Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014

Sustained economic growth and structural change has been a feature of the Sri Lankan economy over the past decade, despite armed internal conflict and the global financial crisis. This has transformed the skills requirements of the workforce. The country is following an ambitious development plan, p...

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Language:English
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spelling okr-10986-230392021-04-23T14:04:12Z Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014 World Bank Group EDUCATION VOCATIONALEDUCATION SCHOOL LEAVERS EDUCATION SYSTEM VOCATIONALTRAINING YOUTH SKILLS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS TRAINING PROGRAMS EDUCATION MINISTRIES UNIVERSITIES CHILDREN PRIMARYSCHOOLENROLLMENT QUALITY TRAINING TRAININGCENTERS MIGRANTWORKERS KNOWLEDGE REGIONAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT UNEMPLOYEDYOUTH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HIGHEREDUCATION PUBLICINSTITUTIONS APPRENTICESHIPTRAINING QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY STANDARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING SKILLSDEVELOPMENT CURRICULA TRAININGSERVICES COMPLETION RATES FORMAL TRAINING WOMEN PARTICIPATION SCHOOLLEAVERS STUDENTS TEACHING PUBLICAGENCIES DISADVANTAGED GROUPS OCCUPATIONS TEACHER TRAINING COMPUTER SKILLS EDUCATION SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WRITING EDUCATION POLICIES SECONDARY EDUCATION JOBTRAINING TECHNICALEDUCATION TRAININGPROGRAMS CURRICULUM VOCATIONAL TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT INTERVENTIONS SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAININGINSTITUTES SECONDARYSCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEMS TRAINING COURSES APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FEES DIAGNOSTICASSESSMENT EDUCATIONPROGRAMS INSTRUCTORS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALTRAINING QUALITY OF EDUCATION SKILLEDWORKERS SCHOOL TERTIARYEDUCATION RURALAREAS RURAL AREAS COMPUTER LITERACY PRIMARYSCHOOL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COURSES CONTINUING EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOB TRAINING LEARNING ACQUISITION LITERACY SCHOOLINFRASTRUCTURE NUTRITION TRAINING INSTITUTES INDUSTRIAL TRAINING EDUCATIONALLEVELS DEMANDFOREDUCATION TRAINEES QUALITYASSURANCE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PARITY ADULTS LEARNING SKILLS ACQUISITION TRAINING SKILLSACQUISITION RURALWOMEN SCHOOLENROLLMENT TEACHERS GENDER PARITY LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS GENERAL EDUCATION YOUNGPEOPLE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING CENTERS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS GROUPS POORPEOPLE TECHNOLOGY ENROLLMENT SKILLS TRAINING EXAMS DECISIONMAKING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SCHOOLING Sustained economic growth and structural change has been a feature of the Sri Lankan economy over the past decade, despite armed internal conflict and the global financial crisis. This has transformed the skills requirements of the workforce. The country is following an ambitious development plan, published under the title ‘Mahinda Chintana,'aiming to become a regional hub in strategic economic areas and to transform itself into an efficiency driven middle income economy. As a result, the demand for skills is likely to accelerate. Unfortunately, despite high achievements in general education, major skills gaps and mismatches in the labor market remain that constrain firm and worker productivity. The government of Sri Lanka recognizes the critical importance of developing a skilled labor force for achieving the country's development goals, and it is committed to building a high quality, market demand driven, and responsive workforce development (WfD) system. The strategic directions for WfD are outlined in both ‘Mahinda Chintana' and the National Human Resources and Employment Policy. The WfD sector wide strategy is being developed by the Ministry of Finance and Planning and other relevant line ministries to operationalize these strategic directions. The SABER WfD diagnostic tool presents a great opportunity to enrich the policy dialogue on WfD in Sri Lanka, helping the government of Sri Lanka identify key bottlenecks and set priorities in the WfD process. 2015-11-18T22:57:06Z 2015-11-18T22:57:06Z 2014-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25165334/sri-lanka-saber-workforce-development-country-report-2014-null http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23039 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Sri Lanka
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topic EDUCATION
VOCATIONALEDUCATION
SCHOOL LEAVERS
EDUCATION SYSTEM
VOCATIONALTRAINING
YOUTH
SKILLS
SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
EDUCATION MINISTRIES
UNIVERSITIES
CHILDREN
PRIMARYSCHOOLENROLLMENT
QUALITY TRAINING
TRAININGCENTERS
MIGRANTWORKERS
KNOWLEDGE
REGIONAL EDUCATION
PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT
UNEMPLOYEDYOUTH
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HIGHEREDUCATION
PUBLICINSTITUTIONS
APPRENTICESHIPTRAINING
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY STANDARDS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING
SKILLSDEVELOPMENT
CURRICULA
TRAININGSERVICES
COMPLETION RATES
FORMAL TRAINING
WOMEN
PARTICIPATION
SCHOOLLEAVERS
STUDENTS
TEACHING
PUBLICAGENCIES
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
OCCUPATIONS
TEACHER TRAINING
COMPUTER SKILLS
EDUCATION SECTOR
PARTNERSHIPS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WRITING
EDUCATION POLICIES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
JOBTRAINING
TECHNICALEDUCATION
TRAININGPROGRAMS
CURRICULUM
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
INTERVENTIONS
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
TRAININGINSTITUTES
SECONDARYSCHOOL
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
TRAINING COURSES
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
FEES
DIAGNOSTICASSESSMENT
EDUCATIONPROGRAMS
INSTRUCTORS
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIALTRAINING
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
SKILLEDWORKERS
SCHOOL
TERTIARYEDUCATION
RURALAREAS
RURAL AREAS
COMPUTER LITERACY
PRIMARYSCHOOL
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
COURSES
CONTINUING EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
JOB TRAINING
LEARNING ACQUISITION
LITERACY
SCHOOLINFRASTRUCTURE
NUTRITION
TRAINING INSTITUTES
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
EDUCATIONALLEVELS
DEMANDFOREDUCATION
TRAINEES
QUALITYASSURANCE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
PARITY
ADULTS
LEARNING
SKILLS ACQUISITION
TRAINING
SKILLSACQUISITION
RURALWOMEN
SCHOOLENROLLMENT
TEACHERS
GENDER PARITY
LEADERSHIP
WORKSHOPS
GENERAL EDUCATION
YOUNGPEOPLE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TRAINING CENTERS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
GROUPS
POORPEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
ENROLLMENT
SKILLS TRAINING
EXAMS
DECISIONMAKING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
SCHOOLING
spellingShingle EDUCATION
VOCATIONALEDUCATION
SCHOOL LEAVERS
EDUCATION SYSTEM
VOCATIONALTRAINING
YOUTH
SKILLS
SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
EDUCATION MINISTRIES
UNIVERSITIES
CHILDREN
PRIMARYSCHOOLENROLLMENT
QUALITY TRAINING
TRAININGCENTERS
MIGRANTWORKERS
KNOWLEDGE
REGIONAL EDUCATION
PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT
UNEMPLOYEDYOUTH
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HIGHEREDUCATION
PUBLICINSTITUTIONS
APPRENTICESHIPTRAINING
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY STANDARDS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING
SKILLSDEVELOPMENT
CURRICULA
TRAININGSERVICES
COMPLETION RATES
FORMAL TRAINING
WOMEN
PARTICIPATION
SCHOOLLEAVERS
STUDENTS
TEACHING
PUBLICAGENCIES
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
OCCUPATIONS
TEACHER TRAINING
COMPUTER SKILLS
EDUCATION SECTOR
PARTNERSHIPS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WRITING
EDUCATION POLICIES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
JOBTRAINING
TECHNICALEDUCATION
TRAININGPROGRAMS
CURRICULUM
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
INTERVENTIONS
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
TRAININGINSTITUTES
SECONDARYSCHOOL
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
TRAINING COURSES
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
FEES
DIAGNOSTICASSESSMENT
EDUCATIONPROGRAMS
INSTRUCTORS
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIALTRAINING
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
SKILLEDWORKERS
SCHOOL
TERTIARYEDUCATION
RURALAREAS
RURAL AREAS
COMPUTER LITERACY
PRIMARYSCHOOL
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
COURSES
CONTINUING EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
JOB TRAINING
LEARNING ACQUISITION
LITERACY
SCHOOLINFRASTRUCTURE
NUTRITION
TRAINING INSTITUTES
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
EDUCATIONALLEVELS
DEMANDFOREDUCATION
TRAINEES
QUALITYASSURANCE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
PARITY
ADULTS
LEARNING
SKILLS ACQUISITION
TRAINING
SKILLSACQUISITION
RURALWOMEN
SCHOOLENROLLMENT
TEACHERS
GENDER PARITY
LEADERSHIP
WORKSHOPS
GENERAL EDUCATION
YOUNGPEOPLE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TRAINING CENTERS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
GROUPS
POORPEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
ENROLLMENT
SKILLS TRAINING
EXAMS
DECISIONMAKING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
SCHOOLING
World Bank Group
Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014
geographic_facet Sri Lanka
description Sustained economic growth and structural change has been a feature of the Sri Lankan economy over the past decade, despite armed internal conflict and the global financial crisis. This has transformed the skills requirements of the workforce. The country is following an ambitious development plan, published under the title ‘Mahinda Chintana,'aiming to become a regional hub in strategic economic areas and to transform itself into an efficiency driven middle income economy. As a result, the demand for skills is likely to accelerate. Unfortunately, despite high achievements in general education, major skills gaps and mismatches in the labor market remain that constrain firm and worker productivity. The government of Sri Lanka recognizes the critical importance of developing a skilled labor force for achieving the country's development goals, and it is committed to building a high quality, market demand driven, and responsive workforce development (WfD) system. The strategic directions for WfD are outlined in both ‘Mahinda Chintana' and the National Human Resources and Employment Policy. The WfD sector wide strategy is being developed by the Ministry of Finance and Planning and other relevant line ministries to operationalize these strategic directions. The SABER WfD diagnostic tool presents a great opportunity to enrich the policy dialogue on WfD in Sri Lanka, helping the government of Sri Lanka identify key bottlenecks and set priorities in the WfD process.
format Report
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014
title_short Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014
title_full Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014
title_fullStr Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014
title_full_unstemmed Sri Lanka Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2014
title_sort sri lanka workforce development : saber country report 2014
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25165334/sri-lanka-saber-workforce-development-country-report-2014-null
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23039
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