US$ 56.9 m loan for National Centre for Creating E-Learning Resources
View(s):The Government has approved a proposal to raise a US$ 56.9 million loan for the establishment of a National Centre for Creating E-Learning Resources, for teaching through Computers.
Under the plan the the Ministry of Education is to formalise applying Information Technology (IT) in Schools. The proposal is to provide Computers and Accessories to all Regional Computer Resources Centers, construct 2 Provincial IT Educational Centers associated with Addalachchena and Nilwala National Colleges of Education, and establish a National Level Software & Computer Application Design Center at Narangallawaththa, Kurunegala.
The proposal was by Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, to raise US$ 56.9 million in funds from the Economic Development Cooperative Fund and the Abu Dhabi Fund, through the Korean Import Export Bank.