![]() Their suggestion was that their successor should be Upali. Senanayake College, Colombo and at the Department of Examinations, due to two of his SLAS colleagues who held these posts opting to be placed elsewhere. Two vacancies had opened in the education sector - Deputy Principal, D.S. His first appointment was Assistant Director, Department of Education, Matara and later the Science Branch of Colombo’s main office till August 1990.ġ990 was a turning point in his career. My father’s words propelled me to enter Pasdunrata and then join the Government Service,” he said. The Principal of Ananda College.” Ananda Principal, Colonel Rajapaksha was a prominent figure in society, for whom I had much respect. “Putha, if you join the SLAS, you could one day become But, the night before the day I had to report to Pasdunrata, my father spoke of the benefits I could reap from the decision. “As I was involved in my thriving business, I was in two minds. At his friend’s behest he also applied for entry to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. One morning when he walked past the University Post Office he spotted a batchmate engrossed in the Gazette. “It was a habit of Passing Out students to go through the Government Gazette seeking job opportunities,” he reminisces. He entered Pasdunrata College of Education in Kalutara. Simultaneously, he was the Manager, Matara Branch of HPT, an established housing and property trading company.įate, however, had other avenues for him. The young graduate, digging into his childhood dreams of being a chemistry wizard researched his scope and goals to launch a chemical related manufacturing business called JChem in Matara in 1987. Graduating with a special degree in Chemistry in 1985, he served on the academic panel of the university for one-and-a-half years. Completing his A/L in the Mathematics stream, he entered the Physical Science Faculty of Peradeniya University. The Navodaya Scholarship at Grade 7, admitted him to Ananda College, Colombo. His primary education was at Kanahalagama Junior School and Richmond College, Galle. Gunasekara was a Survey Superintendent and mother Hema was a teacher. The journey has not been easy and Gunasekara yet has many miles to go. A strong persevering academic and tough disciplinarian, he is instrumental in the transformation of hundreds of boys from being the itchy, crawly, hungry, caterpillars disliked by those around them in to majestic butterflies - handsome, well mannered and holistic young men. Upali Gunasekara is an educator of calibre. He could be called a contemporary disapamok - the supreme head of residential schools of yore. ![]()
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