The Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that steps will be taken to implement a special program in collaboration with the National Institute of Education for the modernization of the methodology of teaching the Information and Communication Technology subject stream.
The Minister expressed these ideas while participating at a meeting held at the Ministry with the 22 teachers and officers who had returned after participating in the 15-day special training program in Gwagnju Metropolitan Office of Education (GMOE) in South Korea. A report containing the new subject matters and practical usage studied by them was handed over to the Minister at this occasion.
The Korean government has agreed to provide foreign training opportunities for the Information and Communication Technology teachers of our country. A group of officers including the Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Sunil Hettiarachchi and the Director of Information and Communication Technology Branch, Neil Gunadasa participated.