ICTISC releases ‘ICT Skill Gap Analysis Report’ emphasising the importance in new trends in IT
ICT Industry Skills Council (ICTISC) recently released the ‘ ICT Skill Gap Analysis Re p o r t ’ . A c c o r d i n g l y, Chinthaka Wijewickrama, chairman ICTISC handover ‘The ICT Skill Gap Report’ to Dr. Seetha Arambepola, Minister of State for Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation.
‘‘The objective of this Skill Need and Gap Analysis is to provide analysis on the training and skills development requirements of the whole ICT industry for 5 years’ period. It will be a key document in preparing training intervention plan and will provide with information on which TVET sector can design future training services.
The analysis will gauge existing skill gaps, skill shortage, changing requirements and future demands in line with sectarian growth and technological modernization” said Mr Chinthaka Wijewickrema Chairman ICTISC.
He further added that “the report captured the current demand as well as the future trends of the industry.
The report based on the demand considering where industry wants to be with an overall vision of catering to local demand and to become an ICT skill hub of the Asia by creating 300,000 skilled ICT workforces by 2025 as part of the ICT Skills Council Vision for Sri Lanka.
This research report was prepared by the Survey Research Lanka ( SRL) on behalf of the ICTISC.