By L.B.Senaratne

A mother’s love for her  child’s education made her as well to join the advanced level classes to help a visually handicapped child to be placed in the 75  position Island
The student from Gelioya in the Kandy District coming under Gampola Edcuation Zone,of  Sri Pragnarathne Madiya Maha Vidyalaya Thivanka Ranabima who wad unfortunately visually impaired has topped the Kandy District Advanced Level Examination securing three passes in Mass Media Communication, Media Studies and Buddhist Civilization and is ranked at the 75th position Island-wide.
His mother had also enrolld in the Advanced Level classes to give a helping hand to Ranabahu.
Thivanka Ranabahu became blind  while in the third term of Grade 10 wihout a reason. at the age of 15 years. He is under treatment.  His father  had  passed when he was only three months old, and his mother Sujeeva Kumari looked after him  against all ods
At advanced level Ranabahnu depended mostly  on on-line programmes with his mother speaking  and he listended to the pogramme and the answers given by himj were written by his mother.  His mother, was the live wire to his education he added.
At the Ordinary level classes, two teachers helped him, one by giving the questions and another by writing the answers given by him.  In this way, he said that he obtained four A’s Three B’s and three C’s. at the Ordinary Level examination.