08 Feb
The Annual Commerce Day for the year 2016/2017 organized by the Commerce Society was held on the 8th of February 2017. The theme for the year was Sustainable Entrepreneurship- an upcoming concept followed by many businesses in today’s world. Sustain entrepreneurship is the use of business organizing to solve problems related to social and environmental issues.
The Chief Guest for the day was esteemed Madam K.A.L Thushari Ranaweera – Secretary & Deputy General Manager-Legal at Hatton National Bank Ltd. Madam Husni Hussain- Chairperson of Ilma Educational Foundation was the Guest of Honour, while the keynote speaker was one of Ilma International’s past pupils Ms Faadila Fairoze.
The Annual Commerce Day was filled with several lively events. Enlightening speeches were delivered allowing the students of Ilma a glimpse into the business world. Melodious songs were sung and dramas were also enacted making the audience roar with laughter. The event’s proceedings ended with the presentation of awards during which students both from Ilma as well as winning participants of the Inter-School Commerce competitions from other schools were awarded for their intelligence, innovation and creativity. All in all, the Commerce Day proved to be a great success.