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Mahavilachchiya Students Excel at Advanced Level

by wanni77 | March 6, 2009 at 05:00 am

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Nine students have been selected to universities from Mahavilachchiya from the Advanced Level exam that was held last year. Six of these students have been ranked below 50 from the whole Anuradhapura district. All of these who were ranked below 50 have got A passes for all three subjects at the exam. Sidhdhartha (6), Thakshila (2) and Saliyamala (1) public schools have produced those students. Some of these students also studied computers and English at Horizon Lanka. Though scores of other students also have qualified for the university literally, they will not stand a chance to enter universities due to the tight competition at the universities in Sri Lanka.

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sara star

at 07:46 on March 8th, 2009

This is great work being done at Horizon Lanka.

Horizon is a classic story of the perseverance, determination and dedication of humble man by the name of Wanninayaka.

In 1998 Wanni started Horizon penniless with one old computer. Today it has transformed in to a non profitable organization “Horizon Lanka Foundation” with asset value of around Rs 9.4 million as at 31 March 2006.

Surrounded by beautiful scenery, this farming village in Mahavilachchiya did not have a single telephone, no mobile coverage and roads leading to it were filled with pot holes. To make matters worse, the villagers always lived in fear due to the terrorist activities happening all around it.