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People`s Bank honours most outstanding students
Wednesday, 13 July 2005 - 2:46 AM SL Time
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Breaking new ground in the arena of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), People`s Bank `Sisu Udana Vishishtayo 2004` reached a grand finale with 130 of Sri Lanka`s multi talented and most outstanding students receiving awards of recognition at a grand felicitation ceremony held at the BMICH this evening. 14 eminent youngsters adjudged as `The Best of the Bese, were honoured with national level awards while another 130 talented students gained recognition as district level winners.
People`s Bank `Sisu Udana Vishishtayo` awards ceremony recognizing the `Best of the Best` brought together students from all nationalities and religions from schools across the country. The 130 district-level and 14 national level winners received trophies, certificates and cash awards at a felicitation ceremony which was attended by the Honourable Prime Minister Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse as chief guest. A host of senior officials and dignitaries of the State Sector and Education System of Sri Lanka together with the 9 National and 145 District judges who selected the winners, the Chairman of People`s Bank, Mr. P. Amarasinghe and CEO/General Manager, Mr. Asoka de Silva were also present on this special occasion. Principals, Staff, Parents and children from schools across the island and the Management and Staff of People`s Bank also participated at the event.
`Sisu Udana Vishishtayo` is a unique concept of People`s Bank and is the first such project to recognize and reward the students of Sri Lanka for their achievements in the fields of sports, arts, environmental conservation and technology. Acknowledging the schools that produce such out standing and talented youngsters the bank has also come forward to support 10 of the least privileged schools that have produced a winner. Special cash awards for the development of the school`s libraries, science laboratories and sports facilities were also presented at this felicitation ceremony.
`We decided to pick individual winners and also reward the schools that have produced these champions as a means of supporting the governments overall policy in education which seeks to impart employment and life skills to children through the schools system. We believe that this project will help in the development of well rounded personalities and we hope that both students and teachers will be encouraged to focus on the nurturing of inborn talents and skills of our youngsters besides intellectual development alone` said Mr. P. Amarasinghe ' Chairman, People`s Bank.
People`s Bank `Sisu Udana Vishishtayo` attracted 15980 applications during the 2 week time period where applications were invited. A noticeable and significant feature among these applications was the depth and extent of skills and capabilities of the children who had applied from all over Sri Lanka. The bank also had approximately 2000 applications coming in from the Northern Province which was a very encouraging sign for People`s Bank. The bank was also extremely happy that a large number of Sri Lankan students applied for recognition under this scheme. A national level program, `Sisu Udana Vishishtayo` is one of the single biggest social responsibility projects that People`s Bank has undertaken in the recent times. The bank hopes to make `Sisu Udana, Vishishtayo` an ongoing event not only to encourage and support, children to reach their full potential but to also encourage the Sri Lankan business community to pay more attention to CSR.
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