“IT Yahamaga” is an interactive program
creating awareness among school children and youth, on the advantages, safety
and positive uses of the internet. These programs are conducted Island-wide
through Sarvodaya Fusion under the approval of Ministry of Education, with the
sponsorship of LK Domain Registry.
Through this platform, the students are
educated of the incidents where cyber space has been used as a mode for
criminal activities, which may result a great deal of social issues, sometimes
ending up with hatred, divorce cases, teenage suicides, etc.
Most of these
wrongdoings happen with the use of social media. Therefore, we aim at making
students aware of capturing only the best practices of social networking sites,
providing them a wide range of successful stories, where technology has been
used to bring about positive change in the society as well as personal growth.
In addition to that, the students, IT
teachers and principals are trained on the useful links to develop the IT
skills. In January 2019, programs for a total of 2374 children covering 500 in
Puttlam District, 406 in Hambantota, 973 in Ratnapura and 495 in Kurunegala
have been conducted successfully. Moreover, LK Domain Registry wishes to provide
sponsorship for 10,000 students, 1000 teachers and 125 principals in 2018 / 2019.
