HNB rewards year 5 scholarship winners across the country with Singithi Lama scholarships
Saturday, 28 December 2013 00:00
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In a laudable gesture, Hatton National Bank (HNB) rewarded students who excelled at the year 5 Scholarship examination conducted by the Department of Examinations, at a special felicitation ceremony held at HNB Towers in Colombo recently.
Under this year 5 scholarship scheme initiated by HNB in 2012, children who maintained a minimum balance of Rs. 10,000 in a HNB Singithi Lama Account prior to the examination will qualify for attractive cash awards if they emerge as the highest scorers on a district basis. In addition, the all-island high-flyer wins the coveted top scholarship award of Rs. 300,000.
At the 2013 felicitation ceremony, Sandaru Thathsara Balahewa, a student of G/Mahinda Vidyalaya, Galle, the all-island top scorer at the year 5 Scholarship examination was awarded with a scholarship worth Rs. 300,000.
The three students honoured as the second best achievers and awarded scholarships valued at Rs. 200,000 each were M.K.J. Vidulanka Munasinghe of KG/Bandaranayake Kanishta Vidyalaya, Hettimulla, G.D.H. Chanuka Dharmarathna of Karagastalawa Vidyalaya, Belihuloya and M.K. Gimhani Malaviarachchi of Godagama Subharathi Mahamathya Maha Vidyalaya, Godagama.
In addition, winners who ranked amongst the Top 20 in their respective districts were awarded Rs. 20,000 each.
In its totality, 175 HNB Singithi Lama Account holders who sat for this examination in 2013 from all 25 districts, including the north and the east, were felicitated at this event, where DGM – Services Piyal Hennayake, DGM Recoveries & Credit Quality Management Lasantha Fernando, AGM Personal Financial Services R.M.P. Dayawansa, AGM Trade & International Nilam Jumat, AGM Network Management Rohan Thambirajah, AGM Human Resources Chiranthi Cooray and Chief Strategy Officer Ruwan Manatunga participated.
All-Island winners were accorded a warm welcome, garlanded and taken in a procession with the members of HNB corporate management team under a comprehensive program to recognise and reward their indefatigable efforts, which brought singular honour and fame not only to themselves, but to their schools and the staff teachers as well.
With the objective of facilitating students facing the year 5 scholarship examination, HNB conducted a series of educational guidance programs. Under this initiative, model question papers prepared by a renowned panel of educationists were issued to Singithi Lama Account holders. These papers were designed in Sinhala and Tamil languages and consisted of 20 model papers with answer scripts.
The parents of students billed to sit for the examination in 2014 can open a Singithi Lama Account on behalf of their child and maintain a minimum balance of Rs. 10,000 to qualify for the scholarship awards to top scorers. An account can be opened with a minimum deposit of Rs. 500.
Among the many features and benefits of this unique account are a range of gifts based on the existing account balance, loans for purchase of computers, scholarships up to a value of Rs. 7 million and an opportunity to enter the Pathum Vimana Draw. In addition, children enjoy an added 1% interest above the general savings rate.
At the forefront of promoting programs in the sphere of education, HNB continues to champion a number of initiatives designed to boost skills and further educational pursuits among children across the island through its homegrown Nana Pubuduwa initiative.
Since 2005, HNB’s many CSR initiatives include establishing libraries in schools, particularly those in disadvantaged, rural areas, which now number 199, promoting IT-based learning environments through provision of computers to selected schools and renovation of existing infrastructure as well as donation of books, furniture and equipment.
