MASTER SPELLER 2018, reaches the top 20

Grooming Future Professionals

MasterSpeller, the family edutainment program, endorsed by the Ministry of Education which kicked off with the initial rounds in August last year has now reached the top 20.

This all island school spelling competition for students between the ages of 14 and 18 attracted over 7500 students from all districts. The competition reached exciting heights throughout the preliminary stages, the top 3000, top 500 and top 100. Keen competition and a vivid desire for developing skills were observed throughout as the competition entered the top 20 which has a representation from all provinces.

The program has given students a platform to showcase their talent and win recognition at national level. As endorsed by the competitors the program helps to develop their personality, improve their vocabulary, get rid of the fear of public speaking, improve communication and develop national harmony by meeting and working with students from the different areas in Sri Lanka.

A first round of “Masterspeller” was a dictation round where it was conducted at 25 locations all over the country, 3000 students were selected in conclusion of round 1. Round 2 began with the 3000 competitors being checked out in an oral competition and the same format was practised in the top 500 and top 100. During the competition there was much fun with the students also displaying their talent in singing, playing guitar, reciting poems etc.

The program is telecast on Dialog TV channel 24 and 25 Saturday, 6.30 p.m. & Saturday 8.30 PM

The top 20 competitors who will battle for the title of Masterspeller2018 are

Haala Marikar -Badi Ud Din Mahmud Girls’ College, Kandy

Binuri Weerasinghe - Sirimavo Bandaranayake Vidyalaya, Colombo

M.S. Indupul Weerawansa - St. Joseph’s College, Anuradhapura

Maryam Ameer - Mahmud

Ladies College, Kalmunai

Sharika Hafeez - Badi Ud Din Mahmud Girls’ College, Kandy

Visnugi Kathiramalai - Methodist Girl’s High School, Jaffna

Shafra Hafeez - Muslim

Ladies College, Colombo

Disal Satharasinghe - Bandaranayake College, Gampaha

Nipuni Ranasinghe - St. Joseph’s Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalla

Mishal Ansar - Zahira

College, Mawanella

Dewmina Mandula Wijekoon - Badulla Central College, Badulla

Tasha Almeida - Our Lady Of Victorious Convent, Moratuwa

Rachel Cooray - St.Bridget’s

Convent, Colombo

Achila Thilakarathne - St.

Anthony’s College, Kandy

Induwari Herath - Maliyadewa Balika Vidyalaya, Kurunegala

Devmi Basnayake - Kuda Kusum Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Bandarawela

Dulfika Shiras - Badi Ud Din Mahmud Girls’ College, Kandy

Kavindu Sureka - S. Thomas

College, Bandarawela

Andrea Cooray - Our Lady Of Victorious Convent, Moratuwa

Amandi Dilshara Samarawickrama - Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya, Galle