Year Five Scholarship examination:

People’s Bank rewards top students

The People’s bank recently awarded the top performing students of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examinations at the Auditorium of Isurupaya in Battaramulla.

The awards ceremony was chaired by Education Minister Bandula Gunawardene, amidst a gathering of other Public Representatives, together with the Commissioner General of Examinations - Anura Edirisinghe, People’s Bank Chairman W Karunajeewa, Head of Marketing and Public Affairs of People’s Bank Deepal Abeysekera, Deputy General Manager Personal Banking Dr Nihal Ranjith Jayathilake and other Regional Managers and Branch Managers of People’s Bank.

Year V, All Island scholarship winner felicitated. Sanuja Kalhan Edirisinghe of Pannipitiya Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya, the islandwide top scorer (Sinhala medium) at the Grade Five Scholarship Examinations being presented with an award by Education Minister Bandula Gunawardene, Also in the picture are Commissioner General of Examinations Anura Edirisinghe and People’s Bank Chairman of W. Karunajeewa.

Parents of the top performers, together with the Principals and Teachers of the respective schools also participated in this grand occasion.

The awards presentation saw 11 students from both Sinhala and Tamil mediums who had achieved the rankings of first, second and third at the recently concluded Scholarship Examinations throughout the island being rewarded by People’s Bank.

First place achievers were awarded Rs 100,000 each whilst second and third place achievers were awarded Rs 50,000 and 25,000 each respectively.

The bank has also launched a program for all students who have passed the grade 5 Scholarship examinations to be awarded with cash gifts under the Sisu Udana scholarship program.

Under this scholarship scheme cash prizes worth Rs 15,000, 12,500 and 10,000 will be awarded to students who are placed first, second and third respectively from all districts islandwide even without the student maintaining a Sisu Udana account with the bank. Further, People’s Bank will award 800 applicable students, who have a minimum balance of Rs 2,500 in their Sisu Udana accounts as at 22nd August 2010, with a cash prize of Rs 5,000 each. People’s Bank, who has always pitched to be the first in playing a part to uplift the lives of those displaced in the North and East also took the opportunity to conduct the scholarship workshops to the children of the relief villages in the war stricken areas.

The project helps to build the personalities of both the children as well as the parents as understanding adults and therefore the advice given through these programs are of utmost importance to build the lives of our future generations.

People’s Bank ‘Sisu Udana Kusalatha Pranama’ scholarship schemes and workshops for Year 5 students play a key role in planting seeds of knowledge in the hearts and minds of little children.

In addition, students who pass their GCE Ordinary Level examinations with top results islandwide as well as in their respective districts are also awarded special scholarships, whilst GCE Advanced Level students who excel in science, arts, commerce and mathematics streams are awarded cash prizes under this unique social service program of the bank.

Out of all People’s Bank saving schemes, the students’ saving schemes are considered as most important.

Over the years People’s Bank has strengthen its position as being the bank that uplifts lives of the younger generation and this has always been at the forefront of all People’s Bank social responsibility initiative.

The trust placed on People’s Bank it’s further proven by the fact that People’s Bank savings accounts and student saving accounts are the popular choice of over 50 percent of Sri Lanka’s student population.