SLT-MOBITEL and STEMUP Educational Foundation partner for sixth consecutive year

Recognised as one of Sri Lanka’s most consistent, community-rooted digital education initiatives, SLT-MOBITEL has once again signed with the STEMUP Educational Foundation to conduct the Code Club programme. Entering its sixth year, the partnership continues to transform digital literacy access for students islandwide.

The agreement was inked by Rohana Ellawala, Chief Marketing Officer, SLT-MOBITEL and Prabhath Mannapperuma, Founder of STEMUP Educational Foundation. SLT-MOBITEL understands that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are the collectively form the blueprint of the future. Uniting these fields together, the Code Club programme is designed to provide Sri Lanka’s youth with the confidence to lead.

The 2026 edition will commence in April at the SLT-MOBITEL Nebula Institute of Technology, Walisara together with 20 Public Libraries islandwide, broadening digital learning from a single venue into community libraries across diverse districts, deliberately expanding the circle of access, ensuring that geography is not a barrier to opportunity.

The redesigned curriculum amplifies educational prospects significantly, introducing students to Artificial Intelligence, robotics, advanced digital innovation concepts, and new competencies that are becoming increasingly central to global technology trends and to Sri Lanka’s own ICT ambitions. Students will graduate from the programme not only equipped with technical knowledge but also armed with a problem-solving mindset and the research-based reasoning which innovation demands.

SLT-MOBITEL has consistently emphasized that the initiative surpasses simply teaching young people to write code, focusing instead on equipping them to think critically, boldly, and lead Sri Lanka’s transition into a technology‑enabled future. The company has also noted that the partnership’s six years of excellence demonstrates the seriousness with which it embraces the responsibility.

Over the past five years since the partnership began, the Code Club has opened doors for hundreds of young local students who might otherwise never have encountered a robotics kit, an AI model, or even an introduction to STEM, in a structured, supportive environment. Many have gone on to pursue tech-driven learning pathways. In communities where digital access has historically been uneven, the programme has functioned as a levelling force, enabling talent anywhere to seize the opportunity.

As Sri Lanka’s national ICT solutions provider, SLT-MOBITEL’s role in advancing inclusive digital education is central to its mission. The initiative also supports UN SDG 4 - Quality Education, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, aligning with SLT-MOBITEL’s belief where closing the digital divide, particularly in underserved school communities, is fundamental to national development goals.