Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment : Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options

A country’s education system plays a pivotal role in promoting economic growth and shared prosperity. Sri Lanka has enjoyed high school-attainment and enrollment rates for several decades. However, it still faces major challenges in the education sector, and these challenges undermine the country’...

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Main Authors:	Dundar, Halil, Millot, Benoit, Riboud, Michelle, Shojo, Mari, Aturupane, Harsha, Goyal, Sangeeta, Raju, Dhushyanth
Format:	Book
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
Subjects:	EDUCATION SECTOR ASSESSMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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spelling	okr-10986-270422021-04-23T14:04:40Z Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment : Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options Dundar, Halil Millot, Benoit Riboud, Michelle Shojo, Mari Aturupane, Harsha Goyal, Sangeeta Raju, Dhushyanth EDUCATION SECTOR ASSESSMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING A country’s education system plays a pivotal role in promoting economic growth and shared prosperity. Sri Lanka has enjoyed high school-attainment and enrollment rates for several decades. However, it still faces major challenges in the education sector, and these challenges undermine the country’s inclusivegrowth goal and its ambition to become a competitive upper-middle-income country. The authors of Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment: Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options offer a thorough review of Sri Lanka’s education sector—from early childhood education through higher education. With this book, they attempt to answer three questions: • How is Sri Lanka’s education system performing, especially with respect to participation rates, learning outcomes, and labor market outcomes? • How can the country address the challenges at each stage of the education process, taking into account both country and international experience and also best practices? • Which policy actions should Sri Lanka make a priority for the short and medium term? The authors identify the most critical constraints on performance and present strategic priorities and policy options to address them. To attain inclusive growth and become globally competitive, Sri Lanka needs to embark on integrated reforms across all levels of education. These reforms must address both short-term skill shortages and long-term productivity. As Sri Lanka moves up the development ladder, the priorities of primary, secondary, and postsecondary education must be aligned to meet the increasingly complex education and skill requirements. 2017-06-08T22:58:11Z 2017-06-08T22:58:11Z 2017-06-08 Book 978-1-4648-1052-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27042 English en_US Directions in Development—Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Sri Lanka
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description	A country’s education system plays a pivotal role in promoting economic growth and shared prosperity. Sri Lanka has enjoyed high school-attainment and enrollment rates for several decades. However, it still faces major challenges in the education sector, and these challenges undermine the country’s inclusivegrowth goal and its ambition to become a competitive upper-middle-income country. The authors of Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment: Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options offer a thorough review of Sri Lanka’s education sector—from early childhood education through higher education. With this book, they attempt to answer three questions: • How is Sri Lanka’s education system performing, especially with respect to participation rates, learning outcomes, and labor market outcomes? • How can the country address the challenges at each stage of the education process, taking into account both country and international experience and also best practices? • Which policy actions should Sri Lanka make a priority for the short and medium term? The authors identify the most critical constraints on performance and present strategic priorities and policy options to address them. To attain inclusive growth and become globally competitive, Sri Lanka needs to embark on integrated reforms across all levels of education. These reforms must address both short-term skill shortages and long-term productivity. As Sri Lanka moves up the development ladder, the priorities of primary, secondary, and postsecondary education must be aligned to meet the increasingly complex education and skill requirements.
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author	Dundar, Halil Millot, Benoit Riboud, Michelle Shojo, Mari Aturupane, Harsha Goyal, Sangeeta Raju, Dhushyanth
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title	Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment : Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options
title_short	Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment : Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options
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