Those who were present included Minister Susil Premajayantha, State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, MPs Lakshman Kiriella, Gayantha Karunathilake, M A Sumanthiran, Rauf Hakeem, Eran Wickremaratne, Harsha de Silva, C V Wigneshwaran, Yadamini Gunawardena, Kavinda Jayawardane, past principals, current principal and staff and students.