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Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 5.05 GMT |
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SAARC Ministers
praise SL progress in English and IT |
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The
SAARC
Ministers
of
Science
&
Technology
praised
Sri
Lanka's
rapid
progress
in the
field of
English
and
Information
Technology.
They
noted
that
progress
has been
made
within a
short
time
period.
These
comments
were
made
when
they met
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
on 24
Nov at
Temple
Trees
during
their
participation
at the
Second
Meeting
of the
SAARC
Ministers
of
Science
&
Technology
held on
24 and
25 Nov
in
Colombo.
The
government
of Sri
Lanka
has
named
the year
2009, as
the Year
of
English
and IT,
and
programmes
are
being
carried
out to
spread
English
and IT
to all
corners
of the
island,
especially
through
the
Nenasala
programme.
The
SAARC
Ministers
expressed
their
support
for the
successful
implementation
of this
programme.
The
President
stated
that
youth
from the
rural
sector
are able
to
connect
with the
world
through
the
internet
because
of the
Nenasala
programme.
Information
Technology
which
existed
in Sri
Lanka in
a very
small
scale is
now
expanding
rapidly
and it
is the
aim of
the
government
to
create a
future
generation
which
can
conquer
the
world of
IT,
stressed
the
President.
The
Ministerial
meeting
was
attended
by
Ministers
of
Science
and
Technology
from
SAARC
countries
namely,
Afghanistan,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
India,
Maldives,
Nepal
and
Pakistan.
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