Royal College ‘EDEX- Nenapahana’ team which is engaged in educational books and equipment donation programmes to needy schools in the country recently donated a large stock of school books and library books to Diggalpura Kanishta Vidyalaya, a remote school in Kavuduluwewam, Medirigiriya in the Polonnaruwa District.
This is the first occasion the EDEX team, headed by Chairman Mahinda Galagedara made arrangements to dispatch the school books and other educational equipment to a school by train from Colombo Fort Railway Station to Hingurakgoda Railway Station in order to fulfill the school’s dire requirement in a very short duration.
The EDEX Nenapahana team was compelled to make the donation as early as possible after an urgent message received from the school Principal N. I. Elpitiya regarding the dire necessity of school and library books considering the economic situation of nearly 250 children studying in the school.
In addition Principal Elpitiya also requested the EDEX management to provide them with a photo copy machine which is also immensely important for teachers to have printouts of question papers.
Making a brief speech, Principal Elpitiya highly commended the EDEX Nenapahana team for their kind gesture and said that around 250 children studying in the school up to grade five classes with limited resources.
He also highlighted that one Grade five student passed the Grade five scholarship examination in 2017 with 180 marks and eight other students received pass marks with available resources.
Representing the staff teacher Malkanthi said if no photocopy machine is received by school from a donor she would make arrangements to purchase one prior to her retirement in July 2019.
EDEX Chairman, Mahinda Galagedara said the parents of students are farmers who live with basic facilities and their cultivations depend on rain fall. Sometimes their crops get destroyed due to prevailing droughts.
He said the Nenapahana Committee has so far upgraded 110 schools in 20 districts since 2013 and wish to continue the service even in future and request donors to contribute towards this worthy cause.
