The Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran
The member raised concerns about staff shortages in vocational training institutions, specifically VTA and NAITA, and noted that Mannar is served through the NAITA office in Vavuniya. He asked whether a separate NAITA office could be established for Mannar and whether new labour market-oriented courses had been introduced during the year to improve youth employment prospects.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my second supplementary:
¶ 02 VTA and NAITA conduct vocational training courses for youth. There is a severe staff shortage. For Mannar and Vavuniya, NAITA’s office operates only in Vavuniya along with Mannar. Can arrangements be made to establish a separate NAITA office for Mannar? Also, have new courses aligned to current labour market needs been added this year to facilitate quicker employment?
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Cite as: The Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 November 2025. No. 23008. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15263