In parallel to the event, the Governor vested with the students the development work completed in the schools which included the construction of new three-storied classrooms, sports ground development, renovation of auditoriums and main halls, sanitary facilities and other development activities at a cost of Rs. 180 million.Addressing the students, Governor Sarath Ekanayake said that the President has fulfilled a broad islandwide task of providing a quality education to the children of the country.
The Governor pointed out that the President had fulfilled the responsibility for the people of Pulathisi by making a historic development in Polonnaruwa which had been neglected.