1. Preparing a Nation for Digital Disruption
Poorna Bandara, Chairman
ICT Skills Council Sri Lanka

2. ENERGIZER: FACIAL RECOGNITION SKILLS – IS SHE FROM MYANMAR OR JAPAN?

3. "Jia Jia" can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked
"Jia Jia" is a Robot and can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked.
An engineer ‘marries’ robot after failing to find a human wife. News..
THIS IS TRUE DISRUPTION!!!

4. HOW CAN ONE PREPARE A NATION FOR SUCH DISRUPTION?

5. ANSWER LIES IN COLLABORATION!!!
LARGE SCALE COLLABORATION..
ICT INDUSTRY COUNCIL
ICT INDUSTRY BODIES
LEADING COMPANIES
GOVERNMENT
ACADEMIA

6. INDUSTRY SECTOR COUNCIL AS A PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION
SECTOR COUNCIL – A COLLABORATION PLATFORM
PHYSICAL + ONLINE

7. 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

8. OUTCOMES OF COLLABORATION

9. FOCUS ON AUDACIOUS GOALS
JOINT VISIONING
FORGET THE PAST
FOCUS ON AUDACIOUS GOALS
GLOBAL ICT RESOURCE HUB
GLOBAL ICT R&D CENTER
GLOBAL ICT SECURITY HUB
HIGHEST DIGITAL LITERACY

10. TVET PROCESS IDENTIFIED AS A CYCLE

11. DASHBOARDING FOR TVET PERFORMANCE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
PRIVATE SECTOR TRAINING
VOCATIONAL TRAINING AGENCY (VTA)
UNVERSITY SYSTEM
NATIONAL APPRENTISHIP AND TRAINING AGENCY (NAITA)
CORPORATE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Supporting intelligent business operations

12. NATIONAL COMPETENCY STANDARDS
LEVEL 2:
E-CITIZEN
LEVEL 3:
OFFICE USER
LEVEL 4: IT SUPPORT STAFF
LEVEL 5:
IT PROFESSIONALS
BUILDING
NATIONAL COMPETENCY STANDARDS
STEP-WISE APPROACH
20%
80%

13. TRAINING THE ‘REAL’ APPROACH
E- LEARNING
TRAINING
THE ‘REAL’ APPROACH
TTT AS
YOU
LEARN
WORK

15. PARTNERS: GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS, ROTARY, TVET SECTOR
TAILORED TRAINING
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

16. TRAIN ON INNOVATION TOOLS
SETTING UP LABS AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR FABRICATION AND INNOVATION – FAB LAB
TAILORED TRAINING AS
YOU
LEARN
WORK

17. EARLIEST EXPOSURE FOR KIDS
TAILORED TRAINING
YEARS
YEAR 1 - 5
YEAR 5-10
YEAR 10-15
YEARS

18. E-LEARNING – A MUST TRAINING TOOL FOR DIGITAL AGE
TAILORED TRAINING
E-LEARNING – A MUST TRAINING TOOL FOR DIGITAL AGE
INTERESTING
WIDER ACCESS
CONSISTANCY
EASY TO CHANGE AND ADAPT

19. JOINT MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MAKING TECH JOBS THE PREFERRED JOB FOR YOUTH
DOES YOUR KID HAVE A START UP?

20. THE INDUSTRY SECTOR COUNCIL THE THREAD THAT ALIGNS THE SILOS
ALIGNMENT OF NATIONAL VISION WITH OPERATIONAL EXECUTION OF TVET SYSTEMS
NATIONAL DIGITAL VISION/POLICY/STRATEGY
- INDUSTRY VISION/POLICY/STRATEGY