The Communications Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, together with the Regional Offices of the Central Bank, conducted the written examination to select the 16 best school teams (in each medium, i.e. Sinhala and Tamil), for the contest ‘Econ Icon - Season IV’, the TV quiz programme, which will take place in 2019. The examination was held simultaneously at selected centres island-wide on 22nd January 2019 where teams of A/L students from schools in each District participated. Given below are the names of schools whose teams were placed first in the respective District.
| District | School Name |
| Ampara | D S Senanayake Central College, Ampara |
| Anuradhapura | Niwanthakachethiya Maha Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura |
| Badulla | Badulla Central College |
| Colombo | Devi Balika Vidyalaya |
| Galle | Southlands College, Galle |
| Gampaha | Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya |
| Hambanthota | Rajapakse Central College, Weeraketiya |
| Kaluthara | Thakshila Central College, Horana |
| Kandy | Sujatha Balika National School, Galagedara |
| Kegalle | St. Mary's College, Kegalle |
| Kurunegala | St. Anne's College, Kurunegala |
| Matara | Narandeniya Central College, Kamburupitiya |
| Matale | Wewalawewa Maha Vidyalaya, Dambulla |
| Monaragala | Malwaththawala Central College, Wellawaya |
| Nuwara Eliya | Poramadulla Central College, Rikillagaskada |
| Polonnaruwa | Divulankadawala Central College |
| Puttalam | Holy Family Girl's School, Wennappuwa |
| Rathnapura | Sumana Balika Vidyalaya, Getangama |
| Trincomalee | Ganthalawa Maha Vidyalaya, Kanthale |
| Vavuniya | Parakum Maha Vidyalaya, Irattaperiyamkulama |
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District |
School Name |
| Ampara | Akkaraipattu Muslim Central College |
| Anuradhapura | A/Kekirawa Muslim Maha Vidyalaya |
| Badulla | Tamil Girl's Maha Vidyalaya |
| Batticaloa | Kurumanvely Sivasakthi Maha Vidyalayam |
| Colombo | Hindu College, Colombo 4 |
| Galle | G/Muslim Ladies College |
| Gampaha | Al-Mubarak Central College |
| Jaffna | Vembadi Girl's High School |
| Kaluthara | AL-Humaisara Central Collge |
| Kandy | Badi-Un-Din- Mahamud Girls College |
| Kegalle | Baduriya Central College |
| Kilinochchi | Kilinochchi Madhya Maha Vidyalayam |
| Kurunegala | KU/Paragahadeniya Central College |
| Mannar | St.Anne's Madya Vidyalayam |
| Matale | Amina Girls National School |
| Matara | Minhath National School |
| Mulaitivu | Mullaitivu Maha Vidyalayam |
| Nuwara Eliya | St. Mary's College |
| Puttalam | Kadayamottai Muslim Central College |
| Rathnapura | R/B Kanaganayagam Tamil Central College |
| Trincomalee | Orr's Hill Vivekananda College |
| Vavuniya | Rambaikulam Girl's Maha Vidyalayam |
Published Date:
Thursday, January 24, 2019