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Mahapola Scholarship Ceremony Postponed Due to Unforeseen Circumstances
The Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund has postponed its 2024/2025 awards ceremony, originally scheduled for September 28. The trust fund cited unavoidable circumstances for the delay and has advised beneficiaries to disregard previous attendance arrangements.
LSN Sri Lanka ·
The awarding ceremony for the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship programme has been deferred indefinitely, the administering trust fund announced on the day it was scheduled to take place. The Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund did not specify the reasons for the postponement beyond describing them as unavoidable.
Scholarship recipients were notified that they should not proceed with travel or other arrangements made in preparation for the Saturday event. The trust fund did not announce a new date for the ceremony at the time of the postponement notice.
The Mahapola scheme is one of Sri Lanka's primary scholarship programmes, providing financial assistance to deserving students pursuing higher education. The 2024/2025 academic year awards were scheduled to recognise and honour selected beneficiaries, but organisers determined that circumstances necessitated rescheduling.
No further details regarding the nature of the obstacles or expected timeline for rearrangement have been disclosed by the trust fund. Scholarship recipients are expected to await further announcements regarding revised scheduling.