Municipal & Urban Council Officials Undergo Army 'Leadership Training'

A training workshop on ‘Leadership Abilities and Positive Attitudes’ for officials in Municipal Councils and Urban Councils was conducted concurrently by Army Officers at Diyatalawa Marksmanship and Sniper Training School, Diyatalawa Volunteer Force Training School, Kalaththewa Armoured Corps Training Centre, Minneriya School of Artillery, Embilipitiya Sri Lanka Army Engineers' Training school and Pangolla 5 Sri Lanka Armoured Corps during May 14-18 at those respective places.

The course at the request of Department of Local Government has been designed to develop leadership qualities and skills, generate mental preparation and energy to win challenges, inculcate social ethics & social behaviour, promote professional competence and mental capacity of state officials.

347 Local government Officials and 147 lady Officials, including 3 Buddhist monks from respective councils took part in those resident training sessions. One more training session of the same nature will begin on Monday (21) and continue till 25 May.