Arunella Program 2012_2013

Engineering Students Union Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya

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Arunella Program 2012/2013


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Engineering Students Union University of Peradeniya Innovative Humane Engineering

Content

1. Arunella ............................................................................................................... 1 2. Arunella O/L Seminar Series 2012 ........................................................................ 5 3. Arunella Social Responsibility Program 2013........................................................ 8 4. Arunella Scholarship Program 2013 .................................................................... 10 5. Financial Management ........................................................................................... 12 6. Contacts ................................................................................................................. 13


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1) Arunella; For a better future generation

Arunella, organized by the Engineering Students Union of Faculty of Engineering,

University of Peradeniya is far beyond a common charity program. Since the slightest

beginning, it has become the heartbeat of a group of young engineering undergraduates,

who had the ambition to serve the countrys future with an educational aid.

As the ESU, we believe that the poverty should not be an obstacle to generate new ideas

and create a great person for the betterment of the society. Also we consider that the

greatest service a man can ever do is serve for the betterment of the society. If

that great humanity is reflected through our effort, that is the only expectation of us as

the Engineering students in University of Peradeniya. We would like to humbly remind

that, we are not only just engineers who know only strength of materials, but also

humanists who know the strength of the sweats of people.

Twilights of the Arunella program fell in to the Faculty of Engineering in 2000, when

an idea was created to form a fund to provide economical support for the

undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering, for those who were suffering from

economical deprivations. Over the years this program sprouted step by step and was

spread over various directions to enlighten not only the lives of faculty undergraduates,

but also of the students from various parts of the country who are following school

education.

Arunella program is consisted with three phases, namely

Arunella Seminar Series Arunella Social Project Arunella Scholarship Program


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1.1 Arunella Seminar Series

The main objective of the Arunella seminar series is to aid the G.C.E Ordinary Level

(O/Ls) students in rural areas, who have difficulties in learning mathematics and science

subjects due to the sacristy of teachers and other facilities. There is no doubt GCE

Ordinary level exam level is the first gateway to the higher education. Therefore it is a

timely need to help those less privileged students to continue the education while not

falling behind due to any political or socio-economic reason. Fortunately, the

Engineering Students Union who initiated the Arunella program saw this and

formulated an effective program to fulfil that gap in the Sri Lankan education system as

much as they can.

Under the Arunella seminar program, the students of the Faculty of Engineering visit

such school students in weekends and conducts tutorial and theoretical seminars

according to the government syllabus. Every year, students from various schools

gathered in number of centres in all over the country, to participate in this seminar

program.


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1.2 Arunella Social Responsibility Program

In parallel with the seminar series, Arunella social project is carried out, targeting the

betterment of under-privileged schools. The tasks carried out here include developing of

various facilities such as libraries, class room buildings, water supplies and many more.

A few recent social projects are listed below.

2006 Development of library facilities in Siyabalanduwa Kanishta Vidyalaya

2007 Donation of library material

2008 Infra-structure development program in Ihala Allewewa Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa

2009 Infra-structure development in Angammana Vidyalaya, Gampola

2010 Renovation the library and donation of library material at Hasalaka, Ulpathagama Kanishta Vidyalaya

2011 Constructing a school building for Athabandiwewa Vidyalaya, Dambulla

2012 Water supply project for Paththunupitiya Maha Vidyalaya, Nawalapitiya

2013 Infra-structure development program in Ambalankanda Maha Vidyalaya, Mawanella


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1.3 Arunella Scholarship Program The main purpose of the Arunella scholarship program is to support economically

deprived undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering. For the past twelve years, more

than 350 Engineering undergraduates were granted with Arunella scholarships.

Arunella Scholarship fund is strengthened by,

The scholarships which are given by the employers of public and private sectors in

Sri Lanka, social service organizations and the engineering graduates of the faculty.

The profit gained by selling T-shirts, pens, umbrellas, bags embedded with

Arunella logo.

The profit gained through the activities organized by the Engineering Students

Union such as film festivals.

The profit gained through the Arunella Swara Samadhi, a musical show which

carries the message of Arunella to the whole University and the rest of the society.


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2) Arunella O/L Seminar Series 2012 Applications were called from a newspaper advertisement on beginning of every year.

From over 200 applications Arunella O/L seminar series was conducted and coordinated at

43 less facilitated schools island wide in 2012.

2.1 Selection Process

Candidate schools were chosen as by following means,

Responses to the newspaper advertisement

Prior Requests

Previous Centres

Special Requirements

Seminar conducting centres are chosen according to following parameters

Past O/L Results

Number of students

Availability of teachers and resources

Willingness of the staff and the parents

2.2 Conducting Subjects

Arunella seminar series is mainly focused in following subjects,

Mathematics

Science

English

Engineering undergraduates have gained much exposure with these subjects and also the

same subjects have been the least scoring subjects in O/Ls. So it is effective in conducting

the above subjects so these subjects will help the school students to improve their academic

qualifications.

The teaching aids such as tutorials, model papers are prepared and printed by the

engineering students themselves with a good knowledge and understanding about the

subjects syllabus.


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2.3 Conducting Method

The seminar series usually begins in the mid of each year and continues till the G.C.E O/L

exam. Engineering students travel to the selected schools every weekend no matter how far

the schools are located and how hard it is to get there.

On the first day students academic level is evaluated through a test paper which covers

from very basics. Based on the performance, the students are categorized and the seminar

series is conducted in accordance with the scores. Continuous evaluation and mock exams

are conducted throughout the program to ensure the effectiveness of the program.

Parental meetings are arranged time to time to discuss the students performance.

Arunella seminar series 2012 was successfully completed in following schools

01. Nachchiyaduwa Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura

02. Sri Dutugemunu Maha Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura

03. Pahala Vetiyawa Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura

04. Ihala Kedithokkuwa Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura

05. Ipalogama Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura

06. Labunoruwa Pandukabaya Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura

07. Gal Atharagalla Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Galgamuwa

08. Gal Palukadawala Sri Sumana Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Galgamuwa

09. Hettipola Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Kuliyapitiya

10. Koswaththa Gamini Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Kuliyapitiya

11. Rathanalankara Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla

12. Buresegoda Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla

13. Janadhipathi Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla

14. Kandegedara Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala Giriulla

15. Palagama Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kurunegala - Polpithigama

16. Thalakiriyagama Maha Vidyalaya, Mathale Galewela

17. Moragolla Maha Vidyalaya, Mathale Bambaragaswewa

18. Walalgoda Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura

19. Gabbela Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura

20. Pathagama Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura

21. Weddagala Maha Vidyalaya, Rathnapura

22. PolAmbegoda Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kegalle Mawanella


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23. Imbulgasdeniya Vidyalaya, Kegalle

24. Dambadeniya Maha Vidyalaya, Ampara MahaOya

25. Marangala Maha Vidyalaya, Ampara MahaOya

26. Bendirekka Vidyalaya, Ampara

27. Agbopura Maha Vidyalaya, Trincomalee

28. Vendrasanpura Maha Vidyalaya, Trincomalee

29. Mahasenpura Maha Vidyalaya, Hambanthota

30. Kawanthissapura Vidyalaya, Hambanthota

31. Osuwinna Vidyalaya, Hambanthota

32. Ranminithenna Vidyalaya, Hambanthota

33. Medagama Maha Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa

34. Beipura Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa

35. Thambagolla Maha Vidyalaya, Ganewaththa

36. Uyangalla Kanishta Vidyalaya, Ganewaththa

37. MaUssawa Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kandy

38. Kolabissa Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kandy

39. Bopitiya National School, Kandy

40. Yatakalana Wijaya Vidyalaya, Chialaw Naththandiya

41. Arawa Vidyalaya, Badulla

42. Hewaheta Vidyalaya, Hewaheta

43. Maldeniya Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya

This program is again started for the year 2013, by calling the applications on news papers.


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3) Arunella Social Responsibility Program 2013 After collecting the details of needy schools, Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya was

selected for the Arunella social program 2013, which is situated in a rural village called

Ambalakanda at corner of the Mawanella education zone in Kegalle district.

3.1 Our expectation

As we strongly believe, after the completion of our project, the learning standard of the

school will be much improved. Consequently students will receive higher education grades

which will ensure their future. That will open a new gateway to the development of their

village. Society will be consisting of more educated people which will affect directly to

the betterment of the society in long term. People who have taken initial steps to this

project and who have helped the project will be satisfied by the success of the project.

3.2 Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya.

Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya is situated in Mawanella educational zone in Kegalle

district. It is about 17km away from the Mawanella town, if anyone wants to reach there,

only one bus works from Mawanella to Ambalakanda, unless it is needed to go to

Aranayake(13km from Mawanella) & then a bus should be taken to ambalakanda(4km

from Aranayake).

In the present day 341 students are learning in the school. Although the toilets are available

there is no water supply system to the school.


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Why Ambalakanda Maha Vidyalaya?

Motivations behind the selection of this school for this years project were many.

The selection of the school is assessed on following parameters.

The nature of their needs

Co-operation of the villagers

Amount of available resources

The amount of students, who are benefitted

Education standard achieved so far (Percentage of students passed in the exams)

Availability in land, building materials, labour and transport facility in the

neighbourhood

When talking with the villagers, their encouragement and their eager attention on the

project was clearly visible. The school staff along with the students and parents is willing

to participate in the project and contribute in maximum.

2.3 Objectives The objective of the Arunella project is improving the overall educational standard for the

ultimate development of the society. This year, it was decided to,

Repair the whole damaged buildings of the school.

Put concrete to the damaged road to primary section.

Cover the primary classes with steel nets.

Paint the buildings of the school.

Arrange a room for IT section with other required facilities.

Establish a proper water supply system.


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4) Arunella Scholarship Program 2013 Arunella Scholarship Program which is an initiative of Engineering Students Union is

carried out with the intension of the welfare of undergraduates of our own faculty.

1.1 Beneficiary

This program is focused to give financial support to the undergraduates of Faculty of

Engineering who shows potential in academic and extracurricular activities but suffer

from economical difficulties.

Over the years, the numbers of scholarships have been gradually increased. In this year,

the ESU hopes to continue providing more than thirty scholarships worth of

Rs.10, 000.00 each.

1.2 Selection process The scholarship applications are called by the Assistant Registrar, Faculty of

Engineering.

The selection is done through a faculty board appointed scholarship committee

consisting of the Dean and senior academic staff members, under the rules and

regulations of University of Peradeniya.

1.3 Fund raising activities The main fund raising program that the ESU hopes to conduct is as follows;

Grants and sponsorships

The musical show Swara Samadhi 2013

Selling T shirts and Souvenirs embedded with Arunella logo.


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1.4 Arunella Swara Samadhi 2013; A splendid saga of success Arunella Swara Samadhi or Arunella music evening is the event where all the success

and the objectives of the Arunella concept are shared with the community.

This is not just another musical show of the present society. While contributing to the

Arunella fund, Arunella Swara Samadhi presents an evening of quality entertainment

which attracts not only the university community but also hundreds of music lovers

from Kandy and surrounding areas.

Date - 12th June 2013

Time - 6.00 PM 11.30 PM

Venue - University Gymnasium

Renowned veteran musicians who have enriched the local musical scene will perform in

this musical extravaganza, which includes;

Musicians

T.M. Jayarathne

Bandara Athawuda

Pradeepa Dharmadasa

Music is by Shasthree


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5) Financial Management

As the Engineering Students Union, we wish to gather all the parties with the potential to give their helping hands on us to broaden the Arunella program to achieve the maximum of our cause. And also we believe that this is a valuable event for the well-recognized companies of the country to enhance their mark among the university community. Your generous gesture will be very much appreciated by the Engineering Students Union as it will help us to improve our effort in rendering our services to our community. 5.1 Transparency

An exclusive bank account is set up for the project during the project life in order to maintain clear records

The project will be subjected to auditing by the general auditors of the Senate of University of Peradeniya.

The accounts and other records will be maintained to the accepted standards.

Senior Treasurer of Engineering Students Union (ESU), Dr. K.A.S. Susantha, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Engineering Mathematics will be a signee of the bank

account throughout the project.

All financial and material donations will be acknowledged by an official receipt issued by the Senior Treasurer of the ESU.

Completed accounts and a full report will be presented to the university authorities at

the end of the project as per regulations.


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5) Contacts Should you require any further clarification, please contact following people. Engineering Students Union President Rajith Asantha - 0714477985 Secretary Nilupul Surawimala - 0714619911 Junior Treasurer Harshana Prabhath - 0715788001 Senior Treasurer Dr. K.A.S. Susantha - 0812393351 (Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering) Arunella O/L Seminar Series Rajitha - 0716558604 Arunella Social Responsibility Program Manjula - 0719274609 Arunella Scholarship Program Malith - 071 2986836 Engineering Students Union, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

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