The country needs to think out of the box to experience a quantum leap in the export sector, said Chairman and CEO of Sri Lanka Export Development Board, Dr. Kingsley Bernard.
He was the chief guest at the AGM of the Sri Lanka Association of Non-State Higher Education Institutes (SLANSHEI) Waters Edge, Battaramulla recently.
“We have to identify niche markets, the key factor is to forecast the needs of society,” he said, adding that the service sector fared very well last year compared to 2022.
Dr. Dayan Rajapaksha was re-elected as the President of SLANSHEI for another term.
The EDB has identified the services sector as a key sector for export promotion. He said that SLANSHEI and the Advisory committee has a good relationship with the services division of EDB and with the assistance of EDB and the advisory committee they were able to resolve the student visa issue. Similarly the EDB would assist to resolve issues and promote the sector overseas.
He said, as educationists, the Institutes should think new and analyse the demand for the next five years, to work out and introduce suitable courses of study in the country. “Sri Lanka can become an education hub, we need to highlight it and promote it.”
The world is becoming deregulated and there are lot of opportunities outside for us to grab.
The SLANSHEI membership consists of 14 higher education institutions. The main objective of SLANSHEI is to address the needs, provide leadership and develop the non-state higher education sector in the country.
