Personality Development and IT Education

Group H

Corporate Sponser

VisionTo be Sri Lanka’s most admired and trusted partner in

meeting insurance needs professionally with a spirit of caring

Glance at the Project• S2O grooms and moulds School leavers and job seekers to face the challenging

corporate world

• Objectives

–From HNBA’s perspective•Develop skills of Sri Lankan youth , •Identify suitable applicants for recruitment and •Enhance the Employer Brand of HNBA

–From our perspective•Assist in developing skills of Sri Lankan youth, •Develop skills in leadership, teamwork, organizing of the team and •Incorporate professionalism into the value system of the team members

Flow of the ProjectPool of Applicants• Advertising was done through newspapers, websites and on notice boards in

HNBA branches

• Other suggested methods were radio broadcasting and publishing in all three

languages

• Data collecting and analyzing was done to find suitable applicants from all the

over the country

• Creation of a criteria to evaluate the students’ qualifications

Academic – 50% Sports – 30% Other– 20%

Data Collecting and Analyzing• Focused on storing the details of each applicant efficiently and calculating a total

mark for the qualifications of each applicant

• A software was developed to store data following the below procedures• Requirement gathering and analysis• System design• Implementation• Testing• Deployment• Maintenance Requirement gathering and Analysis

• The selection process was done based on the population of each district

Examination Paper• Entrance examination was conducted to select the best 100 out of 650 applicants

• Topics covered in the aptitude paper

• Topics were shared among members

• Selected most suitable out of a pool of questions

• Prepared a marking scheme

• Selected candidates were notified through letters, emails and SMS

• A map was created and attached to the letter

Conducting the Entrace Examination

• Reserved two examination halls

– Law faculty (capacity: 400)

– KG hall (capacity: 275)

• Invited experinced supervisors and assigned invigilators

• Directions pasted at the university premises

• A first aid kit, water bottles and stand by vehicle for any kind of situation

Marking• Marked according to pre-prepared marking scheme and used for selection process

• Analysis of marks using a bar chart

Selecting and Notifying Candidates• 130 students were selected due to narmal loss of 30% and selected according to the

population of esch district

• Candidates were notified through a letter and a phone call

Inauguration• Held on the 1st of December 2014 at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

• Video on previous S2O batch

• Registration of attendees

• Photography

• Providing refreshments and distributing workshop schedules

After Evaluation Expiration• Out Bound Training and assisting the lecturers in IT, English workshops

• Final examination

• Closing ceremony at Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management on

23rd of February, 2015

We Learnt...• Communicating and negotiating with professionals

• Managing multiple priorities

• Interpersonal skills

• Leadership and teamwork

• Planning, organizing and problem-solving

• Adaptability and self-confidence