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125 Royal College students and 10 Undergraduates empowered to continue excellenceThe Loyalty Pledge Management Committee held its 9th annual scholarship awards ceremony, on July 01, 2011, which witnessed 125 students and 10 undergraduates receive their respective scholarships, an increase from 115 student scholarships and 09 undergraduate scholarships in 2010. Speaking on the occasion, the Principal of Royal College, Mr. Upali Gunasekara thanked the LPMC for continuing to facilitate the students of Royal College, in their quest to receive the best education at the best school, and become competitive in the job market. The secretary of the Loyalty Pledge Management Committee (LPMC), Mr. Kamal Abeysinghe, while acknowledging the pledges made by his Royal colleagues, emphasized the need for the scholars to be all-rounders, incorporating both academics and co-curricular activities. He re-iterated the new evaluation scheme to be used as an evaluation tool in the near future, to assess the students' performance would ensure that high standards are maintained on par with expectations of a Royal College scholar, who in turn would be empowered to make the correct career choice. Similar sentiments were echoed by the Secretary of the Royal College Union, Mr. Manju Ariyaratne, who affirmed that Royal College is the best school in Sri Lanka, and that it is the chief reason that scholars are drawn to joining College, over other schools in the island. He enthused and urged all Royalists, both from the student cadre and the past Royalists, to keep the love for Royal, as being paramount and also catalyst in governing ones actions to 'repay a debt' to the beloved alma mater. He re-iterated that Royal College's diversity, rich traditions and standards of academics and sporting excellence was instrumental in its students keeping ahead of the competition, and urged the scholars to maintain these standards.The donors present at the occasion were thanked profusely for their student and undergraduate pledges, by the treasurer of the LPMC, Mr. Ravindra Pitigalage urged all donors to continue their respective pledges for 2011/12. Two student representatives also spoke on the occasion and said they were thankful for the pledges to ensure that their academic and sporting life was championed. The ceremony also witnessed the participation of the staff of LPMC, teachers of Royal College and well-wishers who graced the occasion. Donors List 2010/11 - Names of the donors
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125 Royal College students and 10 Undergraduates empowered to continue excellence
He enthused and urged all Royalists, both from the student cadre and the past Royalists, to keep the love for Royal, as being paramount and also catalyst in governing ones actions to 'repay a debt' to the beloved alma mater. He re-iterated that Royal College's diversity, rich traditions and standards of academics and sporting excellence was instrumental in its students keeping ahead of the competition, and urged the scholars to maintain these standards.
