3. General objects of the Corporation

to assist the relevant authorities to promote, improve and develop education and the knowledge of languages with special emphasis on the language of

to assist the relevant authorities to promote, develop and maintain overall welfare of the under-privileged and to provide necessary guidance, counselling or advice to uplift their living standards ;

to assist the relevant authorities to promote, improve, develop and maintain the abilities and aptitudes of the people in the fields of education, science, culture, literature, arts, aesthetic studies and sports ;

to promote, propagate and foster humanitarian ideas, democratic and pluralistic values, good citizenship and patriotic concepts and beliefs ;

to assist the relevant authorities to organize, establish and create community development facilities in the rural areas of the country and to inculcate in, teach and impart to, the rural community the values of self-development and self-employment ;

to encourage and assist the youth to acquire proficiency in new technical skills ;

to improve, develop, foster and maintain talents and abilities in entrepreneurship, research and training in business, technology and management and concepts of income-generating and self-employment ventures and enterprises ;

to provide necessary services to promote activities which encourage the improvement of knowledge and disciplined thinking ;

to provide guidance to improve proficiency in international languages used in commercial activities ;

to collaborate with any other local and foreign institutions having objects similar to that of the

to grant scholarships and bursaries to needy and deserving students ;

to educate the Sri Lankan citizens on the value of the environment and forestry, the environmental impacts of modern technology, afforestation, deforestation and environmental pollution and hazards relating thereto ;

to organize and establish facilities for promoting mutual understanding, co-operation and assistance, harmony, exchange of ideas and good fellowship among various cultural, religious and ethnic groups ;

to assist the relevant authorities to promore, develop and facilitate international understanding, co-operation and assistance in all spheres of cultural, economic, scientific and educational activities ; and

to assist the relevant authorities to establish, improve, encourage, develop and maintain research facilities in scientific, cultural, education, economic and all other aspects of human development.