ICTA sets up Nenasala lab at Deyata Kirula
Parallel to ongoing Deyata Kirula 2013 (March 23-29), ICT facilities
in areas close to where the event is held were been being , says the ICT
Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) .
Beginning this endeavor an ICTA initiated Nenasala Laboratory will be
set up on March 25 at the Hardy Advanced Technology Institute, Amapara,
the venue of Deyata Kirula this year. The Hardy Advanced Technology
Institute, Ampara is proposed to be upgraded as the Ampara Hardy
Technology University.
The Nenasala Laboratory set up at the centre of learning in South
East Sri Lanka will be equipped with modern ICT facilities including
Wi-Fi. The 20-computer Nenasala laboratory scheduled to be inaugurated
by Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Ranjith
Siyambalapitiya and Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas
Alahapperuma will cater specially to professionals.
ICTA-initiated Nenasala laboratories of this genre are scheduled to
be set up in the Ampara, Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa
districts.
Singer Sri Lanka, together with Intel supports this ICTA initiative.
As further components of the series of development activities parallel
to the Deyata Kirula, multiple events are on the cards. It is in this
backdrop that the Nenasala Computer Laboratory at the Hardy Advanced
Technology Institute in Ampara is being launched.
By now more than 100 Nenasala’s have been set up in the Ampara,
Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts, says ICTA. In
addition to the Nenasala’s existent in the North, ICTA is currently
engaged in preparatory work for setting up 40 more Nenasala’s in the
North. Currently there are 694 ‘Nenasala’s (‘Arivaham’s’) spread
island-wide under the Nenasala project,
Referring to the setting up of Nenasala laboratories ICTA CEO Reshan
Dewapura said, “Setting up Nenasala laboratories further accentuates
Government’s endeavour to take the dividends of ICT to the village. We
are grateful to the support provided by those concerned in setting up
the first Nenasala laboratory complete with the most advanced facilities
including Wi-Fi.” |