RIYADH: A three-member board of management was unanimously elected by the parents of the Sri Lankan International School in Jeddah on recently. Announcing the names of the new members, M.L.M. Imran, Susantha Subasinghe and M.T.M. Muzammil, Musthafa Hersi, senior official from the Foreign Education Department of Ministry of Education, said that in the absence of a contest, the remaining three qualified nominees were declared elected as new members to the board.
“The new members will take over the management of the school board only after the summer vacation,” Hersi said, hoping for a swift transfer from the previous to the present board.
The Election Commission was headed by school Principal F.H. Wahab and other members included Mosfer Ghambi, assistant director for foreign education, Makkah Region, Hersi, Mohamed Zakaraiah, representative from the embassy in Riyadh, Azmiya Feroze and Harsha Walpita from the administrative and academic staff, respectively, and Subbiah Maheson and Imthiyaz Haniffa as representatives from parents.
Wahab said that the election process was initiated by Sri Lankan Ambassador A.A.M. Marleen, who was keen on setting up a new board of management since the tenure of the previous board had expired in June 2007.
