Udubaddawa Nisala Nenasala is inKurunegala district of North
Western Province of Srilanka. It is matter to happy that ICTA of Srilanka is launching
of the first ever island wide Nenasala Pranama Awards. In Srilanka Information Communication
Technology Agency of Srilanka (ICTA) has already taken necessary steps to
implement the TELECENTRE NETWORK at Grassroots level in island wide. When considering our professions we were
seeking for this kind of program since period of time. In that case our telecentre
was initiated 5th of October 2008 as Udubaddawa Nisala Telecentre. Udubaddawa NISALA telecentre is 566 Telecentre in Srilanka at
Udubaddawa A.G.A. Division of Kurunegala district under the Srilankan 1000
telecentre project concept of the president of Srilanka and the government. With
a large number of Distance Learning Education Centers, Empowering grass-root
Level at Village Level our telecentre Specialized for empowering ICT and
English Language. Udubaddawa NISALA Nenasala does multitasking duties for entire
Public based on ICT.
So as telecentre manager whole staff of Udubaddawa Nisala
Telecntre ready to give our fullest cooperation to develop the esrilankan theme
and development of grassroots level and also we have already done several
activities, duties, tasks, and projects based on ICT for various field at
village level as well as district level. There are three persons working with
me in this Nenasala Centre
- Santhusha Jayathilaka as Manager
- Suranga Niroshan as deputy manager
- Nilupul Dananjaya as executive
officer
- Asela Sandaruwan as common servirse
coordinador
Actually already we have been able to uplift several
Nenasala Centres in Kurunegala district and Puttlum districts which were not in
order. Now they are in progress. Here I
mentioned them.
01. Uplifted Nenasala Centres
- Sri Puspparama Telecntre,Gonulla,Gonawila,Pannala(Pannala
AGA Division in Kurunegala district)
- Sri Lokanada Telecntre,wewagama,Wekanda,Kuliyapitiya(Kuliyapitiya-west
AGA division in Kurunegala district)
- Sri Vidyarathna Telecntre,Veerahena,Nattandiya(Nattandiya
AGA Division in Puttlum District)
- Vidatha Telecntre,Deegalla,Deegalla(Kuliyapitiya-west
AGA division in Kurunegala district)
Here what we did was we trained Nenasala
operators and taught them how to run a Nenasala serving IT services to
civilians and our goal was after encouraging them and finally to make good
connection among the above Nenasala. We
were able to find out cleaver students who came to learn IT to our Udubaddawa
Nisala Nenasala and after completing their studies we gave them some
responsibilities after identify them as good operator we appoint them as
permanent Nenasala operators in above mentioned Nenasala Centres.
02. We Udubaddawa Nenasala doing English Language
development programme in above nenasala centres.( Distance
Learning Education Centers) Preschool age to adults. That has been a good sustainable task to my
telecentre. Because there is a strong link between ICT and English Language. And
also still in Srilanka English literacy is in less than 50 percentages. So it
is essential to increase that percentage whatever way we can. Not only that I
have been able to give 20 job opportunities to unemployed youth in our
area as English teachers. Now
they are also self-sustain persons.
Actually whole these opportunities given by this Valuable Nenasala
Network. So I think introducing this
kind of program to other world Nenasala network they also able to take
advantages of this. That was a great
determination to us. When teaching English at the village level where situated
our distance education centre in far away from the regional city and our
teachers go to the separate centrs day by day in weekdays and weekend where
situated in temples, public halls and religious places. Our teachers use smart
phones as tool of teaching. This technic
has been fruitful so far because students find it interesting when they hearing
accuracy pronunciation, graphics, videos and using this kind of electric
instrument. Actually that was a great tool to both teachers and students. Here we have resource pool from universities
of Srilanka, education department of Srilanka and the Volunteer associations
like Sarvodaya to implement the above process at village level.
Not only that we want to implement the IT training in good
way from our Nenasala. So we study the
IT teaching guide line of the Srilanka there is a Tertiary and vocational
education commission in Srilanka to preform that task. We study them and formed
new IT courses to both kids and adults.
And also we were able to do webinars (Skype conference) as online
seminars with the help of the resource persons from universities. Actually those kinds of activities were not
in the past they were the innovative education tasks of the Nenasala. Because students who were in the villages
they couldn’t have the lectures from universities before they enter the
universities. Because of our innovative
introducing now they are having such experinces. Now students feel confidence when they facing
exams.
03. Last whole year we have launched awareness programs at
A.G.A. divisional level wise in Srilanka.
·
Udubaddawa Division,
·
Pannala Division,
·
Kuliyapitiya West Division,
·
Nattandiya Division
·
Dankotuwa Division
04. We have already made aware the whole employees in
Udubaddawa A.G.A. Division. (GS Officers, Samurdee officers, Field officers,
Agri officers etc)
The feedback is very good. After doing the awareness
programme I got many opportunities from everywhere we represent.
05. We got teaching opportunities. It means there was good market (Government
officers and adults).We held a computer training course for those who were in
A.G.A. Office based on LGN programme.
06. Not only that but in nowadays also we launching ICT
empowerment programme for Police officers.
Because Police department is now accepting the general complains through
emails and SMS. And also now computers
and ADSL connection was given to every police station and already in our
Dummalasooriya Police Station in Srilanka they got them and we held a one day
ICT workshop relevant to Internet and email in that Police station.
07.
And also we udubaddawa telecentre is launching a new Nenasala promoting program me. We
nominated is as “propaganda road show task”. Here we have decorated a
three wheeler for propaganda vehicle. I hope to make aware all rural public
people about telecentre services and activities. And also already I have done a
several programmers at village level and villagers highly appreciated our program me
to uplift the telecentre. In the other hand especially students get enjoy from
our program me.
Before doing this kind of program me I found it is difficult to make aware the public. Especially village area people always busy with their day today works. So I find it easy to access the village area people by this task. And also by this task we normally go into their door steps and make aware all the services and activities done by Nisala telecentre. I saw that most of the village area people actually have no real idea about what a telecentre is and its services.
There are some very funny and interesting incidents that we faced visiting here and there. Actually I want to emphases that this kind of task is very essential to implement the Nenasala at grass root level.
Before doing this kind of program me I found it is difficult to make aware the public. Especially village area people always busy with their day today works. So I find it easy to access the village area people by this task. And also by this task we normally go into their door steps and make aware all the services and activities done by Nisala telecentre. I saw that most of the village area people actually have no real idea about what a telecentre is and its services.
There are some very funny and interesting incidents that we faced visiting here and there. Actually I want to emphases that this kind of task is very essential to implement the Nenasala at grass root level.
http://nisalanenasala.blogspot.com/2011/11/nenasala-propaganda-vehicle-is-in.html
08. In the other case my Nenasala now paying all kinds of utility
(day-today) bills through SAMPATHNET. That is also a very useful service to the
people in village level. Normally one
payment debit from its account within one hour. People find it easy to come to
our Nenasala without not going to the banks. We can pay 29 kinds of bills
through sampathnet. Actually this initiative was an one of innovative services
to civilians because before we introducing this service they used to got to
town or city where situated in 10or 12 kelomerts away from our regional city
and they had to bear a bus fear also.
After introducing this service most of them highly appreciated that
because they can save their time.
09. E-Channeling also a one of
helpful services that given by my Nenasala.
This service just like above mentioned matter. At the earlier patient or person had to go to
Colombo the capital of Srilanka to reserve or take the doctor
appointment(because all facility hospital situated in Colombo)one day and
because of the rush he or she had to go to consult a doctor another day.
Actually as Nenasala we should do such kinds of programs to public
because our Nenasala theme is global knowledge to village.
10. In 2009 we got opportunity to work in financial field
also. It means us as Udubaddawa Nisala Nenasala
joined hand with the SANASA DEVELOPMENT BANK of Srilanka. That is a development bank registered under
the central bank of Srilanka. SANASA is a one of grass root levels well
established name in Srilanka. Now there
is a Sanasa development bank savings unit in our Nenasala. The goal of this savings centre project is
eradicate the poverty in Srilanka. At the
moment we are accepting only deposits (savings and fixed) only. But withdrawals can be made from Kuliyapitiya
branch. Kuliyapitiya branch coordinates all the duties with our Nenasala
centre. We do Rs.50000.00 loan projects
to those who are self-employed. Already our Nenasala was able to create client
base with more than 500 members as customers with kids, women, men and
societies who are facilitating from us.
In here we do again multi tasks.
We train hoe to save money for their future, train them how to invest money
in good manner and finally we train them how to sustain self by their own. We
have now 30 groups targeting those loans.
Our center target is to become a Sanasa Developent center approved by
the central bank of srilanka.
In this regard I want to tell our tasks and programs which
we have already done, still doing and are to do in future for the betterment of
telecentre network not only srilanka but world also. In the other hand I want
to emphasize that ourselves find it difficult to do some activities or duties
because lack of resources. But we
already done and still doing yeoman service to entire public focused in village
level changing the traditional service style of Srilanka.
All above mentioned duties are very realistic. We want to do something for our country. We have that strength and the determination.
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