SLAF Wins National Productivity Award 2018
5:30pm on Tuesday 26th March 2019
Sri Lanka Air Force secured the Gold Award for the Public Sector - Inter Departments Category at the National Productivity Awards ceremony held at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall today (26 March 2019).
The ‘National Productivity Awards 2018’ was organized by the National Productivity Secretariat (NPS) which is under the Ministry of Public Administration and Management. This annual competition appraises institutes which had become successful in applying productivity concepts and using productivity best practices throughout the last calendar year. As highlighted by the NPS, the aim of this whole exercise is to establish a more efficient and people oriented government service and to increase the productivity of the entire country.
In this competition, the ‘Gold Award’ is awarded to organizations that have won the ‘Productivity Award’ in a particular category previously and who have been able to sustain their best practices continuously by scoring over the 90th percentile during a fresh assessment of the organization.
The Directorate of Air Operation, Directorate of Training, Directorate of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering and Directorate of Information Technology at Air Force Headquarters, Junior Command and Staff College and No.1 Flying Training Wing, Solid Waste Management Centre at SLAF Academy China Bay, SLAF Base Hingurakgoda and No 7 Helicopter Squadron were presented for the productivity assessment to cover the areas of Operational, Engineering, Training, Research and Development. The SLAF participated in this competition as one entity by achieving the same level of improvement in implementation of productivity concepts in all areas.
The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy accepted the award from the Chief Guest of the Ceremony, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Members of the Command Quality Assurance Inspectorate were also present at the awards ceremony.
The ‘National Productivity Awards 2018’ was organized by the National Productivity Secretariat (NPS) which is under the Ministry of Public Administration and Management. This annual competition appraises institutes which had become successful in applying productivity concepts and using productivity best practices throughout the last calendar year. As highlighted by the NPS, the aim of this whole exercise is to establish a more efficient and people oriented government service and to increase the productivity of the entire country.
In this competition, the ‘Gold Award’ is awarded to organizations that have won the ‘Productivity Award’ in a particular category previously and who have been able to sustain their best practices continuously by scoring over the 90th percentile during a fresh assessment of the organization.
The Directorate of Air Operation, Directorate of Training, Directorate of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering and Directorate of Information Technology at Air Force Headquarters, Junior Command and Staff College and No.1 Flying Training Wing, Solid Waste Management Centre at SLAF Academy China Bay, SLAF Base Hingurakgoda and No 7 Helicopter Squadron were presented for the productivity assessment to cover the areas of Operational, Engineering, Training, Research and Development. The SLAF participated in this competition as one entity by achieving the same level of improvement in implementation of productivity concepts in all areas.
The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy accepted the award from the Chief Guest of the Ceremony, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Members of the Command Quality Assurance Inspectorate were also present at the awards ceremony.
