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Mahatma Gandhi Schols for 2016-17

24 September, 2017

The prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships for 2016-17 were awarded to 150 Advanced Level school students from all 25 districts across Sri Lanka by Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Minister of Education, Sri Lanka, V. Radhakrishnan, State Minister of Education, Sri Lanka, and Taranjit Singh Sandhu, High Commissioner of India, at a special ceremony at the Ministry of Education Auditorium, Battaramulla on September 22.

The Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship, a merit-cum-means based Scholarship instituted in 2006-07 for Sri Lankan students, is awarded annually by the High Commission of India in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka. Recipients receive cash assistance during their two years of ‘A’ level studies. The High Commission of India has increased the scholarship amount from LKR 2,000/- to 2,500/- per month from 2015-16 onwards and accordingly; this year’s awardees will receive Rs. 30,000 annually during their two years of ‘A’ level studies.

150 students (six each from 25 districts) were selected in March/April 2017 by a joint selection committee comprising officials from the High Commission of India and the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka, based on the performance of students in the ‘O’ level examinations and an interview. Apart from this, Govt of India is providing opportunities to young Sri Lankans to study in reputed Indian Institutions of higher education through more than 270 scholarships per year, besides providing 370 short-term training slots every year to working professionals from Sri Lanka under ITEC program. 

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