The rehabilitation process of former members of the LTTE has now reached its last stage, Lankan officials said.
"The process is in its last stage. We have 3,512 of them undergoing rehabilitation in 8 centres. By end of June or early July we will be releasing a further 600 of them to the society,” Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commissioner General of Rehabilitation, said.
The government handles the programme backed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Several donors have contributed to the ex-combatants rehabilitation programme.
Over 6,000 of them have been already re-integrated into the society, rehabilitation officials said.
The ex-child soldiers of LTTE have been released to their parents after rehabilitation.
Former LTTE cadres were provided with vocational training while school children were facilitated to complete their secondary education. In the last university entrance examination held in August last year, some 500 rehabilitated LTTE cadres sat for the examination, officials said.
The former cadres are also given loan facilities for self-employment at concessionary interest rates. This enables them to make use of the vocational training provided to them under the rehabilitation process, officials added. (PTI) (Courtesy: dailymirror.lk)
"The process is in its last stage. We have 3,512 of them undergoing rehabilitation in 8 centres. By end of June or early July we will be releasing a further 600 of them to the society,” Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commissioner General of Rehabilitation, said.
The government handles the programme backed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Several donors have contributed to the ex-combatants rehabilitation programme.
Over 6,000 of them have been already re-integrated into the society, rehabilitation officials said.
The ex-child soldiers of LTTE have been released to their parents after rehabilitation.
Former LTTE cadres were provided with vocational training while school children were facilitated to complete their secondary education. In the last university entrance examination held in August last year, some 500 rehabilitated LTTE cadres sat for the examination, officials said.
The former cadres are also given loan facilities for self-employment at concessionary interest rates. This enables them to make use of the vocational training provided to them under the rehabilitation process, officials added. (PTI) (Courtesy: dailymirror.lk)
