President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for total commitment to make Sri Lanka reach the 50 per cent mark in national IT literacy by the end of 2010. The President extended this challenge while participating at a function for the declaration of 2009 as the Year of English and IT 2009 held at the President's Secretariat in the forenoon of last (13) Saturday.
With so many students who are eligible of entering university being deprived the chance to do so due to the state university intakes being limited, a majority of students do not have the opportunity to pursue higher education and achieve their cherished dreams.