ICT training for Government officers

Shirley Wijesinghe

Two thousand Government officials have been trained in basic information and communication technology skills under the project of Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), Project Director Nalini Senasekera said.

Officials who underwent the training in basic ICT were from Colombo District Secretariat, 13 Divisional Secretariats, Registrar General's Department, Pension Department and Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services Ministry, she said further.

The training programme covered 3-phase ICT Skill training modules namely ICT Awareness, Foundation and Certification. Those completed modules ICT Awareness and Foundation will be given an opportunity for sitting internationally recognized ICT Certification module, namely, e-Citizen and the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL), she added.

The objective of the ICT HR Capacity Building Programme for Government is to equip the public sector with skills and competencies to manage and administer e-Government projects, including Lanka Government Network and use e-Services such as e-Foreign Employment, e-Pension and e-Divisional Secretariat.

This project was an another attempt of Information and Communication Technology Human Resources Capacity Building Programme of the ICTA.