NSB Felicitates Top Students of the Scholarship Exam with Hapan Scholarships
Business Today Sri Lanka|August 2024
The National Savings Bank (NSB) felicitated the students who achieved the best marks in the island, in grade five Scholarship Examination 2023, with Hapan Scholarship Awards.
NSB Felicitates Top Students of the Scholarship Exam with Hapan Scholarships

For over 20 years, NSB has been conducting the Hapan Scholarship Awards Program annually to felicitate the students who excel in the grade five Scholarship Examination. Under the program, all stu-dents, who pass the Examination and are Hapan Savings Account holders of the Bank, are rewarded at branch level, and the students who score the highest marks in the country are recognized at a national level ceremony.

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