Sri Lanka Insurance offers 600 Suba Pathum scholarships

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Sri Lanka Insurance is once again offering talented Sri Lankan students a golden opportunity to receive valuable scholarships through its Life Suba Pathum National Scholarship Scheme.

Suba Pathum 2018 is now open and SLI is accepting applications from students who had excelled at the Grade Five Scholarship, GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations in 2016 and 2017. A total of 600 students from across the island, 300 for each year, will be the beneficiaries of this scheme.

Once all applications for the scholarships are received, SLI will select the top four achievers from each district at the Grade 5 Scholarship and GCE O/L examinations and present each student with a scholarship worth Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 40,000 respectively. From the A/L applicants, winners will be selected based on national rankings from the Arts, Science, Mathematics and Commerce streams for scholarships worth Rs. 50,000 each.

If the parents/guardian of the student hold a Life insurance policy with SLI, the student will benefit over a longer period, until they sit the next major national examination. Accordingly, Grade Five students whose parents hold SLI Life policies will receive the scholarship continuously for five years, O/L students will benefit for two years and A/L students for three years.

The Suba Pathum scheme was introduced by SLI in 2014 to applaud the achievements of the children of the country and to encourage others also to perform well and reach their best potential. This is the fourth time it is being conducted. So far, Suba Pathum has benefited over 300 students each year with the total value of the scholarships presented annually being over Rs. 18 million. It is one of the most beneficial of such schemes in the industry.

Applications for the scheme can be downloaded from the Sri Lanka Insurance website or collected from the nearest branch office. The closing date for applications is 31 May.