“Visakha Siyawas Udana 2017” Educational exhibition Mar.30-Apr.1

Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, has organised an Educational exhibition titled “Visakha Siyawas Udana 2017”, from March 30 to April 1, at its premises, to mark the 100th anniversary of the school.

The organisers said people would have the opportunity to experience a journey in a spacecraft on a model of the surface of Mars built at the exhibition premises.They said the Sojourner rover which carried the Infrared camera made by Sri Lanka-born scientist at NASA, Dr Sarath Gunapala, will be operated on the surface.

The organisers also said that a model of a rural house will also built to teach traditions and customs to students. In parallel with the exhibition, a TV and an FM station titled Visakha TV and Visakha FM respectively, has been set up.

Principal Mrs Sandamali Aviruppola stated that the exhibition will cover a variety of fields and will focus mainly on scientific innovation. She invites the public, especially schoolchildren, to witness this event.

The exhibition is organised by the staff and the students, with the assistance of wellwishers and sponsors.

The past pupils have also organised a carnival “Visakha Siyawas Jayanthiya” on April 7 and 8, the proceeds from which would be used to further expand a building in the Primary section.