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Sri Lanka’s Computer Literacy: Target 60%; Achieved 19.5% - ICTA http://lirneasia.net/2008/11/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-computer-literacy-target-60-achieved-195-icta/ (lirneasia.net)

published: 2008-11-19 03:06:55 ( 1 month ago )fetched: 2008-11-19 07:15:24 ( 1 month ago )

ICTA today clarified that Sri Lanka’s Computer Literacy is far below the target of 60% under Mahinda Chinthana. Athula Pushpakumara, Head of Communication and Media at ICT Agency Sri Lanka, in an article to Divaina newspaper today claimed the 2007 figure of 16.5% has increased to 19.5% by the first quarter of 2008. No sources were provided.

The official Computer Literacy figure for 2006/7 by the Department of Census and Statistics is 16.6%.

In 2005 November, in his election manifesto ‘Mahinda Chinthana’ President Mahinda Rajapakse promised to take the necessary

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