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Annual Report 2012 - National Savings Bank

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166BRANCHING OUT INTO NEW VENTURESSUSTAINABILITY REVIEWHowever, it must be noted that whileour products and services are alwaysfocused on ensuring sustainability ofour various stakeholders, we are verymuch aligned to maintaining our CSRplatforms on Developing Education,Women and Health, Uplifting WarHeroes, Assistance to the Elderly and<strong>National</strong> Unity. Given below are thenotable initiatives implemented underthese ve platforms for <strong>2012</strong>.Developing EducationOptimising Potential : Each year, NSBconducts Hapan Scholarship seminarsfor Grade Five students, throughout thecountry. The free seminars are focusedon Government examinations and arefacilitated by well-known personalitiesto help school children develop theiracademic skills, personality andattitudes. During the year, thirtyseminars were conducted.As has been done continually from2008, we also conducted 52 GradeFive Scholarship seminars under theMathulowa Dinumata Nena GunaWadamu programme, organised andconducted by “Tharunyata Hetak,”held islandwide, including the Northand East, South, Central and Westernregions, in Sinhala and Tamil media.In addition, NSB continued its IthuruMithuru seminar series for Ordinarylevel Examination students this year too.The popular Navayugaya Magazineand NSB held seminars islandwide,utilising the expertise of experiencedresource personnel as a means ofknowledge enhancement.Rewarding High Achievers :Recognising the academic potential ofstudents who are high achievers at theGrade Five scholarship examination,the top ten performers in each districtare rewarded. The ceremony was heldat Temple Trees, while other studentswith merit results were recognised atspecial ceremonies at the NSB branches.A scholarship fund was establishedin memory of the renowned Sinhalascholar, Kumarathunga Munidasa,to recognise the best performer at theG.C.E. Ordinary Level examination’sSinhala language exam. The studentis awarded a laptop and a depositof Rs.100,000.00 in aid of highereducation. The <strong>Bank</strong> awarded thedeposit for the said purpose.Financial Assistance to FurtherKnowledge : The Ithru MithuruEgenuma loan scheme was introducedto provide nancial assistance tostudents for further education andteachers for educational purposes.Students who have enrolled for higherstudies in a recognised local or foreignuniversity, college, academy or aneducational/professional institutionare eligible for loans under this scheme.Loans are granted for academic or/andprofessional higher studies, researchstudies and any studies for innovativeexperiments either in Sri Lanka oranother country. The <strong>Bank</strong> contributedRs.100,000 towards the Dehiwala andRatmalana Development Foundationfor its an annual donation of exercisebooks for under privileged children.Promoting the reading habit : Underthe guidance of H.E. the President, theNATIONAL SAVINGS BANK . ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2012</strong>

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