‘Nenasala’ opens in Abu Dhabi

Saliya RUPASINGHE in Abu Dhabi

The `Nenasala’ project, implemented under the e-Sri Lanka initiative was established overseas for the first time in Abu Dhabi for South Asian blue collar workers.

Sri Lankan Ambassador to United Arab Emirates, Sarath Wijesinghe, with the first batch of students in Abu Dhabi.

Set up at the Embassy premises, on the initiative of the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Sarath Wijesinghe, the main objective of this facility is to offer professional IT knowledge free of charge to expatriate workers to help them gain better employment.

“Most of the workers in the Gulf region are women who are employed as house maids.

The government is keen to elevate their standard of employment. IT education would help them to gain employment in Super markets, restaurants and other similar institutions ,” Wijesinghe said.

He said a qualified IT instructor has been entrusted to train the expatriates and a special certificate would be issued for candidates who pass out the examination successfully.

“The service would be free of charge not only for Sri Lankans but also for all expatriates of SAARC countries.

Indian Express Money has donated six computers to commence this project. We would aquire more computers when the demand increases,” he said.

Wijesinghe added that workers with IT knowledge get highly paid even if they are employed in small institutions.

“This is the main reason which led to the launch of this initiative,” he added.