3. General objects of the Corporation

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

to organise, maintain and uplift the educational activities and-pre training programmes for the poor children and youth, who have no educational facilities ;

to find opportunities for training in pre-vocational education in the fields of sports, computer training and mass-media ;

to teach English, Tamil and other languages to needy students ;

to provide assistance to deserving students by way of providing scholarships, loans and grants to pursue studies and research in Sri Lanka and abroad ;

to establish libraries, archives and cultural centres to preserve and protect the cultural heritage of all communities in Sri Lanka ;

to establish a research centre and a museum to perpetuate the memory of late T. B. Tennakoon ;

to establish and maintain institutions for the welfare and rehabilitation of destitute, disabled, aged, sick and displaced persons ;

to utilize the youth labour for the welfare of the general public ;

to train persons for leadership ;

to encourage the farmers and to establish societies of young farmers ;

to encourage the persons engaged in the activities for the furtherance of national unity by conducting seminars, discussions and workshops ; and

to commemorate or honour outstanding persons or institutions who or which have contributed towards national unity, by the grant of awards, prizes, scholarships and fellowships.