Saturday 31 October 2015

My show and Tell about Dr. Pahlagedara Jayathilake in 2012

My show and tell is about a disabled Sri Lankan person. Now he is a doctor researching at National University of Singapore. He is Dr. P Jayathilaka. I will call him Jaya. Jaya had Polio when he was a child. Both his legs were paralyzed. His mum who was a poor lady, thought education was the best thing she could give to her crippled son. When he went to school his mum took him in a wheelbarrow. Somebody donated a wheelchair for him after seeing their courage. Jaya was very good at studies in class. He won many awards at school. He was selected to do engineering in Moratuwa  University in Sri Lanka.
He got a Super First Class in his final exam. Then he was selected to do Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the National University of Singapore. After getting his PhD now he is working as a researcher there.
Jaya was born in Dandu Bendi Ruppa which was a remote village in Sri Lanka. He was born in 1975 and now he is 37.



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  2. Very interesting "Show-and-Tell". I studied at the same university. He was a lecturer at the mechanical engineering department at that time.

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  3. thanks Pani.. Jayathilake and us are friends after this show ant tell

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