SELF - TRAINING LAB AT SCHOOL OF SIGNALS COMMISSIONED
Fulfilling a long - felt requirement of the School of Signals, a new Self Training Lab came up at the School premises further enhancing training facilities for professional signalers of the Regiment. At invitation of the Commandant School of Signals Colonel Sugath Ratnayake, Chief Signal Officer, Director General Research and Development - Army Headquarters and Colonel Commandant Sri Lanka Signal Corps and Major General KRP Rowel RWP USP ndu psc USACGSC declared open the lab on the 7th of August 2016 at a brief function.\r\n\r\nHaving listened to briefings carried out by instructors on self-learning aid in the lab, Maj Gen Rowel addressed officers and other ranks of the school before he joined officers and a section of other ranks at tea.\r\n\r\nThe school annually conducts a range of training programmes for Signalers and soldiers of other Regiments as well. This new lab that has come up in the Self Training Area, would help augment quality of training and more freedom for students to engage in self - learning practically using respective equipment. It provides guidance to learn about daily mail system, HF and VHF radio, battery charging, generators, line laying and cabling, electronic warfare equipment, multimedia, telephone exchange and computer networking etc. on their own following instructions displayed in the lab which facilitates about 15 students at a time.\r\n\r\nOfficers and other rank staff of the school were present on the occasion.
