‘Brain Busters with SLIIT – Season 2’ TV Programme crown overall winners at Grand Finale
Fostering learning excellence through healthy competition among students, the most anticipated ‘Brain Busters with SLIIT Season 2’ TV Quiz Programme concluded on another successful note at Stein Studios Ratmalana recently.
Winning the Season 2 crown was Teshini H. Ruwanpathirana of Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara, while Vilan Sandeev Bandara Karunaratne of Royal College, Colombo emerged first runner-up and Sonal Ranathunga of Ananda College, Colombo was placed second runner-up.
The winning trio was the high scoring finalists from among 27 students during the Semi-final TV rounds which took place in October 2019. All finalists received attractive prize money awarded during the competition rounds in addition to individual trophies and certificates.
The Schools of the Grand Finale winners were also awarded handsome cash prizes. The judges for the Grand Finale comprised Mr. Uditha Gamage, Ms. Asangi Jayasinghe both representing SLIIT and Mr. Dharashana Wijesinghe, Assistant Director, Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka.
Prof. Lalith Gamage, Vice Chancellor/CEO, Prof. Lakshaman Ratnayake, Chancellor/Chairman, Prof. Nimal Rajapaksha, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Saman Thilakasiri, Dean Faculty of
Engineering, Mr. Uditha Gamage, Director Development & Engineering Services and Ms. Asangi Jayasinghe Senior Manager, Business Development, SLIIT presented awards to the winners and representatives from the schools.
Addressing the winners and audience present during the Grand Finale, Prof. Lalith Gamage said, “Congratulations to all the contestants. SLIIT’s vision is to advance knowledge, foster and promote innovation to enrich lives. I believe education should be a journey. While we are learning we should be aware of what is happening around us, understand global problems. Only if we are aware and have a good understanding of these problems can we arrive at necessary solutions.
We designed Brain Busters to advance the general knowledge of our school children, to encourage them to enhance their thinking ability and also to encourage them to be innovative.”
The preliminary rounds attracted 3000 students from over 100 Schools island wide. From this pool the 27 high scoring schools were selected for the Semi Final rounds broadcast via TV1 Channel.
Elaborating on the importance of this competition, Mr. Uditha Gamage noted, “We designed ‘Bain Busters with SLIIT’ to encourage lateral thinking and create awareness among our students on current affairs and the importance of general knowledge.”
Royal College, Colombo, Pushpadana Girls’ College Kandy, Nalanda College
Colombo, Ananda College Colombo, Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo, Museaus College Colombo, Mahinda College Galle, Anuradhapura Central College Anuradhapura, Sujatha Vidyalaya Matara emerged as Episodes Winners in the Semi Final TV rounds.
During the TV rounds, Deans and Directors from numerous SLIIT faculties addressed participants with motivational speeches, motivating them throughout.
Commenting on the successful completion of Season 2 of the TV programme, Ms. Asangi Jayasinghe, Project Chair, SLIIT Brain Busters and Senior Manager - Business Development, SLIIT said, “We are extremely proud to present the ‘Brain Busters with SLIIT Season 2’ programme. As an institution we understand the importance of thinking out of the box. The programme provides students a fun, interactive way to test their knowledge and understanding of the world they live in. We look forward to continue the momentum we have built from presenting two seasons of this much-looked forward to quiz programme which provides school children with an ideal platform to showcase their talents.”
The ‘Brain Busters with SLIIT ‘TV quiz programme was telecasted weekly on Saturdays on TV1 Channel. The Brain Busters finale can be viewed using the following link; facebook.com/sliit.lk/ videos/712666569551755/.