With the COVID, March 29 -- 19 pandemic, demand for online education has increased and there is a new demand for retired teachers who have now moved in to providing online education solutions.

Vice President - Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Technologies Lanka, Indika De Zoysa said that this is due current teachers inability to meet with the growing demand for online learning through Zoom and other means and also since some education providers are hiring retired teachers to provide online education.

He said the government is planning to distribute 96,000 Tabs to schools and this will further increase the demand for retired teachers. To increase the penetration of the internet, Huawei has agreed to partner with the Education Ministry...