Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Chairman Kosala Wickramasinghe says the bureau aims to create a pool of 5,000 Sri Lankans who have completed Japanese language training by 2026.
He made these remarks during a meeting held yesterday (19) between the SLBFE leadership and a delegation of senior officials from Japanese companies currently employing Sri Lankan workers.
The visiting Japanese delegation is in the country to assess opportunities for expanding labour recruitment from Sri Lanka and to further strengthen avenues for employment in Japan.
Wickramasinghe noted that, in addition to building a pool of 5,000 trained individuals, the SLBFE also plans to launch a new program to send approximately 1,000 Sri Lankans to Japan under the IM Japan scheme.
With the number of Sri Lankans seeking job opportunities in Japan steadily rising, the Chairman said that district-level training programs will be expanded to produce a workforce equipped with both language proficiency and technical skills.
