The President’s Fund has started a program to offer scholarships to students who passed the GCE O/L exam appearing for the first time in the year 2021 (2022) and who will appear for the GCE A/L exam in the year 2024.
Accordingly, to qualify for the scholarship, the monthly income of the applicant’s family should not exceed Rs. 75,000/- and should be a student studying in a government school or a private school where education is free of charge.
The applicant must have appeared in the GCE O/L examination conducted in the year 2021 (2022) for the first time and be fully qualified to study the GCE A/L in the year 2024.
The number of scholarships per educational zone is 30, and the selected scholarship winners will receive a monthly stipend of Rs. 5,000.00 each and the scholarship is awarded for a maximum period of 24 months.
The related applications have already been forwarded to the principals by the Ministry of Education. Scholarship candidates should get the relevant applications from the Principal and submit them to the Principal before 23-12-2022 with the relevant recommendation of the Village Officer regarding the income status. Those applications should be forwarded by the principals to the Regional Director of Education.
The applications given by the Principals to the Regional Education Offices shall be selected by a committee chaired by the Regional Director of Education. The top 30 candidates shall be selected, and a copy of the applicant’s National Identity Card and a copy of the bank account and other relevant details shall be completed. They should be provided before 2023-02-03 by the Zonal Director of Education to the Provincial Director of Education to the Ministry of Education. Applications received late will be rejected.
The relevant newspaper advertisement was published by the President’s Fund on 05-12-2022 in the national newspapers “Dinamina” and “Thinakaran” and the relevant application and instruction sheet can also be obtained by visiting the website of the President’s Fund http://www.presidentsfund.gov.lk.
The program will be implemented as per the instructions of President Ranil Wickramasinghe.
President’s Secretary Mr. Saman Ekanayake has recently (30) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Ministry of Education to start calling applications from qualified students.