Commercial Bank is joining hands with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and government partners to improve preschool education in Sri Lanka.
As part of UNICEF’s work to support government partners in improving preschool education, the bank will support the improvement of a preschool in Monaragala District, Uva Province. The partnership will contribute to the province’s efforts to provide safer, more equitable, quality preschool learning environments.
The program includes updating and renovating the entire school and equipping it with quality furniture and teaching-learning items.
Since 2022, UNICEF, with funding from its partners, has supported the Uva and Central Provincial Offices to improve the learning environments of 40 preschools in remote areas.
This private-public partnership represents a new model for bringing together partners to strengthen early childhood education and foster the development of young learners by reaching the most marginalized with quality pre-school education.
Education is a key focus area of Commercial Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments. Within this, the Bank’s largest contribution is to digital technology education in Sri Lanka. It has donated 362 IT labs to schools in 25 districts of Sri Lanka and has also supported a project to set up 176 classrooms focusing on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects. In addition, the Bank, a key partner in the National Smart Schools Program, equipped 165 schools with digital learning facilities. The Bank’s “Sipnena” online portal features digitized school curriculum content with practical videos and presentations to facilitate easy learning for students.
