Ashoka Primary School excel in Grade 5 scholarship examination 2017

WP/GM/ Ashoka Primary School, a leading primary school in the Gampaha Education Zone has excelled in the Grade 5 scholarship examination 2017. Of the 158 students who sat for the examination this years, about 35 students have been able to go pass the cut off mark (164). This is an excellent achievement of the school compared with the parallel performance of its neighbouring schools. The results of the school show a pass percentage of 22% and this can also be considered a remarkable success con- cerning the difficulty level of the examination and the high cut off mark.

Isuru Kaushalya Bandara who topped the list of scholarship winners has been able to secure 191 marks and he is palaced 33rd in the overall Gampaha District rankings. K. K. Nethmi Shihara and Sanduni Saubha g ya Hettiarachchi who have obtained 189 marks respectively were placed second and third.

There are 12 students in the entire school who have got more than 180 marks from the scholarship exam- ination. All the grade 5 teachers, ably and largely supported by the principal, Mrs. H.R.C.C. Karunanaiyake and the rest of the staff, worked with much dedication and enthusiasm to bring in the result chich has been a long awaited dream of all. All the parents and well – Wishers wish good luck to all the students who passed the scholarship examination and wish further success to school in its March towards the best primary school in the Gampaha Education Zone.