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Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 09.37 GMT

India – Sri Lanka Centre for English Language Training

 
The government entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India for setting up an India - Sri Lanka Centre for English Language Training (ISLCELT) at Peradeniya.

The Centre which will include a 40 unit state of the art digital language laboratory will have the services of two professors specialized in the teaching of Spoken English from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) in Hyderabad.

The new Centre is being gifted by India to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in support of the Presidential Initiative on ‘English as a Life Skill’.

The setting up of the ISLCELT is a further step in the strengthening of the partnership between EFLU Hyderabad and the Ministry of Education which was initiated by the Presidential Secretariat and the then High Commissioner for India in Sri Lanka, Ms. Nirupama Rao now Foreign Secretary of India.

EFLU has already trained 40 Master Trainers in the delivery of Spoken English Teaching Skills to English teachers on scholarships donated by the Indian Government to the President. They in turn have trained over 2000 English teachers since their return. 40 more Master Trainers will be trained at EFLU as Indian government scholarship holders from September 16th to December 8th, this year.

At present the English language is an essential skill for the information technology and it is a must for a good job and to fulfill theses requirements the government has taken steps to establish the Center for English Language Training with collaboration Indian government, speaking at this event, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs, Dr. Sarath Amunugama said.

The MOU was signed by the Indian High Commissioner H.E Alok Prasad, the Minister of Education Susil Premajayanth and the Secretary to the President Mr. Lalith Weeratunga at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat, today (Sep.3).


 




 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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