“BOC 18 Plus” Scholarship Awards calls for 2014 and 2015 A/L highflyers

The Premier Youth savings account “BOC 18 Plus” is set to reward both 2014 and 2015 A/L highflyers who have made themselves eligible to receive 18 Plus Scholarships. Registration is now open to those who want to apply for this scholarship till December 26, 2016. The total number of scholarships that will be awarded for those who have sat for 2014 A/L will be one hundred, out of which four scholarships of excellence will be granted for Island’s best among the eligible students from Maths, Science, Commerce and Art streams.

175 scholarships will be granted for eligible students who have sat for 2015 A/L examination out of which seven scholarships of excellence will be awarded for those who have shown best results in Mathematics, Science, Commerce, Arts, Technology, Bio system technology, Engineering Technology and common streams.

Scholarships of excellence holders will be awarded Rs.50,000/- each and all others will receive scholarships worth of Rs.30,000/- each. Students who have maintained Rs. 5000/- in their 18 Plus account from the 1st of January till 31st of December of the respective years and have got high Z- scores are considered eligible to receive these scholarship awards on district basis. Selection for both years will be based on the Z- score received by the student irrespective of state or any university entrance.

Application forms can be down loaded from BOC’s website www.boc.lk and a specimen application is available in the newspapers. For further information you may contact your nearest BOC branch. Completed applications should be sent by registered post to “Assistant General Manager, Marketing Division, Bank of Ceylon, 16th floor, Head Office, No.01, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Colombo 01”. You are kindly requested to mention “18 Plus Scholarship 2014/2015” on the top left hand corner of the envelope.