HOLISTIC UPSKILLING FOR DIGITAL FUTURE Poorna Bandara, Chairman ICT Skills Council Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA ECONOMY IS RAPIDLY MODERNIZING SMART CITIES IN THE MAKING E-GOVERNMENT NATIONAL E-LEARNING PLATFORM INDUSTRY IS GOING FOR AUTOMATION SRI LANKA HAS SET THE BAR HIGH AND WANTS TO BE - ICT RESOURCE HUB FOR WORLD ICT R&D CENTER FOR WORLD REGIONAL FINANCIAL HUB A MANUFACTURING HUB IN THE ‘SILK ROAD’ TRANSPORTATIONAL HUB

GLOBALIZATION MEANS YOU NEED TO PLAY GLOBAL – GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

CONNECTING GLOBAL INDUSTRY TO TVET ECO SYSTEM Silicon Valley of USA Microsoft Boeing Google IFS Silicon Valley of India Bosch Mindtree Infosys Oracle COLLABORATION Ict skills council

NATIONAL COMPETENCY STANDARDS LEVEL 2: E-CITIZEN LEVEL 3: OFFICE USER LEVEL 4: IT SUPPORT STAFF LEVEL 5: IT PROFESSIONALS WHERE DO WE START? BUILDING NATIONAL COMPETENCY STANDARDS STEP-WISE APPROACH 20% 80%

E-LEARNING – A MUST TRAINING TOOL FOR DIGITAL AGE WE STARTED NATIONAL E-LEARNING PLATFORM E-LEARNING – A MUST TRAINING TOOL FOR DIGITAL AGE INTERESTING WIDER ACCESS CONSISTANCY EASY TO CHANGE AND ADAPT

OBJECTIVE: CITIZEN CONVERSION FOR DIGITAL SRILANKA FOR CITIZENS OBJECTIVE: CITIZEN CONVERSION FOR DIGITAL SRILANKA E-CITIZEN COURSE OBJECTIVE: LEAP-FROG DIGITAL LITERACY RATE SKILL: ICT FOR AVERAGE FAMILY STRATEGY: - EPISODE APPROACH - E-LEARNING PLATFORM PARTNERS: GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS, ROTARY, TVET SECTOR

FOR OFFICE /GOVERNMENT WORKER OBJECTIVE: CITIZEN CONVERSION FOR DIGITAL SRILANKA FOR OFFICE /GOVERNMENT WORKER OBJECTIVE: DIGITALLY SKILLED OFFICE WORKER SKILLS: DIGITAL OFFICE SKILLS Handling computers and digital devices Internet and Communication Using computers for office productivity Working with and Securing Computers Users role in software life cycle Contributing towards a better work place STRATEGY: E-LEARNING PARTNERS: GOVERNMENT, TVET SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR

NON-ICT SECTOR SKILLED WORKER OBJECTIVE: CITIZEN CONVERSION FOR DIGITAL SRILANKA ICT FOR NON-ICT SECTOR SKILLED WORKER OBJECTIVE: DIGITALLY SKILLED INDUSTRY WORKER SKILLS: DIGITAL INDUSTRY SKILLS 3D PRINTING MODELLING SKILLS DESIGNING ERP SKILLS STANDARDS SIMULATION SKILLS GENERAL SKILLS STRATEGY: PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL COURSES PARTNERS: OTHER SECTOR COUNCILS, TVET SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR

UPSKILLING ICT PROFESSIONALS OBJECTIVE: CLEAR CAREER MAP STRATEGIES: E-LEARNING CONTINUOS ALIGNMENT WITH INDUSTRY

LEARN WHILE YOU WORK PROGRAM A/L 1 YEAR TVET PROGRAM ENTER INDUSTRY LEARN WHILE YOU WORK DEGREE FUNDED BY INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT LOAN SCHEME

TVET PROGRAM PROMOTED TO UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY DEGREE 1 YEAR TVET PROGRAM DEGREE WITH TVET QUALIFICATION BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

PROMOTE SETTING UP FABRICATION AND INNOVATION LABS ACROSS THE ISLAND

SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN IN TECH JOBS PROMOTE WORK FROM HOME PROGRAMS FLEXI HOURS

NATIONAL SOFT SKILL PROGRAM

SKILLS COUNCIL MADE WAY TO NATIONAL POLICY MAKING COMMITTEES NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSION NATIONAL DIGITAL POLICY COMMITTEE NATIONAL TRADE POLICY COMMITTEE NATIONAL E-LEARNING COMMITTEE

IT REQUIRED A HOLISTIC APPROACH ICT SKILLS ICT INDUSTRY NON ICT INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT/OFFICE WORKERS FUTURE VISION CITIZENS GLOBAL DEMAND DIGITAL POLICY