SLIIT to grant scholarships worth millions to top GCE A/L performers

SLIIT leads the way in rewarding academic excellence by offering full scholarships to the top three performers of the 2020 GCE Advanced Level examination in the Physical Science and Commerce streams. Each scholarship includes full tuition fees and a living allowance of Rs. 160,0000 per academic year for four years. The total value of these scholarships would be Rs. 2.6 Mn for an engineering student and Rs. 1.72 Mn for computing and business students. SLIIT also has plans to extend the scholarship to other streams, including the franchised degree programmes offered in collaboration with foreign universities.

This new scholarship programme is in addition to the merit-based scholarships SLIIT already offers to students with 3A’s at the local GCE (A/L) or 3A*s at the London or Cambridge GCE A/L.

Commenting on the initiative, Professor Nimal Rajapakse, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, SLIIT, said, “We are honoured to recognize exceptional students and invite them to pursue their career aspirations by studying at SLIIT. As a not-for-profit educational institution, SLIIT’s priorities are students, the quality of its degree programmes, and graduates’ job skills. Education has the power to transform the lives of young people, and SLIIT is renowned for offering students with mentoring opportunities, internships and career guidance to fulfil their ambitions and dreams.”