CA Sri Lanka awards scholarships to high achievers
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) rewarded 42 high achieving students from across the country with scholarships to follow the institute’s globally recognized chartered accountancy qualification.
At a ceremony held at the institute’s Colombo 7 premises, 12 students were awarded scholarships under the L. A. Weerasinghe Scholarship Fund while 30 others were awarded scholarships based on merit.
Students from Ampara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Badulla, Colombo, Galle, Gampaha, Hambantota, Kandy, kalutara, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Matara, Nuwara Eliya, Trincomalee and Vavuniya were awarded scholarships by the Chief Guest at the event, CA Sri Lanka Vice President Arjuna Herath.
CA Sri Lanka President Sujeewa Rajapakse emphasized that both in the capacity as the national body of accountants and as one of the larg- est tertiary education providers in the country outside the university system, CA Sri Lanka has consistently strived to ensure that students from all over the country get equal opportunities to study the institute’s course.
“Our qualification is not only restricted to the urban population in areas such as Kandy or Colombo. Today we witnessed students from the former war torn north and east provinces also receiving scholarships, This is a big achievements for our institute as we continuously propagate the importance of this qualification to every part of this country, because we want to see students not only from Colombo succeed but also students from all over the country embark on a successful professional journey,” he said.
He noted that the scholarships are awarded from the CA Sri Lanka Scholarship Foundation which was launched in 2010 and is currently chaired by B.R.L. Fernando.
The annual scholarship programme is also part of our Institute’s corporate social responsibility initiative,” Mr. Rajapakse said.