Avery Dennison scholarship program

Avery Dennison Lanka (Pvt) Ltd with the Avery Dennison Foundation has initiated a two-year scholarship program to help schoolchildren of low income families. Vihara Mahadevi Vidyalaya, a well-known girl's school in Kiribathgoda was selected as the first beneficiary school.

The principal and the teachers identified ten students who have great potential in their higher education.

The scholarship will support 10 students from low income households, by paying for their education for two years. This will enable them to continue their education until they sit for the GCE (A/L) examination.

Each student will receive Rs. 5,000 per month for a period of two years until she completes her final year in school from the grant of US $ 10,000.

The objectives of the program is to ensure a higher university entrance percentage out of the grant recipients, to ensure improved quality of education and life for the students and to motivate the students to continue their education without any difficulty.

Avery Dennison Lanka (Pvt) Ltd is a Board of Investment of Sri Lanka approved enterprise set up in the Biyagama Export Processing Zone.

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