Pavithra Amandi Edirisinghe

Australian universities offer scholarships based only on academic achievements of students. The universities are very selective in offering scholarships at undergraduate level whereas at postgraduate level they adopt a more favorable attitude.

Throughout the 10 years of existence of Edlocate as a premier student agency in Sri Lanka for selected Australian Universities and other tertiary educational institutions, Edlocate has assisted bright Sri Lankan students to win scholarships at various levels of studies. The very first student of Edlocate - Mahendrarajah.Piraveenan won a full scholarship to do his B.Eng(Computer Systems) Hons at the University of Adelaide. During the years there had been several students who won scholarships including Dr. Rasika Jayasekera who won a scholarship to do a PhD in Nursing.

For the 2009 February semester too Edlocate assisted several bright students to win scholarships. Barana Chandima Waidyathilake a 20 year old student from Trinity College in Kandy won a scholarship to do BA at the University of Melbourne with specialization in Sociology. Barana, a Ryde Gold Medal winner excelled in studies at Trinity and was placed 3rd at national level in the arts stream at the GCE A/L exam, Aug'2007. His many achievements in a range of activities other than studies made it possible for Edlocate to make a strong case with regard to his application for a scholarship. Harendra Rajapakse a 27 years old graduate in Agriculture from the University of Peradeniya won a scholarship to the University of Adelaide to read for his PhD in Bio Chemistry He is an old boy of Dharmaraja College, Kandy.

Edlocate was also able to assist 4 students who sat the June 2008 GCE Advanced Level London examination and did extremely well, securing 4 A grades to win scholarships for Feb 2009 entry.

Mario Shaveen De Silva a 19 yr old student from Asian International School and Jovan Jacob 19 yrs old from Stafford International School were both awarded 100% tuition scholarships by the University of Adelaide. Whilst Mario will do a double degree Bachelor of Commerce & Bachelor of Law, Jovan will do a degree in Engineering (Chemical) .

Pavithra Amandi Edirisinghe from Gateway International School and Daneesha Sevwandhi Fonseka a 19 years old girl from the Colombo International School both won a partial scholarship to do Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Melbourne.