Sri Lanka Celebrates Youth Skills, Highlights AI and Digitalization

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To celebrate World Youth Skills Day 2025, the Vocational Education division of the Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education organized numerous special events across four districts of the island today (15th). Sri Lanka was the country that presented the proposal for World Youth Skills Day to the United Nations General Assembly in 2014….

To celebrate World Youth Skills Day 2025, the Vocational Education division of the Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education organized numerous special events across four districts of the island today (15th).

Sri Lanka was the country that presented the proposal for World Youth Skills Day to the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. As a result, a “World Youth Skills Day” was designated for the entire world starting in 2015, which was a significant achievement for the country’s education sector.

This year, under the theme “Empowering Youth through Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization,” several commemorative events were organized in the Matara, Kurunegala, and Kilinochchi districts. The main celebration was held this afternoon at the Korean National Vocational Training Institute in Orugodawatta.

The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Nalin Hewage, along with Additional Secretary (Administration) Samanthi Mihindukula, Additional Secretary (Vocational Training) Samanthi Senanayake, Additional Secretary (Skills Sector Development) Himali Ataudage, Additional Secretary (Procurement) G. Samarasinghe, and Director General (Planning) W.A.R.B. Weerasekera. Also in attendance were chairpersons, director generals, and principals representing the Sri Lanka Vocational Training Authority and other vocational education institutions, as well as many students from various educational institutions.