Ceylinco Life Pranama Scholarship winners exceed 850

The conclusion of the seventh annual presentation of Ceylinco ‘Pranama’ Scholarships by Ceylinco Life has brought the number of scholarships awarded by the life insurance leader to 857, the company said.

Another 104 scholarships to students who sat the GCE Advanced Level examination in 2007 are to be presented next year due to the delay in the release of their examination results. Students from all parts of the country, school principals, teachers and parents participated at this glamorous award ceremony at the BMICH last week.

Ceylinco Life has to date awarded Pranama scholarships worth Rs.30 million making a significant contribution towards motivating future leaders, one of the key objectives of the programme.

‘Ceylinco Pranama’ is one of the main components of the company’s ‘Life Rewards’, portfolio of special benefits to policyholders and the community.

Ceylinco Life Chief Executive Director R. Renganathan said, at the awards ceremony, that Ceylinco Life looks forward to this event as it gives ‘us a great deal of satisfaction to support the future leaders of our country.’

Examinations Commissioner Anura Edirisinghe, the Guest of Honour, said educating children to face the challenges arising from socio—economic changes are critical to the country’s future.

Ceylinco Pranama scholarships were presented to 50 policyholders’ children who achieved best results in their respective districts at the Year 5 scholarship examination in 2006 and 2007, to 23 who sat the GCE Ordinary Level in 2006 and to 10 who excelled at the national level in sports, culture, arts, drama or invention.

Ceylinco Life also presented special cash awards to the students who achieved the highest marks islandwide in physical science, biology, commerce and arts at the 2007 GCE (A/L) examinations irrespective of whether or not they are the children of policyholders.