NSB joins hands with Ministry of Education to initiate the SDG Project “English is Simple”
Being a leading Government institute in Sri Lanka, the National Savings Bank (NSB) shares a savings culture and a heritage deeply rooted among Sri Lankans for hundreds of years. With timely technological, product and service transformations the NSB achieved an asset base of Rs. 1 Trillion in 2018 and the trust of millions of Sri Lankans.
As a government entity, NSB identified the need to acknowledge and respond to SDGs according to the directions by the Government. Therefore, the bank with the support of the Ministry of Education initiated the project “English is Simple” an English Education enhancement project for the school children in Grade 8, 9, 10 & 11 of selected 81 Schools Island wide.
As the Government authority responsible for the education of school children, the English & Foreign Languages Branch (EFLB) of the ministry pay heed to the call of NSB in designing a separate curriculum, teacher trainings and monitoring the performance.
Launch of the project took place at the Ministry of Education on 7th September 2022 with the participation of Education Minister Susil Premajayantha, Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nihal Ranasinghe, Chairperson of NSB Mrs. Keasila Jayawardena, GM & CEO of NSB Ajith Peiris and DGM (Marketing & Recoveries) Lal Karunatilaka.
