A primary school in Siripura, in the Polonnaruwa district, will offer students commencing their first year of education in January, a new smart classroom in a new building, thanks to Ceylinco Life.
The company’s 80th donation of a purpose-built classroom, this one equipped with a projector, computer and sound system, benefitted the Siripura Prathamika Vidyalaya, a school of 260 students and seven teachers.
The construction and donation of the classroom was coordinated by Ceylinco Life’s Dehiattakandiya Branch, under a community project launched by the Company in 2004. Over the past 15 years, Ceylinco Life has invested nearly Rs 50 million to improve facilities and the learning environment for multiple batches of students.
Despite its limitations, the beneficiary school had performed well at all-island English Day competitions, and 21 of the 48 students who sat for the Year 5 scholarship examination last year passed.
“We continue to invest in education and school infrastructure because we live by our credo that life insurance is a relationship for life, not just with our current policyholders but with future generations as well,” Ceylinco Life Managing Director and CEO Thushara Ranasinghe said.
“It is not uncommon to see classes being conducted in makeshift sheds and under trees in some villages in Sri Lanka, and we have persisted in our efforts to redress this situation with an enduring contribution,” he said.
Ceylinco Life built and donated classroom buildings to eleven needy schools in 2018-19, accelerating the community initiative it began 15 years ago.