British Council recognises leading Cambridge English centres

Platinum winner – Cambridge College of British English team with British Council Sri Lanka Country Director Orlando Edwards, British Council Sri Lanka and Maldives Exams Director Dominic Hudson and British Council Sri Lanka Account Relationship and Business Development Manager Nishani Perera

The British Council Sri Lanka hosted an awards ceremony recently, to recognise top Cambridge English registration centres for their valuable contribution. 

The event was organised to appreciate and recognise the British Council’s Cambridge centres for the many years of service and significant contribution towards exam registrations and support extended to grow the business through value addition. The ceremony also recognised 74 students of Sri Lanka and the Maldives who have scored full marks for Cambridge English examinations administered by the British Council Sri Lanka in 2024. 

Cambridge College of British English was awarded the Platinum Award, ESOL College International – Maharagama received the Gold award, Institute of British Examinations – Negombo received the Silver award and the Bronze award was presented to Lucyden Speech School – Galle. 

A highlight of the ceremony was recognising the highest volumes contributor for each province as well as the leading contributor for the Maldives in 2024.  A total of 10 regional plaques were presented to these winners.

Additionally, in appreciation of the contribution made in 2024 to the British Council as a registration centre for Cambridge English, 10 other centres in the Western province received special plaques. 

Headway School of Languages – Batticaloa, which has been working with the British Council since 2002, was among the Lifetime winners.    

Liviniya English Academy – Gampaha received the Rising Star plaque in appreciation of the phenomenal growth in Cambridge English registrations recorded for British Council Sri Lanka for the year 2024. 

British Council Country Director Orlando Edwards, British Council Sri Lanka and Maldives Exams Director Dominic Hudson and Senior Manager International Business and Product Solutions for Cambridge University Press and Assessment Priyanka Mukherjee were the distinguished invitees. 

Hudson said, “The British Council recorded its highest Cambridge English exam volumes in the current financial year 2024-25. This was possible due to the significant volume contributed by our registration centres.”