Serendib Education Foundation holds annual awards and felicitation ceremony

The Serendib Education Foundation (SEF) had its annual awards and felicitation ceremony recently at the MICH Hall Colombo 6. The event was attended by dignitaries, donors, scholarship award winners and key members of SEF.

Established in 1991 SEF is 25 years old and it’s on the Silver jubilee.

The event commenced with the interviews of potential scholarship recipients from many parts of the island. These students had excelled at the GCE O Levels and A Levels but due to poverty and financial issues were unable to proceed with further studies. However SEF stepped in to give these deserving students much needed financial support through a scholarship program which would cover their entire higher education. This laudable venture by SEF gives around 150 scholarships annually, each scholarship averaging around Rs. 90,000 per student.

The main event was held with speeches from Dr. Uvais Ahamad, Fouzul Hameed, SEF President Mohammad Suhaib and others. Most speakers stressed on the importance of education and the necessity to proactively assist underprivileged students with the necessary funding. Uvais Ahamed quoting Nelson Mandela’s famous quote ‘Education is a powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’, further requested potential donors to actively assist SEF with donations and endowments which will help the organisation increase their scholarships to students.