Data-driven decision-making for economic prosperity and good governance – II By Dr. Ranga Prabodanie Source:island.lk By Dr. Ranga Prabodanie (The first part of this article appeared yesterday (05) The previous part of this article series explained how the great insurgence of digital data has revolutionized the institutional decision-making process in both business and governance. This latter part will look at the Sri Lankan context: Where we are currently and the way forward to a data-driven decision-making culture. Let’s first have a glance at how decisions are made in data-intensive public services. Education Schools, universities and vocational training institutions, throughout the country, collect, record and report data on admissions, enrolment, completion, drop-outs, results, graduations and expenditure for various programmes, courses and subjects. The Examinations Department does have digital records of GCE O/L and A/L results. However, the data is used only for the preparation of annual statistical reports, rather than for ...

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AI will lead Sri Lanka to the Next Level of Economic Development Source:-www.ft.lk By Dr. Pulasthi Gunawardhana AI, long the mainstay of science fiction, is today a very real presence in business, manufacturing, government operations and an array of other sectors as AI applications take on a growing number of tasks. AI is accelerating the transition from the traditional to the digital economy, and at the same time shaping the outlines of the emerging digital economy and society. Policymakers will need to have a good grasp of the basic requirements for AI as well as its potential as this technology is set to have a big impact on economic development The next phase of economic growth will come from redefining the concept of connectivity altogether – using AI to power Intelligent Connectivity. By introducing AI to the mix of the five enabling technologies – Broadband, Data Center, Cloud, Big Data ...

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