Performance Report â 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Performance Report â 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
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Table 38 On going Vocational Training Projects <strong>and</strong> Progress at the end <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong>Name <strong>of</strong> Project Total Cost <strong>Finance</strong>AssistanceUpgrading MaradanaTechnical college to a“College<strong>of</strong>Technology”Rs. 600MnCF:100MnFA:500Mn(JICA)ProjectDuration2005-<strong>2010</strong>AchievementsIntroduced 3 Diploma coursesfor NVQ level 5&6, Workshops <strong>and</strong> laboratoryequipment were installed.Upgrading NiyagamaNational VocationalTraining CentreRs.1315MnCF:349MnFA:966Mn(Ex-IM Bank,Korea)2007-<strong>2010</strong>Completed construction <strong>of</strong>building for workshop,equipment installed <strong>and</strong> textbooks for 9 trades weredeveloped.Technicaldevelopment(TEDP)educationProjectUS$Mn.26.7LF:Rs.669MnFF:Rs1998Mn(ADB)2005-2011-COT’s were established,renovated, equipmentsinstalled <strong>and</strong> new buildingsconstructed, -NVQ frame workfurther developed in to level 7-Established UNIVOTEC <strong>and</strong>enroll students for B.Techdegrees in October <strong>2010</strong>).Table 39 Vocational Education <strong>and</strong>Skills Development ProjectsRecommended in <strong>2010</strong>Name <strong>of</strong> the ProjectEstablishment <strong>of</strong> TechnicalTraining Centre for Sri LankaInstitute <strong>of</strong> Printing.Construction <strong>of</strong> a Studio forLearning ResourcesDevelopment – University <strong>of</strong>Vocational TechnologyTECRs.mnDonor189 CF17.9 CFSet ting Up a New HotelSchool at Nilawali 151.28 CFSetting Up a two storiedhostel complex at theNiyagama NationalVocational Training CentreSetting Up a three storiedbuilding complex atMirijjawila VocationalTraining CentreEstablishment <strong>of</strong> a LanguageCentre (English) - NAITA 12.75Establishment <strong>of</strong> a TechnicalColeage in the NorthernProvince with GermanAssistance46.42 CF47.02 CFEDCF -KOICA1,250 German179Science, Technology <strong>and</strong> ResearchDevelopment <strong>of</strong> the Science, Technology<strong>and</strong> Research Sector is at the centre <strong>of</strong> theeconomic development strategy <strong>of</strong> thecountry. The Department <strong>of</strong> National<strong>Planning</strong> has given guidance to prepare theScience, Technology <strong>and</strong> InnovationStrategy for Sri Lanka (2011-2015) inorder to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> theResearch <strong>and</strong> Technology sector in SriLanka has been identified. The keyproposals <strong>of</strong> this strategy have beentranslated into action in the 2011 budgetyear.Currently the number <strong>of</strong> research scientistsin Sri Lanka is about 4,600 <strong>and</strong> researchersper million inhabitants is 237.3. The maintechnology transfer programme called"Vidatha programme" has been exp<strong>and</strong>edto the village level by increasing thenumber <strong>of</strong> Vidatha Centers throughout thecountry upto 260.The main policy objective in science <strong>and</strong>technology is to foster a national scienceculture that effectively reaches every
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