India to send Teacher Trainers to improve education among upcountry Tamils
COLOMBO – India will send Teacher Trainers to improve the education standards and meet growing needs and aspirations of Sri Lanka’s up country Tamil students, visiting Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday (2).
Sitharaman, who is on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka, was the keynote speaker at ‘Naam 200’ marking 200 years of arrival of the Indian – origin Tamil (IOT) community to Sri Lanka. The event was held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
She emphasized the importance of education and pledged support to the IOT.
“Education transforms, empowers, and enhances your social mobility. It is for this reason; (the) Government of India has given special focus on educational support to you as part of its developmental partnership over decades,” she told the gathering.
“Taking this forward, as part of our special package to IOTs, I am delighted to announce that we will soon send Teacher Trainers who will work with local teachers and keep them abreast with latest developments in the teaching field and enhance their teaching skills to meet growing needs and aspirations of students from Malayaha (upcountry) Tamils,” she said confident the Teacher Training program along with other projects under the package will provide a holistic developmental framework for Malayaha Community and make an impact on their livelihood.
She also pledged Indian dedication to upgrade a vocational training centre in the central town of Hatton to assist the IOTs in enhancing skill requirements.
During her visit, Sitharaman along with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe virtually launched phase – 4 of the flagship Indian Housing Project for the construction of 10,000 houses in plantation areas of Sri Lanka. She also virtually inaugurated the upgraded Thondaman Vocational Training Centre in Hatton, built with Indian government grant assistance.
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