Graduate recruits get army orientation training

Fifty thousand graduates recruited for government jobs will commence their army orientation – training programme from today, officials said.

The training commences in Army centers including, Security Force HQs, Regimental HQs and training schools, consequent upon guidance given by Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, the army said in a press release.

This one-month long residential programme, implemented under five phases, will absorb 10,000 graduates for each phase, and cover all 50,000 graduates within five months.

It is implemented together with the Directorate of Training in order to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes of those recruited graduates to ensure the effective contribution to nation-building as a trained, fully-fledged and energetic workforce. The project is to be closely monitored by the Ministry of Defence and coordinated and supervised at all seven Security Force HQs level, the army added.

 ‘Leadership and Team-Building Training’, ‘Management Training’, ‘Training in Private and State sector Establishments’, ‘Project work and Field studies’, ‘Cohesiveness and Resilience,’ are among the areas covered in the training.