• We will have to teach genome technology, Artificial Intelligence and  robotics in schools and universities

By Yohan Perera   

Sri Lankan children will have to learn Hindi and Chinese in  the future to fit into the changing world, President Ranil  Wickremesinghe said yesterday.    

Speaking during the Prize giving of Anula Vidyalaya  Nugegoda, President Wickremesinghe said the education in Sri Lanka will  have to change drastically to fit into the future. We will have to  introduce new subjects. Our children will have to learn Chinese and  Hindi in addition to English in order to fit into the changing world,”  he said.   
We will have to introduce new subjects to fit into the new Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha) which is based on technology. Students in schools  will have to pursue their education through mobile phones and podcasts.  We will have to teach genome technology, Artificial intelligence and  robotics in schools and universities. New technology will bring a global  revenue of one and a half trillion dollars in the future. Sri Lanka has  no choice but to be a part of it,” he said.   

Referring to climate change, the President said Sri Lanka  will face a water shortage within the next 20 years. “We will have to  expedite the climate change programme and go along with the globe when  dealing with climate change as it has been said by the UN chief,” he  said.