Sri Lanka to establish university on fire fighting

Mon, Aug 21, 2023
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SRI Lanka will establish a university that offers courses on fire fighting, the first of its kind in South Asia, Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment of Sri Lanka said.

Manusha Nanayakkara said on Monday that trained and qualified firefighters were in high demand across the world and the institution to be established in the country would  offer a degree in firefighting in 20 months.

The move could boost foreign employment and revenue across South Asia, according to the minister.

Workers’ remittances had  been a key pillar of Sri Lanka’s foreign currency earnings.

The figures for remittances for 2021 and 2022 were 5.49 billion U.S. dollars and 3.8 billion dollars, respectively. (Xinhua/NAN

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-Aug. 21 2023 @ 12:07 GMT |

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