SDB Lakdaru Scholarship Seminar Series 2016

An island wide Lakdaru Scholarship Seminar Series has been organised by the SANASA Development Bank (SDB) for grade 5 students. This will be carried out as a CSR project and a few of the seminars will be conducted in the Tamil medium too. The ninth of these seminars was held on 7 May 2016 at the Nuwara Eliya Cinecita Town Hall in parallel to the Scholarship Seminar Series. There is a separate seminar for parents regarding skills and attitudes of children and child philosophy. 

In a statement issued to the media, SDB said there is an opportunity to open Lakdaru accounts at the scholarship seminar. Special features of the Lakdaru account includeattractive gift schemes and a free hospitalisation cover.

Gift schemes are very popular among children with offers based on savings slab. One of the more popular gifts is a world map enriched with a bundle of information about the world in a simple, easy to understand format. This is in high demand among children as well as their parents, the bank said.

SDB Lakdaru also offers a 1% additional rate of interest than normal savings.

A free hospitalisation cover up to Rs. 50,000/= is popular especially among parents which assist in taking care of their children’s health, said SDB.

The bank offers up to Rs. 50,000 worth of cash rewards for children who qualify with higher marks on their grade 5 scholarships exams as well as O/L and A/L examinations.

The next seminar of the series will be held in the North Western Province on 14 May at  the Sudasuna Hall, Chilaw.