The annual prize giving for 2016 of The British School in Colombo (BSC) was held on September 15 at the Nelum Pokuna Auditorium under the patronage of British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, James Dauris, Director U. Maniku, Managing Director, Priyantha Hettiarachchi and Principal Dr. John Scarth.
Students were awarded Class Prizes for Merit and Progress and Academic Prizes for Subject-Specific Excellence. Students were recognised for their dedication to the community; sporting and House achievements; as well as for outstanding achievement at IGCSE and A Level Examinations.
The cynosure of all eyes was on Sandun Bambarandage (currently at the Princeton University) who bagged the University of Melbourne Challenge Trophy awarded to the Best Advanced Level student for his excellent results in the June 2016 session.
Meanwhile Tharun Dharmawickrema won the award for the Best Performance at IGCSE May/June 2016 while Gayan Wickremasinghe won the Shanika Kannangara Memorial Trophy presented to a year 11 student who has demonstrated the best progress throughout year 11.