Building the Skills for Economic Growth and Competitiveness in Sri Lanka

Despite internal conflict and the global financial crisis, Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in the past decade, enjoying healthy economic growth and substantially reducing poverty. Moreover, Sri Lankans are the best-educated people in South A...

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Main Authors:	Dundar, Halil, Millot, Benoit, Savchenko, Yevgeniya, Aturupane, Harsha, Piyasiri, Tilkaratne A.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC STAFF ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCREDITATION ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENTS ACQUISITION OF SKILLS ADULTS ARMED CONFLICT BASIC COMPETENCIES BULLETIN CALL CAREER GUIDANCE CITIZENS COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPLETION RATES COMPUTER SKILLS COST PER STUDENT COURSE DURATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM REFORM CURRICULUM REVISION DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISSEMINATION DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FREE EDUCATION GENDER PARITY GENERAL EDUCATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INDIVIDUAL LEARNING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INEQUITIES INFORMAL TRAINING INFORMATION SYSTEM INSERVICE TRAINING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INSTRUCTORS JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING KNOWLEDGE BASE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LACK OF INFORMATION LEARNING LECTURERS LEGAL STATUS LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFELONG LEARNING LIMITED LITERACY LITERACY LITERACY RATE LITERACY SKILLS LOW-INCOME COUNTRY LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION MATHEMATICS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILITY MODERNIZATION NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATIONAL STRATEGY NONFORMAL TRAINING NUMERACY OCCUPATIONS PAPERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PEACE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRINCIPALS PRINTING PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION QUESTIONING READING REGIONAL HUB REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SKILLED WORKERS SKILLED WORKFORCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS SKILLS TRAINING STIPENDS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES STREET VENDORS STUDENT DEMAND STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT POPULATION SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TEACHER TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING STAFF TECHNICAL COLLEGES TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICAL TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVELS TEST SCORES TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS TRAINEES TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING CENTRE TRAINING COURSES TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING OF TRAINERS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNMET DEMAND URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOUCHERS YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19556815/building-skills-economic-growth-competitiveness-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18409

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Summary:	Despite internal conflict and the global financial crisis, Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in the past decade, enjoying healthy economic growth and substantially reducing poverty. Moreover, Sri Lankans are the best-educated people in South Asia: the country has a 98 percent literacy rate, widespread access, high completion rates in both primary and secondary education, and gender parity in general education. Chapter two describes the general education and training system in Sri Lanka, especially the TVET sector. Chapter three examines the main drivers of skills demand and skills mismatches and gaps in Sri Lanka. Chapter four studies the relationship between education, training, and labor market outcomes, including skills already available in the workforce. Chapters five and six analyze factors affecting the skills supply system, such as cost, financing, and governance (chapter 5) and private sector provision (chapter six). Chapter seven briefly reviews firm-based training in Sri Lanka based on evidence from the employer survey. Chapter eight assesses workforce development policies in Sri Lanka based on the World Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) framework. Finally, chapter nine provides the summary of main findings and outlines possibilities for the way forward in skills development in Sri Lanka.

Building the Skills for Economic Growth and Competitiveness in Sri Lanka

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