Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam met with Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Joon Sik, and the President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) In Shik Kim, on July 21 and 22 in Seoul, Foreign affairs ministry said.
Discussions focused on Korea's continuing cooperation in the fields of ICT development and e-learning, as well as KOICA’s support to establish a National Teacher Training College for technology subject streams in Sri Lanka.
During the visit, Minister Kariyawasam also inspected a Smart Class Room in the Ithaewon Elementary School in Seoul. Minister Kariyawasam who was accompanied by senior officials of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Education, undertook the visit on the invitation of the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education. The Sri Lanka Embassy in Seoul also facilitated the visit.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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