Through the Trilingual proficiency program it is hoped to create a society with mutual understanding. through national Universities. These courses will be conducted in the Universities to achieve President Mahinda Rajapaksa's goal of a trilingual Sri Lanka.

The courses will be conducted in four stages such as Certificate Course in Second National Language Proficiency in Sinhala/Tamil, Intermediate Certificate Course in Second National Language Proficiency in Sinhala/Tamil, Advanced Certificate Course in Second National Language Proficiency in Tamil/Sinhala and Diploma in Second National Language Proficiency in Sinhala/Tamil.

Such courses are the means to get the people close to speak Sinhala or Tamil, it is a social responsibility of Universities towards the society.

These courses have been designed with the objectives of effectively iimplementing the trilingual policy thereby building national peace, national integration and equity. (ST/KH)