BoC allocates Rs. 3 million for Educational Programmes
18+ Savings Accounts specially introduced by the Nation’s Premier
Bank - Bank of Ceylon, targeting Sri Lankan youth just coming out of
School, offer number of unique benefits to account holders. The
scholarship awarded to high performers of GCE (Advanced Level)
Examination is one such benefit.
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Minister, Premajayantha awarding a scholarship to a recipient.
Chairman BoC, Gamini Wickramasinghe looks on. |
Bank of Ceylon recently held a charming ceremony at its Head Office,
to award 78 Scholarships of Rs. 30,000 each to scholarship winners who
sat for the GCE (A/L) Examination in year 2006.
Every year 5 candidates each from all 4 streams of Physical Science (Maths),
Biological Science, Commerce and Arts are selected islandwide from those
who earn the highest score in the GCE (A/L) Examination and awarded
Merit Scholarships. In addition further number of scholarships are
awarded corresponding to the age of the bank.
Accordingly bank awarded 10 Merit Scholarships and 68 Anniversary
Scholarships for 18+ Account holders selected randomly through a draw
held from those who entered the Universities in the year 2007 through
the Advanced Level Examination held in the year 2006.
For the first time Bank also awarded three scholarships each for 10
provinces for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd best results of each province in the
GCE (O/L) Examination held in year 2007.
These scholarships valued at Rs. 25,000, 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 were
awarded purely on merit for the candidates of GCE. (O/L) Examination,
without even having to maintain an account with the bank.
In his speech the Chairman BoC, Gamini Wickramasinghe disclosed that
bank is involved in number of Educational Projects under its CSR for the
benefits of the children in rural and remote areas.
Bank has allocated Rs. 3.0 Mn. for O/L and A/L Scholarship Programmes,
already spent Rs. 3.5 Mn for “Spell Master” Programme to improve the
English Education, to conduct workshops island wide for Year 5
scholarships further Rs. 3.0 Mn. is reserved and for 1250 scholarships
for RKG Account holders in the Year 5 Scholarships Examination bank
spends further Rs. 12.5 Mn. Chairman further stated that bank intends to
implement projects in all sorts of sport activities too in order to
popularise them islandwide. |
