Language and IT centre to be built

Ishara MUDUGAMUWA

Resilience Lanka, International Institute of Higher Learning signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vocational and Technical Training Authority to set up the first state-of- the- art Centre of Excellence for Teaching Languages and Information Communication Technology in Rajagiriya this year.

A delegation of Resilience Lanka met the Vocational and Technical Training Minister Piyasena Gamage recently at the Ministry office.

This new Language and Information Communication Institute will fully equipped with High - tech Audio and Video conferencing language lab, satellite based learning and on line learning.

The Vocational and Technical Training Minister said the main purpose of establishing this kind of learning institute is to develop language skills and the personality of Sri Lankan students and train them to use modern audio and video techniques so as to face to the international competition.

As President Mahinda Rajapaksa named this year as the year of English and Information Technology Education, steps were taken to establish this Language and Information Communication Technology Institute in the country. Vocational and Technical Training Ministry Secretary Thilak Hapangama, Vocational and Technical Training Authority Deputy Chairman D.G. Dayaratne, Director General W.A. Ranaweera, Prof. Lakshman Madurasinghe also participated on the occasion.