Tamil language course for Labour Ministry officials

Chamikara WEERASINGHE

The Labour Relations and Manpower Ministry yesterday launched Tamil language courses for its officers in Colombo in a move to reinforce the Government's ongoing strategy for the development of the Northern Province, Uthuru Vasanthaya.

Labour and Manpower Minister Athauda Seneviratna yesterday said, the Ministry has also introduced a number of employment creation and promotion programs for those displaced in the North.

"We have conducted several job fares for the internally displaced citizens in Mannar and Vavuniya districts to boost their livelihoods," he said. The Public Administration Ministry is the principal organiser.

Referring to Tamil language courses, the Minister said, the language courses were launched in Colombo at the National Institute of Labour Studies. Officers attached to Labour Ministry and its affiliate institutions are to be trained to speak and write in Tamil under the program, he said.

"The duration of the course is three months and it is primarily based on enabling the officers to speak in Tamil," he said.

"The Tamil Language Training Program is expected to bolster development activities taking place in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya," the Minister added.