ComBank presents 134 laser printers
The CSR Trust of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon donated 134
multi-function laser printers with fax to schools which were winners in
the Mother Sri Lanka Trust's 'Project RUN' in 2013.
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Deputy General Manager, Marketing, Commercial Bank, Hasrath
Munasinghe presents a token certificate for a printer to
students of one of the winning schools. Education Ministry
Secretary Anura Dissanayake and Executive Committee Member
of Mother Sri Lanka Mangala Yapa look on. |
The winners were from among 1,000 schools selected for the National
Schools Program by the Education Ministry and 950 schools where Mother
Sri Lanka clubs are in operation.
The presentation of these printers took place during the Project RUN
ceremony at the Sugathadasa Stadium, at which President Mahinda
Rajapaksa was the chief guest.
Project RUN takes its name from the three elements it seeks to
promote - Responsible citizenship, Unity and National pride.
It is a unique concept where children are encouraged to come up with
their own projects, form teams, appoint leaders and find the finances
for their projects under the guidance of the Mother Sri Lanka Trust.
Besides its contribution to Project RUN, Commercial Bank's CSR Trust
recently donated three language laboratories equipped with computers,
software and internet connectivity to three schools chosen to implement
the pilot project of the TESS (The English Speaking School) initiative
planned and coordinated by 'English as a Life Skill' with the
Presidential Programs Unit (PPU) of the Education Ministry. This
initiative was launched on March 4.
The three schools that received these full-equipped language
laboratories were Prince of Wales College and Princess of Wales College,
Moratuwa and Mahinda Rajapaksa College, Pitipana.
Schools that intend enlisting in TESS need to have a computer-aided
language or IT lab for teaching languages and a pool of English language
teachers. |
