SDB bank has organized an island wide Lakdaru Scholarship Seminar Series for Grade-five students.  This will be carried out as a CSR project and few of the seminars will be in Tamil medium as well. The 34th seminar of the series was held on 15 July at Anuradhapura Youth Centre. 

In parallel to the Scholarship Seminar Series, there was a separate seminar for parents regarding development of skills and attitudes of children and child philosophy. Further, parents were instructed regarding their financial administration and banking activities at the same venue.  

Children seated for one of the seminars

During the seminars, there was an opportunity to open Lakdaru accounts. Special features of the Lakdaru account include attractive gift schemes, a free hospitalization insurance cover of up to Rs.50,000 rewards for educational achievements and an additional interest than normal savings.
Entrance for these seminars is free of charge and SDB bank invites the children for these seminars who sit for the Grade-five scholarship examinations.