ICT workshop, exhibition in Jaffna a great eye-opener

The ICT workshop and exhibition held in Jaffna proved to be a great eye-opener.

This was the consensus of opinion of both the participants at the workshop and visitors to the exhibition held at the Jaffna Public Library recently.

The exhibition was organized at the Jaffna Public Library Computer Division by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) as part of its effort to take the benefits of ICT islandwide.

About 30 persons selected from Community Based Organizations and Nenasalas in the North participated in the workshop.

About 1000 members of the public including Jaffna District Secretary K. Ganesh visited the exhibition. The GA spent quite a time browsing the websites and talking to participants, visitors and officials at the exhibition. Jaffna District Accountant S. Kuhadas inaugurated the exhibition.

Jaffna District Agriculture Department Director S. Sivakumar, Jaffna Public Library Librarian S. Thanabalasingam, Deputy Registrar General (North) M. Rasarattinam and Sarvodaya Executive Committee member Sivasubramaniam were among those who participated at the opening of the exhibition.

The e-Society Program Head Chitranganie Mubarak said that more than 200 projects were currently being implemented under the initiative of the e-Society Program of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

The exhibition based on the principle of learning 'Come, see, do it yourself and learn' dealt with subjects including those focusing on farmers and agro-industries, women and children, small and middle level enterprises, students, differently abled persons and services useful to everyone.

Rich content in forms of DVDs and CDs were made available to the CBOs and principals of the visiting schools.