Job training centre in Quatar for Lankans

by Ananda Kannangara

Sri Lankans who wish to be employed in Qatar will be given a comprehensive employment training at a special training centre, to be opened in Qatar next month.

According to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), this is the first occasion where a training centre of this nature will be opened in a foreign country for the benefit of Sri Lankan workers.

"The main objective of setting up this centre is to give the maximum employment training as well as social training which our workers need, especially those who are not familiar with the cultural and religious environment of that country," Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told the `Sunday Observer'.

Referring to his Friday's meeting in Colombo with the Director of the Qatar Foreign Ministry Abdulla Al Khulifi, Minister Rambukwella said that such a training program will benefit our workers in other middle eastern countries in the future.

He also thanked the Qatar Government for granting more job opportunities during the year 2008. According to SLBFE statistics nearly 14,000 Sri Lankans are currently employed in Qatar.