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Okitha Dintharu | |
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| Education | Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa D. S. Senanayake College Informatics Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Sitting the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination in grade 9 and obtaining nine A passes and one of the youngest university selectors |
Okitha Dintharu is a Sri Lankan student who sat the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination while in grade 9 and obtained nine A passes, and later qualified for state university admission on the results of the 2023 Advanced Level examination.[1][2][3]
Education
[edit]Dintharu attended Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa, and after the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination he moved to D. S. Senanayake College in Colombo.[1][2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to sit his national examinations early. He left school while in grade 9 and sat the 2022 G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination, held in May 2023, obtaining nine A passes.[1][3][4] About four months later he sat the 2023 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination in the physical science stream, and qualified for admission to a state university.[2][4]
He later began a computer science degree awarded by the University of Westminster, at the Informatics Institute of Technology in Colombo.[5]
Other activities
[edit]Dintharu is a co-founder of Neurobloom, an artificial intelligence and robotics startup.[5] He has completed Visharad Part II in violin, has passed the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test at N3 level, and plays badminton.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 නවයේදී පැන්න එකොළහේ පිම්ම [The leap to eleven taken at nine] (in Sinhala). Hiru News. December 2023.
- 1 2 3 [News report on Okitha Dintharu] (in Sinhala). Ada Derana.
- 1 2 "විභාගයට වාඩිවුණේ පාසලට කීර්තියක් අරන් දෙන්න" [Sat the exam to bring fame to the school]. Dinamina (in Sinhala).
- 1 2 [Interview with Okitha Dintharu] (in Sinhala). DP Education.
- 1 2 3 [Interview with Okitha Dintharu on Hiru TV morning programme] (in Sinhala). Hiru TV.