Scholarship for A/L students from President’s Fund commences

 

A scholarship program utilizing funds from the President’s Fund has been initiated under the directives of President Ranil Wickremesinghe for students who have passed the G.C.E.Ordinary Level examination and are sitting for the GCE Advanced Level examination in 2024.

The program was implemented as per the instructions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe and President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake issued a letter dated November 30, 2022 to the Secretary of the Ministry of Education to start inviting applications from eligible students.

Accordingly, to qualify for the scholarship, the monthly income of the applicant’s family should not exceed Rs.75,000/- and the applicant should be a student studying in a government school or a free private school.The applicant should have sat for the G.E.C.Ordinary Level Examination in the year 2021 (2022) for the first time and be qualified to sit for the G.E.C.Advanced Level Examination in the year 2024.

The number of scholarships per educational zone is 30, and the selected scholarship winners will receive Rs.5,000.00 each and the bursary will be awarded for a maximum period of 24 months.The Ministry of Education has already forwarded the related applications to the principals.