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Reimagining Youth Skills for a New Era-by Lal Hewapathirana Source:Dailynews Skills development entails developing one’s own self, so that it helps to add value, firstly for one’s own career development and secondly for the organisation for which he or she works. On the other hand, the career development of employees in any organisation both directly and indirectly helps the organisation in various ways to achieve its stipulated aims and objectives with greater efficiency. Thus, they are interrelated. Developing one’s skills commences with the assessment of which particular skills are desired for the pursuance of the career of one’s choice. On December 18, 2014, Sri Lanka, with the assistance of the G77 and China, initiated the adoption of resolution A/RES/69/145 by the General Assembly of the United Nations, to foster ‘the acquisition of skills by youth to enhance their ability to make informed choices with regard to life and work, and ...