O/L achievers from naval families receive scholarships

A ceremony to award scholarships for students of naval families, for getting through the GCE Ordinary Level examination 2019 with flying colours, was held under the patronage of Director General Training at the Admiral Somatilake Dissanayake Auditorium, Navy Headquarters on 04th September 2020.

This scholarship programme is implemented with the contribution made by the Navy’s Welfare Fund. The ceremony saw scholarships being awarded to 32 children of naval personnel for obtaining 09 ‘A’ passes at the GCE Ordinary Level examination held in 2019. Those who are eligible for these scholarships will be given Rs. 5000.00 each month for a period of 02 years, up to August 2022. Meanwhile, a cheque of Rs. 5000.00 was symbolically presented to the scholarship recipients at this ceremony.

The event, which was supervised by the Acting Director General Services, was also attended by a group of officers, sailors, scholarship recipients as well as their parents.