Korean volunteers to provide ICT training in Sri Lanka

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Korean IT Volunteers (KIV) altogether comprising four teams arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday (6) under a NIA/ITU/TRCSL Program to engage in providing ICT training to select groups during the months of July and August 2012.

The NIA/ITU/TRCSL KIV program 2012 is being coordinated by the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific for ICT enhancement in Sri Lanka.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka will deploy these teams to train TRC staff members, instructors of IT centres, students undergoing ICT training under the TRC e-NABLE project, students in selected Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) supervised by the Dept. of Social Service, special needs schools and Ranaviru Authority (IT centres in Disabled Soldiers’ villages) in Sri Lanka. The language of instruction will be English.

The Government of South Korea dispatches teams of Korean volunteers skilled in Information Technology (IT) annually to developing countries to provide advanced IT technology.

The Korea IT Volunteer (KIV) program has been hosted by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security of Korea and managed by the National Information Society Agency of Korea since 2001.

Under ITU Assistance, the Korea IT Volunteer training program was conducted in Sri Lanka last year specifically for members of TRCSL staff and special schools, IT instructors of select centres and IT teachers from 18 July to 12 August 2011. The syllabus includes IT topics such as: Introduction of MS, Advanced features of MS, Database Management, Networking, Computer security, Photoshop, Graphics, Hardware and Trouble shooting, Web designing, etc. and an introduction to various aspects of Korean culture.

Two classes will be conducted parallel to each other for the duration of the training course. Altogether there are 200 persons who have enrolled for this training.