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(1). New Education Reforms. Mohan Lal Grero , Deputy Minister of Education Ministry of Education Monitoring Member of Parliament Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development. Government of Sri Lanka. (2). 2. 1. 3. (3). EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mohan Lal Grero, Deputy Minister of EducationMinistry of Education
Monitoring Member of ParliamentMinistry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development
NEW EDUCATION REFORMS
Government of Sri Lanka
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Initiated Free Education for primary & secondary educations in 1943.
Achieved very good education indices in Asia by 1960’s.
Achieved universal access to primary education with 99.6% completing primary education.
On track to achieve MDGs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 with notable health & education indicators.
Proportion of Pupils Starting Grade 1 who reach Grade 5( by Sex )
1990 2002 2006/7
Overall 68.1 95.6 99.6
Male 64.1 94.7 99.3
Female 72.6 96.5 99.8
Source: Annual School Census & Special Survey on MDG goals 2006/7, Dept. Of Census and Statistics
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS(3)
Main challenges of the education system are lack of equity, quality and relevance to job market
Changing population profile from child to adolescent & youth Increase in labour force from 6.3 million in 2000 to 7.3 million in 2010 Annually about 150,000 adolescents and youth join the labour force with low skills or
no skills at all Unemployment rate is 4.2% but youth unemployment is higher (19%)
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CountryRank out of 131 countries
Rank in quality of primary education
Rank in quality of overall education
Sri Lanka 42 44India 80 37
Thailand 80 37Malaysia 23 18
Source : World Development Indicators
CHALLENGES
Percentage of students by stream
22%
27%
52%
Mathematics & ScienceCommerceArts
Graduate Output by Major Field (2007-2011)
Percentage of A/L students by stream
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CHALLENGES
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Move to Higher Education
Move to Vocational & Tech Education
Move to Informal Employment
Annual School Leavers
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
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Manufacturing
Construction, Minning & Quarrying Electricity, Gas & Water supply
Wholesale & Retail Trade
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Source: Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Department of Census & Statistics
Agriculture sector recorded the highest employment. That was 2.2 million during the year 2012. The lowest, about 0.1 million employments was recorded in the Miscellaneous Labour Work category in 2012.
Employment by se lected industr ia l groups
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CHALLENGES(7)
Pattern in Achievement – English Grade 8 – 2012Dispersion of marks
Source : National Education Res earch and Evaluation Centre (NEREC)Facul ty o f Education, Univers i ty o f Co lombo.
Introduction of Mandatory career guidance in schools.
Strengthening English Teaching and Trilingualism (Sinhala, Tamil and English) and Introducing assessments for listening and speaking skills.
Strengthening organizational linkages among the relevant Ministries (Education, Higher Education, Youth affairs, Skills Development, Labour, Productivity).
STRATEGIES – New Reforms(8)
1000 Schools are remodeled with new Technological Laboratories and Science, Mathematics, Commerce and Arts Subject Streams for A/L. These schools are evenly distributed through out the country.
New Technology Subject Streams were introduced to A/L Students with compulsory vocational training. Technical Laboratory Unit
(1000 Units)
(9)STRATEGIES – To improve equity
Secondary School
Primary Feeder Schools
Each D.S. Division gets 03 (restructured) secondary schools with laboratories and all subjects streams safeguarding equity in education.
Launching school based vocational counseling & training centers
STRATEGIES– School to Decent workVocational training to be mainstreamed in schools for skill development
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Decent work available for adolescent and youth through skill enhancement - Strengthen regulated & certified vocational training
• Linking secondary education, VET and higher education institutes and the world of work to promote seamless career paths via lateral entry.
• Degrees at Universities to be labour demand oriented- The curriculum content of academic programmes will be redesigned to match the requirements of employers with new Technology Faculties.
• Public-private partnership in education and training - Non-state universities and degree awarding institutions will be encouraged, with regulatory controls on quality and accreditation requirements.
• Skills of Migrant labour improved - Vocational training to cater to ‘skilled’ migrant labour force as opposed to the ‘unskilled’ in the past towards decent work.
• NVQ school learner acquire competencies by direct entry to industry - A network of one-stop career centres is planned throughout the country to provide information on training, career guidance and employment related services.
STRATEGIES– School to Decent work(11)
Market-driven vocational training available at School LevelSTRATEGIES– School to Decent work
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Life Long Career
Development(SLQF)
(13)STRATEGIES – School to Decent work
25 New University Colleges are being constructed to offer NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) Levels 5,6 and 7 for school leavers with vocational training. NVQ Level 7 is B.Tec. Degree.
University for Vocational Technology
(UNIVOTEC) is already available.
• New technology stream for A/L students• NVQ (Level 2 & 3)) for ICT Students during O/L & A/L.• NVQ for School based Vocational Trainees
Included in A/L technology stream
STRATEGIES – Transformation (14)
Different levels of SLQF with some examples together with comparable levels of NVQF
SLQL = Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework Level NVQL= National Vocational Qualification Level
Source: University Grant Commission – Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework (SLQF)
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1) Increasing the number of English Teachers in the system as necessary.
2) Continuous training of English Teachers.
3) Establishing a strong Provincial based English Master Teacher Units to facilitate
on the job training of English Teachers.
4) In O/L examination; providing 20% marks for English Listening and Speaking
Skills from 2015 to improve Speaking skills of students.
5) Developing 1000 language laboratories in 1000 secondary schools with relevant
software to facilitate in this teaching.
6) Developing 1000 distance learning laboratories in 1000 secondary schools to
facilitate distance learning in English.
7) “English as a life skill” programme launched by Presidential Task Force with
collaboration of Ministry of Education.
(16)STRATEGIES – Improvement of English
Competency
Maintain focus on right to quality education linked to job market
Ensure an adequate resource pool for skills development in schools and technical colleges for initial steps towards school to decent work
Implementation of the newly formulated Human Resources and Employment Policy through allocation of financial and other resources, with
more efficient and effective coordination across implementing agencies
Continue assessment and required adjustments in training to meet national and international market demanded for skilled labour
Advocate for mindset change from traditional to market-oriented new skills requirement
Moving Forward…….(17)