• No short term solution for brain drain situation

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama   

There is no short-term solution to the brain drain situation in the country, but we must stop it as soon as we can, Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry said.    

He said this during the launch of the e-Channeling Appointment System for Authentication Services at the Ministry yesterday.   

“People in the country can give many elaborations about the country’s economy in many ways. When running a welfare government for a long time, it is very much essential to build on an export-based institution, should use the technology, should widen the tax net and people should pay their taxes in time. Otherwise, the country’s economy will collapse.   
When the labour force was migrating from the country, they had to face many issues with their document certification process through the consular service of the ministry. The certificate authentication process took more time as an unexpected number of people migrated during the past years.   

So the consular affairs division of the foreign ministry has decided to introduce a new system to ease the traffic.   

So the e-channelling appointment system was introduced, enabling the public to obtain online appointments for authentication of documents at the Consular Affairs Division and its Regional Consular Offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Kandy, Kurunegala, and Matara.   

The e-channelling appointment system was launched in collaboration with SLT Mobitel to facilitate the public to receive effective services at the Authentication Section of the Consular Affairs Division.