Vocational and technical training for 35 pc youths by 2016 - Minister Dullas

The government is planning to provide vocational and technical training for 35 percent of youths by 2016 under the Mahinda Chinthanaya. Plans are also underway to increase state university intake up to 10 percent. The government also provided vocational and technical training to over 100,000 youths in state institutions in 2011, Sri Lanka Freedom Party Treasurer and Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma says.

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The Human Dimension

Do we always do right by our alma mater?

It was wonderful to be able to go back to my alma mater Musaeus College recently, specifically to attend a show organized to empower the welfare of the teachers and to be captivated by the magnificence of its brand new auditorium. The past pupils there did the school proud by volunteering to raise funds, as they always do, for a worthy cause.

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Tantirimalai - centre of trade and tranquility

The sacred precincts of Tantirimalai, has witnessed tranquility as well as, turmoil in different eras of history. The site can be reached by turning right near the thirty second kilometre post at the Halabawa junction on the Anuradhapura-Mahavilacchiya road and proceeding further about 20 kilometres.

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SL, a maritime hub in the region

I am proud to be here today, as chief guest at this event which is very important to the North Indian Ocean Region as well as Sri Lanka itself as a maritime nation with an EEZ equal to eight times of the land area.

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