Reconstruction of Niyagama National VTC complete before year's end

Chamikara Weerasinghe

Sri Lanka Vocational Training Authority, Human Resources Development and Administration Director G.M.P.A. Gallaba yesterday said the Authority will have completed reconstruction of the Niyagama National Vocational Training Centre Project in Galle before the end of the year.

The Niyagama National Vocational Training Centre (VTC) is being reconstructed at a cost of Rs. 1200 million with Korean aid, he said.

The project is under way in keeping with an agreement signed between the Sri Lankan Government and the South Korean Import -Export Bank, he said.

The Government has allocated US $ 2.24 million for the project and the South Korean Import - Export Bank US 8.78 million dollars.

Gallaba said, the Korean Government has supplied much needed modern machinery, equipment, tools and computers for the facility to conduct its training courses.

He said the aim of the project is to develop human resources in the South, promote self employment and provide productive and employable skills training to the unemployed youth .The Niyagama National Vocational Training Centre is expected to provide job oriented welding courses, computer diploma courses, automotive and motor mechanic courses, refrigeration and air conditioning courses, hotel diploma courses and many other courses.