Get ready for digital revolution soon

• First smart school in K’gala

By Yohan Perera   

Sri Lanka will have smart schools which will train students to prepare for the national digital strategy which would be a revolution, Prime Minister 
Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.  

There will be driver less vehicles in Sri Lanka soon. We are to march towards a new era

 The Premier said this at the opening of a three storey building at Galahitiyawa Hemamali Maha Vidyalaya in Ganemulla, last morning.    The Prime Minister said the first smart school will be set up at Kurunegala MV, while there will be such schools in Kandy and four in Colombo.   “ Sri Lanka will undertake a programme to digitalise all government institutions like Latvia and Finland. These countries go along with digital economy with e-currency while most of other things are done online. Technology is developing. There will be driver less vehicles in Sri Lanka soon. We are to march towards a new era”. the Prime Minister said.   

He said students should be prepared for the future and stressed the e school programme will fulfill this need.   “These schools will prepare the students in the future. 

Sri Lanka will undertake a programme to digitalise all government institutions like Latvia and Finland