The provincial and national awards ceremony of the National Science Olympiad Competition organized annually by the Ministry of Education was held today (20) at the Ministry of Education with the leadership of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Mr. Vijitha Herath and the Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Madhura Senevirathna.

The National Olympiad Tournament is held in several sections centering the subjects Science, Mathematics, Information Science and Statistics. This tournament is organized with the intention of identification of the students having competence in these subjects, encouraging them and improving the subjective knowledge and also aiming at selecting the national team to be directed to the International Science Olympiad Tournament.   

The distribution of certificates of merit and awards among 101 students who have won the provincial and all island Science Olympiad Tournament held in 2024 was done at this occasion. 

Addressing this function, the Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Madhura Senevirathna requested from them to plan for winning the world not just stopping here.

A large gathering including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Mr. Vijitha Herath and the Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Madhura Senevirathna, the Secretary of Education Nalaka Kaluwewa and the senior officers of the Ministry of Education, Provincial and National level award winning students, the students who represented Sri Lanka at International Science Olympiad  Tournament and their parents participated in this event.