Jump start Sri Lanka launched by Global Rotary Chief and Minister of Youth
View(s):Given that Sri Lanka is straddling to find ways to ignite the economy which is shrinking by 9.3% this year, the Rotary Global Chief together with Minister for Youth and Sports launched a novel project branded ‘Jump Start Sri Lanka’ to support the countries target to make the ICT/BPO sector a $5 billion export generating business quipped Jennifer Jones in partnership with Minister Roshan Ranasinghe the Minister for Youth and Sports at the Duncan White auditorium, Colombo 7. Present at the event was the Chairman National Youth Council Thiran De Silva and District Governor Rotary Sri Lanka and Maldives Pubudu De Soyza, Chairperson for the Global presidents visit Gowri Rajan and Project Chairman Dr Rohantha Athukorala. We must focus and build the youth skill set of Sri Lanka. This is my key focus and duty said the Global Rotary President enthusiastically.
The collaboration was formally inked through the signing ceremony of a sister club agreement and an MoU on the scholarships programme between the Rotary Club of Makati-Circle of Friends (RCM-CoF), Rotary Club of Colombo Reconnections (RCCR), and the Center for International Education Global Colleges Inc (CIE) from the Philippines and the National Youth Council, Sri Lanka.
The Minister for Youth and Sports Roshan Ranasinghe said, “The ICT sector is a major economic growth driver for Sri Lanka and is seen to develop into a $5 billion industry. This worthwhile programme will contribute in upskilling our youth and professionals with the current developments in the highly-innovative and constantly evolving industry.” “I would like to thank Rotary and the Sri Lankan Ambassordor for Philippines Shobini Gunesekera for conceptualizing the project together with Prof. Nelia Cruz Sarcol, the Charter President of the RCM-CoF and the President and CEO of CIE, for this kind initiative said Pubudu De Soyza the District Governor of Rotary Sri Lanka & Maldives.
The Rotary Project Chairman for Jump Start Sri Lanka Dr Rohantha Athukorala commented “that there are around 24,000 jobs that are on offer by ICT/ BPO companies like HCT, Virtusa, John Keells IT, Orel, 99X among others, but Sri Lanka produces only around 13,000 graduates resulting to a gap that this project will target.”Speaking about the way forward, Dr Athukorala mentioned that “ with the first batch of fifty students being awarded the scholarship by the Global Rotary President, we will continue to work with the National Youth Council to stage “Boot Camps” across the country in partnership with the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology( APIIT) for the necessary technical requirements to support the online education provided from Philippines my sincere thank you to the Chairman NYC Thiran De Silva for championing this launch in Sri Lanka.
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