“President’s fund to support education of migrant workers’ children”

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Colombo, Sept. 8 (Daily Mirror) - The President’s Fund has announced plans to launch a scholarship programme to support the education of children in Sri Lanka whose parents working overseas have died, become disabled, gone missing, or faced other hardships, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The initiative, guided by the concept of “Leaving no one behind in education,” will be jointly implemented by the President’s Fund, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, and the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.

The programme was revealed during a recent discussion at the Presidential Secretariat chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath, with Senior Additional Secretary to the President and Secretary to the President’s Fund Roshan Gamage also in attendance.

Officials said the sole eligibility criterion for the scholarships will be that the recipient is a Sri Lankan. Detailed guidelines on awarding the scholarships will be released in due course.

The President’s Fund already operates a similar programme for children of victims of wild elephant attacks and aims to expand such welfare initiatives into other areas in the future.

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Nihal S Monday, 08 September 2025 01:31 PM

Very good, support the disadvantaged instead of keeping it open for the politicians to misuse.

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Karl Monday, 08 September 2025 03:04 PM

Finally some sensible decision....

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EXCELLENT DECISION Monday, 08 September 2025 05:27 PM

Excellent thought and decision, so these children will have the opportunity their parents wished for, in taking the decision to go overseas for employment to be able to support their families and also bring in the $$ into the Country.

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Jeeves Monday, 08 September 2025 06:16 PM

Good initiative, but children without parents suffer greatly, so why are migrant workers becoming “ disabled, gone missing or facing hardships”? Isn’t it the responsibility of those who encourage Sri Lankans to work abroad to be accountable for their welfare, safety at work etc? Even better would be to find suitable employment in Sri Lanka, and not break up the family unit.

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Who is looking after the welfare of migrants? Monday, 08 September 2025 06:22 PM

Concerned about migrant workers getting disabled and/or going missing. There should be explanations/ investigations for this. Just because these are poor families, it does not mean these outcomes should be ignored.

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