BOC offers schols to 2000 Grade 5 high flyers
View(s):The Bank of Ceylon (BOC) Ran Kekulu is offering 2000 scholarships each worth of Rs.10,000 for 2015 Grade 5 Scholarship achievers for the 14th time. This annual programme is one of the bank’s key Corporate Social Responsible programmes to uplift the country’s education by supporting and encouraging school children to make an extra effort in their studies, the bank said in a media release. So far the bank has awarded and recognized 12600 students since 2002.
Maintaining a minimum balance of Rs.2,500 in a BOC Ran Kekulu account on or before the date of the scholarship examination, which fell on 23rd August2015 with 175 marks or above fulfilled the eligibility for the BOC Ran Kekulu scholarship. “All other BOC Ran Kekulu account holders who have passed 2015 Scholarship examination will be eligible for a valuable gift provided they too have maintained the said minimum balance requirement,” it said.
Further as a part of this sustainability initiative, the bank conducts the Hapana programme, an island-wide project that supports and encourages students to pass the Year five scholarship examination. This is conducted at provincial level with the assistance of the Education Ministry.
The BOC maintains over 3,000 school savings units in selected schools covering all parts of the country. These units are managed by the students themselves with the help of the nearest BOC branch. This project aims at inculcating the savings habit and giving firsthand experience to youngster in banking to build a sustainable thrift culture in Sri Lanka.