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Our Future Speech
Children are our tomorrow - our future. Bright faces that I see here today receiving prizes and evincing their talents will be the citizens of tomorrow. They may tomorrow grow up to be Einsteins, Edisons, Gandhis, Abdul Kalams & Ananda Krishnans or they may just turn out to be a burden on the society, stragglers in the race of life waiting for someone to give them a job. What our children are going to be in future is what we make of them. The talents they demonstrate here are the proof that they have the potentiality to be the useful citizens of the future.
Since ancient times, the one continuing purpose of education has been to bring people to as full a realization as possible, of what it is to be a good human being. Education is not only
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An apt example being Master. Siriwardana one of the better bowlers in our cricket team. Competent, articulate and well motivated children and young people, who enjoy high quality learning experiences. My humble request to all of you join me in my vision and restore the glory that was once Zahira. When my dear students leave us after the AL we want them to be able to proudly identify themselves as Zahirians and Sri …show more content…
There are many schools in Colombo which have been ear-marked for closure due to lack of students. My fervent appeal to you is please hand over these to us, help us to ease the severe shortage of schools that we face.
Sir you can see what we have done here for the last six years but sad to say some without helping us and diverting their energies to solve the problems faced by our children carry on a campaign against the success of Zahira. They are brain-washing the poor of the area by saying that Zahira belongs only to the Muslims of Colombo Central. Zahira has only 440 seats an year. We know how upset parents get when their child is refused admission.
Our vision is to open our doors for the best talent from all around Sri Lanka from all her communities like Royal, St. Thomas’s, Ananda and Trinity.
Our country has suffered for the last fifty years or so due to the petty minds of people. We want to be part of your vision Mr. President to take Sri Lanka to great heights like she was in the ancient times when she was called the granary of the

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