The John Keells Foundation has re-launched its ‘English Language Scholarship Programme,’ for 12 to 14 year-old school children, the company said. “The inauguration of the programme for the first batch of students took place on August 1 at the Gateway Language Centre, Colombo, with 100 students located in and around Colombo receiving scholarships,” said the company press release.
The programme will be launched subsequently at Gateway Language Centres in Ampara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Chilaw, Gampaha, Kurunegala, Matara and Ratnapura, with a total of 500 scholarships being awarded under the first intake. The second intake of students is scheduled for October this year and will be conducted in Bandarawela, Galle, Habarana, Jaffna, Kandy, Negombo, Panadura, Trincomalee and Vavuniya. The second batch will also consist of 500 scholarships, it said.
Conceptualised by John Keells, the ‘English Language Scholarship Programme,’ was launched in 2004, in collaboration with the Gateway Language Centre. The course focuses primarily on teaching English for daily use, helping students use familiar expressions and asking or answering simple questions.
The programme is aimed at enhancing English language skills of schoolchildren and youth across the island, to help improve their opportunities of higher learning and employability. John Keells says that over the years, the programme has sponsored a range of scholarships, from the internationally-recognised two-year
Edexcel Diploma Programme, to a shorter course with a four-month curriculum, for schoolchildren, school-leavers, undergraduates and trackers at the Yala National Park. The company says the course has benefited over 3,500 individuals. |
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