EDEX Job Fair, a huge success

by Shirajiv Sirimane in Kandy

The 11th edition of the EDEX Kandy event was concluded at Kandy City Centre yesterday with over 18,000 people thronging the venue from all nearby provinces. Due to the increased number of stalls the organisers also opted to conduct the event in the fifth floor making EDEX the first event to be staged there.

Chairman EDEX, Kamal Abeysinghe, at the opening on Friday said that the event is a much-looked-forward-to one and that it helps students plan their future path of education.

He said that most of the unskilled workers that seek employment in the Middle East are from rural areas and this exhibition would help the future younger generations to find an education institute that would sharpen the skills of youth. “This would help them gain foreign employment and have better financial returns which would also help the country to get even more Foreign exchange.”

ESOFT Metro Campus and ANC Education will continue their long standing partnership with EDEX Expo 2015 as Platinum category sponsors, along with NIBM & NSBM, a Platinum Sponsor for the third consecutive year and the Vocational Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA) the latest addition in the Platinum category. CINEC, Royal Institute of Colombo, CIMA Sri Lanka and Horizon Campus are the Gold category sponsors. Dialog Axiata PLC is the Associate Sponsor of the EDEX Job Fair 2015.

The Strategic Partners such as Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) signify its relevance to many industry chambers and employers. EDEX Job Fair is further assisted by the Institute of Personnel Managers Sri Lanka (IPM-SL) and Sri Lanka Career Guidance Counsellors Association.

The print media partner for the event is Daily News and Sunday Observer.

Some highlights from the event in Kandy