“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life”
-Mary Rose McGeady
Suhastha is annually organized by the undergradautes of the Department of Civil Engineering with the objective of uplifting the standards of the underprivileged schools in Sri Lanka while strengthening the bond among the students of the Civil Engineering Department. Suhastha is an opportunity for the emerging civil engineers from the department to give back and enlighten the school children.
Suhastha’21 was organized by level 2 students of the Civil Engineering Department with the guidance and contribution of senior batches and the academic staff. The project was carried out under two phases in accordance with the health guidelines provided. As the phase one, a five-day O/L mathematics seminar was conducted via Zoom platform in all three mediums - Sinhala, Tamil and English. As the phase two, a book donation campaign will be held for two identified underprivileged schools.
The mathematics seminar series was commenced from 31ST January onwards till 4th February for 5 days, after collecting student registrations under the 3 selected mediums. More than fifteen volunteers were assigned for the 5 successive days to teach students. On the fifth day, target subject areas and the target model paper questions were discussed. Additionally, tutorials under the relevant topics were also given for the students for further practice. Furthermore, motivational sessions, friendly sessions and kahoot quizzes were also held and the winners of the quiz sessions were awarded with prizes.
There were 2000+ student registrations, 600+ participants for the Sinhala medium seminar, 200+ participants for the Tamil medium seminar and 200+ participants for the English medium seminar. On 4th of February the seminars were concluded successfully, bringing the hopes and the objectives set by the organisers into a reality.
The representatives from the Civil ’19 batch stated “we extend our wholehearted gratitude especially to the academic staff for the well-wishers, guidance, encouragement, contribution, commitment and massive support, even under the current situation of the country, in bringing Suhastha-2021 to a massive success”.
