AIA Higher Education Scholarships; inspiring academic excellence for 23 years
focused on your goals. He concluded his speech with the words, “lead a life with an attitude of gratitude.”
Inspired by Deepal’s speech, a bright- eyed scholarship winner Charuka from the Ratnapura District shared her thoughts and dreams with the audience. She extended her thanks to AIA Sri Lanka for the support provided to students like herself who have worked hard and persevered to face the A/L examination and try to gain entry to University. She said that AIA’s Higher Education bursary will come in most useful for her tertiary education since it will give her the financial security to focus fully on her studies and not worry about finding money for her text books and other educational needs.
AIA CEO Pankaj Banerjee congratulated the students; “You have made your communities, your parents, your schools, your teachers and your country proud. You are indeed an asset to the country.” He added “as a company that is vested in the development of the country we are happy that we were able to contribute in a small way towards the future of these bright and deserving young men and women.”
So far, 575 Year 5 students have qualified for the AIA Higher Education Scholarship when they enter A/L and 425 students have already started receiving the bursary. Many of them have gone on to reach top designations is various fields, including reputed doctors, respected lawyers and skilled engineers.