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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 04.25 GMT |
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USAID offers practical education to Southern youth
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday
inagurated the new vocational training
centre in Tangalle, funded by the United
States Agency for International Development
(USAID).
The training centre was built with funds
provided by the American people as part of
USAID’s Sri Lanka Tsunami Reconstruction
Program.
The Tangalle Vocational Training Center will
graduate 180 students each year who will
become masons, plumbers, electricians,
mechanics, appliance repair technicians,
electronic repair technicians, and IT
specialists. All these trades are in high
demand in Sri Lanka’s economy and the
graduates will be well positioned to find
good jobs. In addition to constructing the
buildings, USAID and several private sector
partners have supplied the schools with all
necessary items such as furniture, tools,
and other commodities to make them fully
functional.
The project was developed in partnership
with the Vocational Training Authority (VTA)
under the aegis of the Ministry of
Vocational and Technical Training and
implemented by Access International and
CH2MHill.
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