Microsoft supports Nenasala IT education

President, Microsoft Asia Pacific, Cesar Cernuda presented US $ 2,125,748 for the Nenasala program headed by ICTA.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who met Cesar Cernuda said that he greatly appreciated the gesture by Microsoft.

Cernuda said that he was impressed with the work already done through the Nenasala program. He said, "ICT is a vital part of a country's economic growth and the government has the right vision in placing it as a key priority in the country's nation building exercise.

The Nenasala program also won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's 2014 Access to Learning Award earlier this year, receiving a cash grant of US $1 million to the e-Library Nenasala Program (eLNP), in recognition of its work.

Microsoft Sri Lanka has partnered the Ministry of Education (MoE) on several initiatives to uplift secondary and university level education in Sri Lanka.

Their flagship programs such as 'Innovative Teachers and Students' and 'Imagine Cup' have become national level competitions whilst Teacher Training, IT Centres and other community projects such as Gamata IT has contributed immensely towards uplifting rural education in the country.