'Korean employment quota increased to 15,000'

Priyanka KURUGALA

The government has increased the Korean employment quota to Sri Lanka to 15,000 this year, Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera said.

He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Korean language training programme at the Singapore Hall in Hambantota recently.

South Korea is providing employment opportunities to Sri Lankans annually.

The training programme commenced under the patronage of Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera.

"Those who have been selected from the Korean Language Proficiency Examination held last year, will be sent to Korea next year. Korean language ability is compulsory for Korean jobs," the minister said.

All instructions will be given in Korean language for anyone seeking employment.

Individuals who do not know Korean language will fail in finding work in that country, the minister added.

"Therefore, the government has taken steps to send Sri Lankan workers to Korea after providing Korean language skills," the minister pointed out.

Southern Provincial Council members Ajith Rajapaksa and Gunasena Wickramasinghe and Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment chairman Kingsley Ranawaka also participated.