ACTOS new office-bearers

The Association of Computer Training Organisations (ACTOS) has been the focus group of the ICT trainers in the Country. The 17th Annual General meeting of the ACTOS was held recently at the Galadari Hotel. Dr. Harsha Alles was elected the President. He is backed by the Vice President Lionel Perera and an able Executive Committee.

During the coming year, which is declared by the Government of Sri Lanka as the Year of ICT and English, ACTOS plans to carry out several activities that will have direct benefits to the members and the training industry. In his address to the members he said “ACTOS will work out ways and means of providing tangible benefits to the member companies - more than has been offered in the past.” Obtaining accreditation to the Tertiary Vocational Educational Qualification will be a one such program that is planned with the support of the ACTOS.

The out going President Kapila Giragama in his annual report said that ACTOS had been actively involved in the ICT Capacity Building Program of the ICT Agency. ICBP is conducting career guidance programs in several cities across the island and ACTOS members have already participated in career guidance counselling and seminars in Kurunegala, Galle and Matara. More programs are planned for the future in Kandy, Hambantota and other areas.

The ACTOS is a founder member of the Federation of ICT Industry and Services of Sri Lanka (FITISS) and also a member of the Infotel Lanka Society, well-known as the organisers of the Infotel Lanka exhibition. Its membership includes the larger of the ICT educational institutes who offer quality programs at certificate, diploma, graduate and post graduate level. Its mandate is to support its member companies and the government’s programs to enrich the much needed ICT human resource pool required for building and an e-Sri Lanka.