CBB Sixes 2015: Supporting worthy cause through sporting extravaganza

The Council for Business with Britain (CBB) will be organising its annual Triangular Sports event (Cricket, Netball and Badminton) for its members, for the 15th consecutive year, on 31 October at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium (Oval). This event will bring together many corporates from the business fraternity onto the playing field as over 50 teams compete for the awards on offer.

MAS Holdings has come forward to support the event as the principal sponsor, along with, Hilton Colombo Residences and Qatar Airways as Silver Sponsors and AIA Insurance Lanka PLC with a Bronzes sponsorship. Our co-sponsors are Aitken Spence Cargo, ATG Ceylon Ltd., Coats Thread Exports Ltd., Crystal Martin Ceylon Ltd., George Sourcing Services and Sudath Perera Associates & Sunshine Holdings Plc. 

Douglas Aceiro, Chairman of the Organising Committee, confirmed that all proceeds from the day go towards financing the CBB’s English Language Teacher Training Project, which is managed by the British Council in collaboration with the National Institute of Education (N.I.E) and the Ministry of Education. The project’s primary objective is to upgrade the English language capability of pupils in schools throughout Sri Lanka. Over 1,000 teachers have been trained through this program, benefitting more than 150,000 students.

The project has trained a cadre of mentors from the Ministry of Education’s Regional English Support Centres (RESCs) ensuring a wide geographical coverage across Sri Lanka. The mentors deliver in-service teacher training to teachers in their areas using a distance learning course which leads to the internationally recognised University of Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). Teachers following the training also receive a CBB/British Council (BC) certificate. The project functions on two levels: training mentors to facilitate the CBB distance-training course and training teachers through the CBB distance-training course.