Lanka to set up fully-fledged Ocean University

Lanka to set up fully-fledged Ocean University

The Technical, Vocational Education Training (TVET) sector is poised to receive a US $ 50 million, to set up a fully-fledged Ocean University in Sri Lanka. Also nine new hi-tech training facilities are to be set up across the country, modelled on the lines of the ultra-modern South Korean backed KTEC Training Centre unveiled in Orugodawatte recently, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Cooperative Development, Skills Development & Vocational Training (ICTPDPCDSDVT) Rishad Bathiudeen said. He was addressing a gathering at the launch of modernised Gampaha Technical College (GTC) in Gampaha.