22 July 2023 12:00 am Views - 281
By Romesh Madusanka
It was an emotional moment for all those attending the convocation of the Jaffna University on Thursday (20) when the mother appeared on the stage to receive the degree certificate of her son who had died in an accident.
A final year student of the Vavuniya faculty of the Jaffna University Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Hasan Sagara Dissanayake had appeared for the degree examination in Applied Maths and Computer Science before he died in a motorcycle accident at Medawachchiya area.
She broke into tears and stepped onto the stage to receive her son’s degree certificate when Vice Chancellor Prof. Sri Sathgunarajah invited her to come and receive it. Chancellor C. Pathmanathan presided over the convocation. The fellow students of Hasan Sagara helped her back to the audience after receiving the certificate.