ICASL and AAT in Jaffna

At a time when the Southern part of the country is getting linked with the Northern peninsula of the island, many opportunities which the students of the capital enjoy are expanding to the long neglected students in the Northern region of the country. Under the Government's development program Uthuru Vasanthaya a new light of educational revival has reached the Jaffna peninsula of the country with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) and the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AATSL) establishing their Regional Information Centre at the Jaffna College Undergraduate Department.

From left: President ICASL Nishan Fernando, President - AAT, Hennayake Bandara, Minister of Trade Marketing Development Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare, Douglas Devananda and Auditor General S. Swarnajothy.

The Jaffna Information Centre was opened on August 5 at the Jaffna College premises. Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs Bandula Gunawardena and Minister of Social Welfare and Social Services Douglas Devananda and other Government officials were present at the opening.

Praising the initiative of the ICASL and AAT, Noel A. Vimalendran welcomed the new accounting bodies and added that this could be the beginning of an intellectual revolution in the long neglected Northern region of the country. The ICASL and AAT also presented 20 scholarships for needy students in the region.

Minister Gunawardena lauded the ICASL for making this initiative of expanding their regional presence to the Northern region of the country and paving a clear educational path for the students.

He said that it is the agenda of the Government to build life skills of the youth of the province and produce productive citizens that would be of great use for the nation. Minister Douglas Devananda said that it gives him immense pleasure to see the long neglected Northern region of the nation being developed and the people getting more opportunities to make their lives prosperous for their future generations.

The President of ICASL Nishan Fernando said that the newly set up Regional Information Centre of the ICASL and AAT is bound to cater to the educational needs of the potential student population of the region including registration for courses and examination, providing of information and advice for students who intend to build a career in the accounting field.

The President of AAT Hennayake Bandara spoke about the value of the qualification of the two well reputed accounting institutes and as to how generations of students would be benefited through them, and that the friendly staff of the information centre would guide the students with advice and assistance for their professional careers in the accounting field.