Title: Sri Lanka launches national IT literacy initiative
Author: Clarice Africa
Source: FutureGov
Date (published): 12/12/2011
Date (accessed): 13/12/2011
Type of information: news
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"As part of the government’s effort to foster an IT literate society, the government launched its “e-diriya” national IT literacy initiative which aims to provide basic computer knowledge to 50,000 “samurddhi” recipients and school children.
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Meanwhile, Professor P.W. Epasinghe, Chairman of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka, pointed out that the widespread availability of ICT equipment such as computers and mobile phones should be accompanied by equally widespread availability of facilities to use them.

“Through the launch of “e-diriya”, we have taken steps to provide information technology knowledge to a segment of society that had not been covered before. From today we begin providing IT training to especially to 20,000 Samurddhi recipients in the first round. "