On 05 May 1999, the Madam Kiyoko Ogawa Scholarship Fund was officially launched. At the inception a sum of Rs. 6 million was donated by Madam Kiyoko Ogawa and an agreement was signed between the Madam Ogawa advisory members and nominees of JASTECA to implement this scholarship under a "Trust" formed in JASTECA.

The main objective of this project is to award scholarships to clever students of under-privileged parents living in remote/difficult areas of Sri Lanka. Such students who have performed well at the GCE (O/L) examinations are granted a monthly financial award amounting to Rs. 2,000 for a period of 24 months to pursue their studies up to the GCE (A/L) examination.

Criteria considered in selecting scholarship recipients:

1. Student should have obtained higher grades at the GCE (O/L) Examination.
2. Student who has lost both or one of his/her parents
3. Number of the school attending siblings (brothers & sisters)
4. Student who has achieved reasonably higher results and his/her parents have no employment or adequate income.

The applications are called through the Principals of the schools and the Zonal Director of Education of the area in the selected area. The Grama Niladhari of the area must certify the Economic and social status of the applying students.