Only two out of five people are computer-literate in Sri Lanka in 2024, with 64.1 per cent of Sri Lankans unable to use a computer, according to statistics released by the Department of Census and Statistics. The Department said the computer literacy rate remained shockingly low, and “The survey results show a decrease of 3.1 percentage points from 2023 to 2024.
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