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National Youth Brigade achieves great heights

In 2002, the National Youth Services Council changed its usual course to cater to the youth by establishing the Youth Brigade in terms of the Parliamentary of Act No 21 of 2002.


Youth undergoing training as part of the National Youth Brigade programme.

The Youth Brigade was subsequently activated through the Youth Brigade Regulations No 01-2003 published in he Gazette No 1399/17 of October 10, 2003. Thereafter the youth undergoing training were designated as 'Rangers' and the first training programme was started through four Ranger Leadership Training Centres.

Since the start of the second Training programme, the number of Youth Brigade centres have now increased to 38.

Today youth have realized that the government had acted in a correct and far sighted manner by setting up a single ministry for Youth Affairs and Skills Development by incorporating Youth Affairs and Skills Development.

This ministry which has 17 institutions under its purview is striving to enable youth realize their dreams under the valuable concepts of Minister Dallas Alahapperuma and Deputy Minister Duminda Dissanayake.

The National Youth Brigade has achieved great heights today due to the indefatigable services rendered by its incumbent chairman Col. Darshana Ratnayake.

The National Youth Brigade has today rallied youth in the, age group of 16-28 including school leavers and university rejects and introduced a learning procedure for them by setting up curriculum in collaboration with the National Institute of Education(NIE) and the Colombo University. This include spoken English, Sinhala and Tamil language training, IT, personality development, vocational guidance,physical training and sports.

After identifying the inborn talents and skills of youth undergoing training they are directed to the Nawala Youth Brigade Centre to charter their future. All youth successfully completing the youth Brigade Training Course are awarded the NVQ stage II certificate which enables them to seek employment.

This proves that the child who enters the national youth Brigade emerges from it as a useful citizen with a sound personality and a sense of discipline.

There is an increasing demand for Youth Brigade qualified youth in the employment field today.

A large number of private sector firms in particular are looking for NVQ qualified youth trained by the National Youth Brigade to offer employment.

Already many such youth are employed in private institutions with high salaries.

Last year youth who underwent training in hotelliering were absorbed by several hotels even before they completed their training course.

The Youth Brigade Network is further extending its activities throughout the country and the Augusta Estate centre opened in Kandy recently is the newest addition to it.

Steps are underway to set up Youth Brigade centres in the North too for the benefit of Tamil youth.

- Translated by D. P. Wickramasinghe

 

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