Meeting of the members of the RCPTA with the Hostellers, their parents and the Donors
The annual meeting of the students in the hostel who entered Royal College from the
Grade five Scholarship examination and are recipients of financial assistance from donors was held on the 6th October 2024. The Principal of Royal College Mr. Thilak Waththuhewa along with the Hostel Warden Mr. Janaka Jayasinghe, President RCPTA Mr. M. Dharmadasa, members of the Sub committee in charge of the project, and the Donors were present on the occasion. Mr. Ranjith Hemachandra the Senior Vice President of RCPTA introduced the Scholars and the Donors, and each Scholar was presented with a school uniform by the respective donors.
The past history of the scholarship program was delivered by Mr. Ranjith Senanayake who said initially it was started with the sponsorship for 6 students, then after 13 years it swelled up to 25 students and from October it will increase to 27 with two more sponsors willing to join in in the project.
With the latest release of the OL results for 2024 one hosteller a recipient of this scholarship program obtained with 9A passes much to the satisfaction of the donors. During his speech this student thanked the donors for his achievement and gave the speech in English much to the satisfaction of those present.
Two parents of the scholarship recipients also spoke on the occasion expressing their gratitude for the program.
The function ended with a group photograph being taken and refreshments for all those present.
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