Leadership training (3) begins today

Dharma Sri ABEYRATNE

The third phase of the Leadership Training and Positive Attitude Development Programme will commence today at 22 training centres, the Higher Education Ministry said.

Two phases of the leadership and positive attitude development programme have already been completed. The programme is conducted for students, who have been selected for undergraduate courses aiming to arm future leaders with leadership qualities and positive attitudes, Higher Education Minister S B Dissanayake said.

The training for the third batch will be held until February 28. All arrangements have been finalised to commence the third batch of the programme. Accordingly, 7,038 students, who passed the Advanced Level examination 2011 have been selected for the third batch. The names of the selected students have already been published on the website www.leardership.mohe.gov.lk and they have been informed by post.

The leadership and positive attitude development programme is conducted with the main objective of ensuring that citizens are nurtured with knowledge, skills, attitudes and mental alertness to shoulder future responsibilities as creative and enterprising leaders enhancing the pride of Sri Lanka in a global village, the Minister said.