MR not savvy of future techno trends
The Rajapaksa administration is utterly incapable making Sri Lanka a beneficiary of emerging technologies and if Mahinda Rajapaksa wins the 8 January election, the country will see an exodus of highly skilled professionals, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary, Patali Champika Ranawake said.
“The current technological trend is cyber technology and other Asian nations are leading the way. President Rajapaksa has no understanding about future technological trends. I have given him several proposals over the years about how to make Sri Lanka a beneficiary of new technological developments. However, he didn’t even understand the need for a change in the direction of the economy,” he said.
He added that 69% of the money allocated for universities went to the Kotalawala Defence University, while only 5% has been allocated for Peradeniya University. This shows that the current administration is not interested in developing public education to produce a skilled workforce to meet the challenges of the future.
“When J.R. Jayewardene opened the economy in 1977, we had cheap labour, energy, and easy access to foreign capital. Thus, in the first five years the economy grew by 300%. However, the economy shrunk again by late 1980s. Some say this was because of the LTTE but this is the natural end of such economic policies. Once labour become scarce, energy becomes expensive, foreign investors go. Thus we can’t stick to the same policies, we need to adapt with change,” he said.
(Ceylon Today)
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Yeah, Yeah, Patali.
We all know where you are heading. Best of Luck in the Prezzy Elections in 2023, ie at the end of the 2 years plus six years for Prezi MR form 08 Jan 2015.
Your website at http://www.champikaranawaka.com/ doesn’t reflect your tech savvy; it is not interactive; it does not have a blog; there’s no life in it.
Please make it interactive so that we could share our mutual passions with you.
Lol. Lol. Lol!!!! How much time it took to go from Colombo to Mataram before MR came to power! What was the Internet like before MR (if there was one). What was the telephone service like before MR? Oh you are disgusting!!!!!!!!
Muge pandithakama ihavaha gihin! Higher he jumps bigger his fall.
I wonder if the comparative funding allocations for Kotalawela Defence Academy and Peradeniya university are accurate and the source of this information. Perhaps readers should investigate the allocations independently.