SEF hosts Annual Session

Serendib Educational Foundation (SEF), hosted their 27th Annual Sessions at the Tourist Board Auditorium, Colombo recently.

The event was held under the theme “In Search Of Excellence”, which consisted of four key segments, Pathways, High-Flyers, Mentors and Start-Ups.

The segmentations were further enhanced by the Key speakers of the event, Riza Mohamed Serendib Educational Foundation, Fazl Amanulla Serendib Educational Foundation, M. Rashad High-Flyers Speaker, Savanthi Weerakoon Start-Up Speaker ‘Shoelace Studio’ and Anjana Kudahetty Start-Up Speaker ‘The Lee Bows’.

A special Q & A (Question & Answer) session was graced by Akeel Mohamed, who was presented as one of the ‘High-Flyers’ produced by Serendib Educational Foundation. “In Search of Excellence, manifests all possible pathways to success to help our future generations” this was stated by a spokesperson of Serendib Educational Foundation.

SEF is focused on offering monthly assistance to talented students, project based support to educational institutions and other activity that facilitates education. SEF’s vision is to see the future generation of scholars, reach their highest potentials in the acquisition of knowledge.

Since 1991 the Serendib Educational Foundation has offered scholarships over 3000 students islandwide. As SEF celebrates its 26th year it aims to further contribute to provide an equal opportunity to under privileged students.

The SEF Pathways Scholarship program is one of the many services they provided.

The program involved Principal and the school administration to select talented and deserving students sitting their A/Ls from ten schools from Colombo and Kandy were selected. Working closely with the Principals of these ten schools, SEF members had regular meetings with the students and their teachers to assist and provide guidance to the students.

Schools involved in this Pathways Program included,Al AzharAkurana, Akurana Balika School Akurana, Mawilmada MV, Mawilmada Hikma College Digana in Kandy and Hamza College Colombo 15, Hikma College Colombo 12, TB Jayah College Colombo 2, Khairiya Girls School Colombo 9, St. Josephs College Grandpass and St. Mary’s, Colombo 3.

Another facet of SEF’s contribution towards students is the Mentoring Program.An engaging mentoring session was held in March 2017 with scholarship recipients, SEF members and Corporate Leaders. Knowledge and expertise of the corporate world, career guidance and life skills were shared with future leaders.