The much anticipated groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of constructing a new building for Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha was held in Doha.

The event was held on Friday (December 14) at the land allocated by the government of Qatar for the construction of Sri Lankan community school in Thumama area in Doha, Qatar, The Peninsula newspaper reported.

The ceremony was graced by Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah Fakhro, Chief of Protocol, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh bin Khalifa Al Nuaimi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Tariq Abdullah Al Abdullah, Minister’s Advisor for Private Schools, Hamad Mohammed Al Ghali, Director of Private Schools Licensing Office, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Qatar A S P Liyanage and several others.

A plaque was unveiled by the guests prior to the groundbreaking ceremony. Roshan Sanjaya Balasooriya, Chairman, Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha and Sivapragasam Sivam, Principal of the school were also present.

Courtesy of news.lk