three-month training course at EFLU under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme. These scholarships are part of India’s assistance to President H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s initiative “English as a Life Skill”, which aims to spread the knowledge of modern English in Sri Lanka and accelerate the development of the skills capacity of its work force, especially youth, and enable them to avail economic opportunities opening up as a result of globalization. Upon returning to Sri Lanka, these teachers, who have been selected by the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka from all over the country, would work as master trainers for the upgradation of the English teacher base in the governmental education sector.

At a function held at the Indian Cultural Centre in Colombo at 9.30 a.m. today, these scholarships were handed over to the selected teachers by the Hon’ble Minister of Education of Sri Lanka, Mr. Susil Premjayantha, and His Excellency the High Commissioner of India.

List of 41 Teachers

Sl.No	Names	Province
	Mrs Fareena Iqbal	Uva Province
	Mr Weerappuli Thilak Wimalasooriya De Silva	Uva Province
	Mrs Arunthathie Rajah Sathyendra	Central Province
	Mr Arachchige Kingsly Nissanka	North Western Province
	Miss Rupika Udayangani Senevirathna	North Central Province
	Mrs Manuelpierislage Sunethra Kumudini Peiris	Western Province
	Mrs Athapaththu Madiyanselage Mithila Weerasinghe	North Western Province
	Mrs Dunuvilage Visakha Subhashinie Jayawickreme	Western Province
	Mrs WathukarageDeepikaDarshani Chandrakumari Abeykoon	Central Province
	Ms Kalyani Ganga Renuka Kokiladevi Udugamage	Western Province
	Mr Sivachelvan Nagalingam	Eastern Province
	Mrs Sasikala Eesan	Northern Province
	Mr Nevil Harrison De Silva Laththuwa Handi	Eastern Province
	Mrs Kanchana Indumali Jayawardana	North Central Province
	Mrs Majaziyyah Mubarak	Western Province
	Mrs Vajira Ediriweera Wijesuriya	Central Province
	Miss Hettiarachchige Priyanka Sandyani Kumarasinghe	North Western Province
	Mrs Dasili Liyanage Pushpa Chandanee Senanayake	Western Province
	Mrs Suthagini Sivakumaran	North Western Province
	Mrs Srimathie Iranganie Kulappu Archchi Liyanage	Southern Province
	Mrs Dasanthi Shamila Kumari Dharmasena	North Central Province
	Mr Thalpege Kalyana Chandana Ariyawansha	Uva Province
	Mrs Geeganage Jayani Champika Weeresuriya	Southern Province
	Mrs Kalyani Watagedara Arachchige Sripali Daya	Southern Province
	Mr Gunasinghe Ranasinghe	Sabaragamuwa Province
	Mrs Gayathri Andrahennadi	Southern Province
	Ms Anula Kumarihamy Ekanayake	Central Province
	Miss Samanthi Priyanka Gamachchige	Southern Province
	Miss Imtazia Farook	Central Province
	Mrs Sendapperuma Arachchilage Deepika Gunenayake	North Central Province
	Mr Dushmantha Dissanayake Mayadunnage	Western Province
	Mr KULARATHAN Chellaiah	Northern Province
	Mr Don Pemalal Subasinghe	Uva Province
	Mr GOBALAKRISHNAN Sivasubramaniam	Northern Province
	Mrs MANORANJI Thiruthany	Northern Province
	Mr ANZAR Kachchi Mohamed	Eastern Province
	Mr NAHURAN Abdul Rahuman	Eastern Province
	Miss DEEPA Priyanganie Ellepola	Sabaragamuwa Province
	Mr DHARMAWEERA Nambukara Wasan Appuwabaduge	Sabaragamuwa Province
	Mr Mahinda Sirimewan Gamage	Sabaragamuwa Province
	Miss JAYANTHA Padmini Ratnayake Mudivanselage	Sabaragamuwa Province