Dialog Merit Scholarships for O.L high flyers

Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka’s premier telecommunication company has come forward once again to award Sri Lanka’s top scorers at the local Ordinary Level examinations with Dialog Merit Scholarships.

The new batch of scholars gathered at the Ministry of Education Auditorium on November 1 for the awards ceremony, held under the distinguished patronage of Minister of Education, Susil Premajayanth, MP..Over the past years, Dialog Telekom has proved to be a leader in pursuing the cause of improving education for Sri Lankan youth.

Students from the 25 districts benefit through its scholar initiatives, receiving support to pursue higher studies at secondary and tertiary levels.

“Corporates have an important part to play in the development of the country. Dialog Telekom’s efforts to support students to bridge the digital divide through its initiatives focusing on education, are to be applauded” said Minister Premajayanth.Dialog Telekom’s Group Chief Corporate Officer Mr. Mothilal De Silva said, “Each year Dialog Telekom along with the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission in Sri Lanka, identifies the best performing students in the country, at the GCE Ordinary and Advanced level examinations.

These students are trained in soft skills in addition to the scholarships, to ensure that they experience holistic development, not limited only to academia”.

Scholarships are awarded to the top 30 students who qualify to follow mathematics at secondary level, as well as the top 25 students who qualify to pursue undergraduate university degrees in the field of Engineering (Electronics, Electrical, and Computer), two of whom are sponsored to attend the prestigious Multi Media University in Malaysia.

Two additional scholarships are also awarded at undergraduate level to differently-abled students as per the criteria laid down by the University Grants Commission.

Secretary of Education, Ariyarathna Hewage said, “Dialog Telekom has acted beyond the narrow objective of profit making, and supports scholarship at multiple levels, ranging from O/L upto foreign degree programmes”. Dialog Scholar Pradeepa Hansani, who received a scholarship at the ceremony added that investing in students was a great support to the future development of the country.

Dialog Telekom’s Corporate Responsibility practice focuses on reaching out to all segments of society regardless of demographic disparity, to enrich the nation through inclusion.

The company is committed to serving the nation in support of national development goals through its community outreach initiatives while maintaining highest ethics in operational spheres by good governance. The best practices imbued through its Corporate Responsibility initiatives, have earned Dialog three consecutive World GSM Awards.