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Ministry aims 75 percent IT literacy

The Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry aims at making Sri Lanka become 75 percent IT literate while turning the IT industry into a major export earner, Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He was speaking at a ceremony inaugurating the new Ministry yesterday.

The Minister emphasised the challenge placed before the Ministry by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, of making Sri Lanka reach the 75 percent mark in IT literacy in 2016 and optimising IT as a foreign exchange earner.

"The efforts towards this objective should be well planned and worked out with a dedication similar to winning the war," he said."The above-mentioned twin goal of the Telecommunications and IT ministry is an essential part of the wider goal of winning the economic war."

"The benchmark of this is the doubling of the country's per capita income within the target period which in its turn will contribute heavily towards Sri Lanka becoming Asia's Wonder," the Minister said.

Siyambalapitiya said that the IT literacy rate that was about four percent had now reached about 30 percent.

"Given the proper impetus and leadership Sri Lankans will achieve what seemed to be impossible. We have seen this happening with regard to eradicating terrorism. We can all unite, without being distanced by language, religion or any other differences," he said.

Fifteen years ago the rural people were shy to place the receiver of the phone close to their ear and say 'hello'. But today it has become both a useful and fashionable part of their routine lifestyle to use the mobile phone, the Minister said.

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka has contributed greatly towards making the benefits of ICT reach the people thus. All citizens should be 'socio-economic' soldiers in winning this economic war and making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia, he said.

 

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