ComBank partners UNICEF to improve preschool education in SL

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon is joining hands with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and government partners to improve preschool education in Sri Lanka.

The Bank will support the improvement of a pre-school in the Moneragala District in the Uva Province, as a contribution to UNICEF’s work to support government partners to improve preschool education. The partnership will contribute to the Province’s efforts to provide safer, more equitable, quality preschool learning environments. The programme will include updatingand refurbishing the entire school and equippingit with quality furniture and teaching-learning items.

Since 2022, UNICEF with funding from its partners has supported the Provincial Offices of Uva and Central to improve the learning environments of 40 preschools in remote areas.

This private-public partnership represents a new model for bringing partners together to strengthen early childhood education and foster the development of young learners by reaching the most marginalized with quality preschool education. Education is one of the principal focal points of Commercial Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments. Within this, the Bank’s largest contribution is towards digital technology education in Sri Lanka. The Bank has donated 362IT labs to schools across all 25 districts of Sri Lanka and has also supported a project to set up 176classrooms that focus on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects. Additionally, the Bank was a key partner in the national Smart Schools initiative where 165 schools were equipped with digital learning facilities. The Bank’s ‘Sipnena’ online portal contains digitized school curriculum content, complete with practical videos and presentations to facilitate easy learning for students.

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