There are 25 administrative districts in Sri Lanka, and certain provinces are declared
as difficult areas.
Of those areas, our Kilinochchi district is considered a highly difficult area.
Our school was displaced to other places thrice over because of internal problems and war,
and now it is functioning well.
We finally moved here in July 2008 again, and we started the school here in March 2010.
This building, that 2 story building and the other buildings were newly built.
This building was renovated and everything was done by the Australian government.
826 students are studying in this school, 55 teachers and 6 non-academic employees work
here.
We started this garden 8 months ago with the help of farmers under the supervision of the
teachers.
Agriculture as a subject is done from grade 10 to advanced level.
Every week 5 subjects are followed and one subject is for practical knowledge, and at
the same time they get involved in agriculture work.
I have been teaching mathematics in this school
for the last 2 years.
My name is Nagaraja Keerthiswaran.
We were able to open 2 mathematics labs with the support of the Principal, Vice Principal
and teachers.
Although we face many challenges in this school, last year 3 students became runners-up in
the provincial mathematics competition.