Realizing that a knowledgeable membership is an asset to the institution and assessing the value of education and training in making CBOO more effective, the Executive Committee set up a formal Education & Training Wing in January 1984. It was inaugurated in Mangalore by L.V. Subramaniam, Secretary- General of the then AICOBOO. ETW was continuously engaged in organizing training programmes for the functionaries and activists in trade union management, communication and defence in disciplinary proceedings. It regularly brought out guides and manuals for the benefit of promotion aspirants and provided coaching classes for promotion. The periodical publication of the Officer’ Service Regulation is also done under this.

In July 1996, ETW was renamed as Balasubramanian Foundation for Education &Training (BFET)to perpetuate the memory of Late Sri N.Balasubramanian.

The Secretary, who is nominated by the Executive Committee, looks after BFET's work. Currently, B S Dinesha is the Secretary

Balasubramaniam Memorial Lecture:

As part of its non-bargaining activities, CBOO organizes Balasubramanian Memorial Lectures every year around June/July. It is to commemorate Late Sri N.Balasubramanian, former President of CBOO. More importantly through the Lectures, CBOO attempts to focus the attention on matters of relevance to trade unions like H.R.Management, I R and Bank's working,economy and banking etc. Started in 1996, the Lecture is a regular feature of CBOO's activities. Between 1996 till 2016 the following eminent persons gave lectures on relevant issues. Often the speeches or gist thereof are published in Officers' Voice.

Date/Year	Speaker	Place	Theme
1996	Prof. S. Swaminathan Business Editor, The Hindu, Chennai	Chennai	Labour & Capital in the present scenario
1997	Prof. Jacob Mankidy Professor, National Institute of Bank Management, Pune	Mangalore	Trade Unions in the present scenario
1998	Prof. B. R. Patil Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore	Bangalore	Collective bargaining in the wake of reforms
1999	Prof. Abhijit Gangopadhyay Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Management Mumbai	Mumbai	Perspectives in wage & performance in banks
2000	Mr. V. K. Madhava Mohan H R Mentor, Ernakulam	Mumbai	New paradigm for Trade unions in Banks
2001	Mr. C. R. L. Narasimhan Business Editor, The Hindu	Bangalore	The Changing values in financial sector
2002	Mr. C. S. Venkata Ratnam Professor, International Management Institute, Delhi	Mangalore	Future of trade unions
2003	Mr. Sucheta Dalal Columnist	Bangalore	Whistle blowing in the banks
2004	Dr. P. D. Shenoy Labour Secretary, Government of India	Mangalore	Labour Management Collaboration - Means or Hindrance to improve efficiency?
2005	Mr. S. Gurumurthy Swadeshi Jagran Manch	Coimbatore	FDI in Financial Sector
2006	Dr. U. R. Ananthamoorthy	Mangalore	Relevance of Social Movements
2007	Justice N. Santhosh Hegde	Mangalore	Role of trading Names in tackling corruptions in public undertaking.
2009	Mr. Vittaldas Leeladhar	Mangalore	The Global Meltdown and Lessons India Can Learn from the Crisis.
2014	Justice Nag Mohan Das,Former Justice, Karnataka High Court	Mangalore	Corruption & Judiciary.
2016	Sri N Gopalaswami Former Chief Election Commissioner	Mangalore	Subsidies, Freebies and Cash for Votes – Democracy in Peril