IIT offers University of Westminster scholarships at Kingswood College annual IT Day
The Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) which was the main sponsor for the IT Quiz competition held during the Kingswood College IT day has offered five scholarships in collaboration with the University of Westminster, UK.
The recent scholarships offered by IIT which are valued at Rs. 7 million was given with the aim of empowering and enhancing the IT talents of students and as a part of the institutes corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Ananda College, Colombo emerged victorious at the IT quiz completion and was awarded a cheque of Rs. 25,000 and five scholarships worth Rs. 1.4 million each from IIT. Kandy Girls High school emerged as the first Runner up while Gateway College Kandy took the third place at the competition.
The members of the Ananda College, Colombo winning team comprised of Pasindu Chathuranga Wijesena, Thisura Jarasing he, Vidura Dhananjaya Bandara, Vihanga Asinsana Wijesekara, and Yasiru Gamage.
The first round of the competition comprised of a question paper given to each team that included 50 questions in five subject areas that required to be completed in 20 minutes and the second round of the competition was the quiz. A prominent panel of IIT campus prepared the question paper and jointly adjudicated the answers provided by each team with the corporation f rom ICT teachers of Kingswood College.
Ten leading Schools from Colombo and Kandy participat- ed in this year’s competition which was a very closely fought contest by all participating teams.
Chief Guest for the occasion was Chairman of Epic Lanka, Mr. Nayana Dehigama. The event was also graced by the management and staff of IIT that included Rajitha Fernando (Manager – Student Relations and Business Development) with the judges for the event being Nishan Saliya , Curriculum Developer and Lasitha Samarasinghe, School ICT programme coordinator.
One of the key objectives of IIT sponsoring this event is to create a platform of opportunity for students to receive training through workshops, career guidance programmes and industrial visits.
IIT will continue its efforts in supporting initiatives that offer opportunities for students to harness their talents and enhance their knowledge in IT .
With 25 years of educational excellence in being a pioneer in providing British higher education in Business and Information Technology in Sri Lanka, IIT has produced nearly 3000 graduates who are holding prestigious positions across the globe.