New computer training centres coming up in North

Irangika RANGE

The Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry is in the process of establishing new computer training centres in the North which will pave the way for Northern youth to acquire knowledge and skills of international standard and be ready for modern world challenges.

Minister Dullas Alahapperuma meets Northern youth.

"This will also provide an opportunity for them to be ready for the demanding job market here and abroad," Youth Affairs Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.

The minister made these remarks when he met young graduates in Jaffna and Kilinochchi at the Ministry recently.

Listening to their problems, the minister said that this programme will be shortly implemented to improve the livelihoods of the unemployed graduates by raising literacy rates, creating income, and providing access to government services, information technology and education.

"We upgraded the Jaffna Technical College as a Technological University to provide the opportunity for Northern youth to develop their academic knowledge, skills and specialized knowledge in traditional and emerging technical areas," he said.

A new branch of the National Institute of Business Management has also been set up in Jaffna.

Students and Northern youth will get the opportunity to follow courses in Information Technology, Management Studies and English language with the opening of its new centre.

The graduates requested the minister to provide a speedy solution to their unemployment problem which has become a major issue in the North.

They complained to the minister that vacancies in the North have been filled with outsiders without giving opportunities for them.

The minister assured that this problem will not rise in the future, since the government has taken a policy decision to give a prominent place to qualified applicants in the North when recruitments are made.