N-E needs human resources
 

TRINCOMALEE correspondent

CHIEF Secretary, North East Provincial Council S. Rangarajah participating as the Chief Guest at the award ceremony of the certificate course in human resources development held at the provincial guest house, Trincomalee said the human resource need is felt very much in the North East Province.

He said that NEP requires a new breed of managers with new attitudes and skills to face the challenges of the NorthEast. The concepts we have learned at the universities in the 20th century have now become obsolete. Only this type of programmes provide opportunities to keep abreast of what is happening in the management field.

Chief Secretary Rangarajah made an appeal to the participants to encourage other managerial cadres to enrol for this type of short courses and benefit on it.

He specially thanked the Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development for expanding their activities to the deep periphery directly to benefit the officers working in the remote areas.

This course was conducted by the Management Development and Training Department (NEP) in collaboration with Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development.

Secretary to the Governor North East Province S. Amirthalingam said especially in democratic societies the platform for governance is set by the interaction between government, the private sector and the civil society on a partnership.

The government acts through its judicial administrative and political instruments. Civil society acts through individuals, now governmental organizations and community based organizations. The private sector acts through large, medium and small enterprises. The ultimate test is the quality of governance.

Amirthalingam said good governance is the level of efficiency and effectiveness of the interaction among these parties in achieving a common goal.

Quoting the success of Singapore he said by being rumble and pragmatic Singapore has been able to spot dangers earlier than others and to make good use of opportunities.

Effective governments free of corruption efficient, responsive and fair will be able to offer its citizens continuous improvement in the quality of their lives in a secure environment, he added.