GTZ aid for technical education

COLOMBO: The German Technical Co-operation Organisation (GTZ) has offered Euro 12 million (Rs. 144 million) to uplift Technical Education and Human Resources Development in Sri Lanka.

Of this sum, Euro 2 million (Rs. 24 million) is meant for the implementation of the first stage of the proposed National Institute of Applied Advanced Technologly (NIAAT) which will be the training ground for entrants to the Vocational Technical University, while Euro 10 million (Rs. 24 million) is to be utilised to provide equipment and human and physical resources to 11 technical colleges devastated by the tsunami throughout the island.

The Memorandum of Understanding pertaining for this aid programme was signed by Vocational and Technical Training Ministry Secretary Thilak Hapangama and Dr. Roland Stuerer of the GTZ organisation recently.