ComBank donates IT lab to Telijjawila Central
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has donated a fully-equipped and
furnished computer laboratory to the Telijjawila Central School in the
Matara District under the Bank’s national-scale community initiative to
promote IT education.
Students at the computer lab donated by the Bank |
The donation, the 60th of its kind by the Bank, will benefit the
school’s 2,850 students, the Bank said. More than 30,000 students
country-wide have been provided facilities for IT education under this
programme to date.
The donated computer laboratory was formally opened by K.G.D.D.
Dheerasinghe, Deputy Chairman of Commercial Bank in the presence of
representatives of the corporate management of the Bank. The Telijjawila
Central College traces its history to a humble thatched building at the
Telijjawila junction which commenced operation in January 1946 with 200
students and three teachers.
The school was moved to its present location in July 1955 with the
ceremonial opening of its building by the Rt. Hon. Sir John Kotelawala
who was Prime Minister at the time. Many eminent Sri Lankans have
received their education at the school.
“This is a school that has a long and distinguished history and an
institution that has provided education to many thousands of students
over the years,” said Ravi Dias, Managing Director and CEO of Commercial
Bank. “It is a privilege for Commercial Bank to support such an
institution.”
All schools that receive computer laboratories from the Commercial
Bank are also provided assistance from the Bank to maintain and upgrade
their computer labs when necessary to ensure that the facilities benefit
many batches of students.
These donations are funded by Commercial Bank’s CSR Trust which
assists the Bank to identify national priorities and deliver a
structured response to the needs of the community. Commercial Bank has
chosen IT Education as its primary sphere of community activity because
it believes the subject is crucial to ensuring the growth and future of
Sri Lankan society, Mr. Dias added. |