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Lanka seeks Indian IT expertise

Similar to the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Malaysia to establish a multi-media university in Sri Lanka, the Government anticipates obtaining Indian co-operation to implement a program to take computer education to rural areas of Sri Lanka. Minister of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology Milinda Moragoda who is currently in New Delhi said that the Government hopes to reach an understanding with the Indian authorities to obtain Indian experience and expertise in this regard, states a press release from the Prime Minister's office.

"President R. Premadasa took the benefits of the globalisation to rural areas by way of implementing the concept of two hundred of garment factories program. Now it is high time that we take computer education to rural and remote areas of the country to create employment and business opportunities for the young people in those areas", Minister Moragoda said while addressing a group of Sri Lankan press in New Delhi Saturday.

Minister Moragoda said that in order to take computer education to rural areas, Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh are successfully implementing a pilot proejct called "Smart College" in selected one thousand rural schools. This proejct has broken the barriers and taken the computer and IT education to difficult estate villages too. He said that we could learn from Indian experience and follow their example to develop a program similar to that and suitable for us. 

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