BOC 18 plus Scholarship Awards empowers youth to achieve ambitions

BOC 18 Plus, the premier youth savings account in the country is yet again set to award 18 plus scholarships for eligible 18 Plus account holders currently studying in state universities, in recognition of their achievements in the 2012 Advanced Level examination.

Registration is now open for those eligible 18 Plus account holders and the closing date will be 31st October 2014. This year the bank will be awarding scholarships to 94 students, where 20 students will be eligible for the special merit awards, those eligible for this special merit awards and those who obtained the highest marks in those four streams- Science, Mathematics, Commerce and Arts. Each student will receive a scholarship of Rs.35,000. The other 74 students will be selected through a raffle draw and each one of them will be awarded a scholarship worth Rs.30,000.

Selection criteria for th i s ye a r ’s scholarship will be based on the 2012 Advance Level examination results. 18 Plus account holders who have maintained Rs.5000/- uninterruptedly in the account from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2012 are considered eligible for the scholarship. Application forms can be down loaded through www.boc.lk and a specimen application is available in 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 2012” on the top left corner of the envelope.

Sri Lanka’s No.1 brand and Asia’s best brand has been empowering youth in the country through this scholarship awards since 2002 and has awarded scholarships worth over Rs. 27 million to over 950 BOC 18 Plus account holders.

The Bank of Ceylon earned global recognition as one of the top 1000 banks in the world, as listed by The Banker Magazine (UK) respectively in 2012,2013 and 2014. The Bank of Ceylon recorded yet another hat-trick in 2013 at the National Business Excellence awards ceremony organized by the National Chamber of Commerce. The Bank has achieved exceptional milestones in recent years by achieving rapid growth in recent years and currently holds over Rs.1 trillion assets.

Focusing on the Banks achievement, Fitch Rating Lanka ranked the Bank of Ceylon at AA+(lka) which is the highest rating awarded to a local commercial bank. Bank of Ceylon is also the only Sri Lankan bank with an international presence, with branches in Chennai, Male, Seychelles and a subsidiary in London.