Presidential Scholarship awards to commence at district level today

The Presidential Scholarship awards for A/L students and students from Grade 1 – 11 from low-income families will commence at the district level from today (12).

The distribution of scholarships for the Colombo district took place on June 19 under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Temple Trees and beginning tomorrow, the scholarship distribution will extend to the remaining 24 districts across the country.

Selected students in the Hambantota district will receive their scholarships today (12). Scholarships will be given in the Badulla, Matale, and Jaffna districts on July 13. Kilinochchi district will follow on July 14. Gampaha district will have its distribution on July 16 and 17, while Galle and Anuradhapura districts will receive their scholarships on July 15.

Further distributions will take place in Vavuniya, Batticaloa, Ratnapura, Kegalle, and Nuwara Eliya districts on July 16. On July 17, the scholarships will be awarded in the Kalutara, Mannar, Ampara, Kurunegala, and Kandy districts.

The process continues on July 18 in the Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, and Polonnaruwa districts. Monaragala and Matara districts will be awarded on July 19, and finally, the Puttalam district will receive their scholarships on July 22.

The scholarship awards will be distributed under the patronage of District Secretaries and in coordination with all zonal education offices and principals. In the first phase, only a portion of the scholarship recipients will be invited to the awards ceremony.

The list of scholarship winners selected in the first phase from each school at the education zone level across all districts will be published on the official Facebook page of the President’s Fund.

Scholarships are being awarded to Aevel students at Rs. 6,000 per month for 24 months. A total of 6,000 scholarship winners have already been selected, with 60 students chosen from each of the 100 zonal offices. These students will receive their scholarships at the awards ceremony. Additionally, arrangements will be made to provide scholarships of Rs. 6,000 per month to students until they appear for the GCE A/L examination.

However, it has been noted that some schools have not yet submitted applications for the scholarship programme, which provides Rs. 3,000 per month for 12 months to selected students from Grades 1 – 11.

Principals of schools that have not yet submitted applications have been instructed to do so promptly. A list of schools that have not applied for scholarships has been distributed to all zonal education directors.

Therefore, if a school has not yet applied for scholarships, the President’s Fund urges parents and students to address this issue promptly by submitting the necessary applications.

President Wickremesinghe’s principle is that no one should be excluded during this challenging period. To enhance educational opportunities for children and prevent school dropout due to financial constraints, the President has instructed schools that did not apply for scholarships to apply promptly and seize this opportunity provided by the fund.

Please visit the official Facebook page of the President’s Fund at facebook.com/president.fund for updated information on the scholarship award ceremonies conducted at the district level.

Further details regarding these scholarships can be obtained from the respective District Secretariats. In case of any queries or issues, officers from the President’s Fund can be reached at 0112 354 354 (extension 4835) or through WhatsApp messages at 0740 854 527.

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