Microsoft funds IT literacy project

Microsoft Sri Lanka will support the Ministry of Education through the Education for Knowledge Society Project (EKSP) further in the coming 12-15 months with a grant of Rs 100 million which will go towards the installation of 400 Multipoint technology enabled classrooms across the country.

The Partners in Learning addendum was presented to Minister of Education, Susil Premjayanth by Microsoft Sri Lanka’s Country Manager, Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne and Project Director SEMP II and EKSP Anura Dissanayake at the Innovative Teachers and Students winners National Awards ceremony recently at the BMICH.

Through this National Partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Education for Knowledge Society Project, Microsoft Sri Lanka will open a brand new door within the education system in Sri Lanka. The President’s declaration of 2009 as the ‘Year of English and Information Technology’ laid the foundation for the IT revolution in this country.