Fifty-Four Tigers turned rehabilitated good citizens who underwent vocational training courses in Jaffna after they renounced LTTE violence and surrendered to the troops received their graduation last Friday (12) during a ceremony, held at Thelippalai Union College.
The vocational training programme, initiated by the office of the Rehabilitation Commissioner General under the 2008-2012 Rehabilitation and Social Mobilization Project offered training to those 54 men and women in the spheres of masonry, motorbike and scooter repair, drainage works, electrification of houses and English language.
The training initiative, taken by Commander of the Jaffna Security Forces, Major General G.A Chandrasiri saw 27 males and 27 children and females undergo this training while inculcating positive thinking, leadership values, skill promotion, peace building and promotion of non-violence. A separate workshop in this connection was also conducted during the training for the benefit of those detainees with the help of many lecturers from Jaffna and those flown from Colombo.
Simultaneously, on completion of the rehabilitation programme, those youth are encouraged to find overseas employment through their contacts elsewhere. Already 25 youth after the rehabilitation had already migrated on foreign employment.
The certificate awarding ceremony for those rehabilitated youth took place recently at Thelippalai Union Maha Vidyalaya. Major General G.A Chandrasiri, Commander Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna gave away special gift parcels and certificates to those youngsters and assured full support for their future plans during the function.
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