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Building the skills for economic growth and competitiveness in Sri Lanka

Savchenko, Yevgeniya, Dundar, Halil, Piyasiri, Tilkaratne A, Aturupane, Harsha, Millot, Benoît

2014,2015

Overview

This book analyzes skills demand and supply in Sri Lanka and scrutinizes how skills are formed, the factors shaping skills demand, and the responsiveness of the system. Sri Lanka has made strong progress in economic growth and poverty reduction. Economic growth and structural changes in the economy, however, make skills development imperative as Sri Lanka implements its the Mahinda Chintana plan to become a regional hub in strategic economic areas. Yet, skills shortages and mismatches are widespread, and firms with undereducated employees and a shortage of skilled labor are less productive. This book proposes an effective skills development system to help diversify the country's economy, improve its labor productivity and competitiveness, offer the country the flexibility to compete effectively in the global economy, and further reduce poverty in the country. After the book's introduction to the Mahinda Chintana plan, 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 and also private sector provision. 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. Please note that Figure 5.2 in the book is incorrect, and should be replaced by the corresponding figure in volume 2 of this report.

• Publisher: World Bank,THE WORLD BANK,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACADEMIC STAFF / ACCESS TO EDUCATION / ACCREDITATION / ACHIEVEMENT / ACHIEVEMENTS / ACQUISITION OF SKILLS / ADULTS / Arbeitsmarkt / ARMED CONFLICT / BASIC COMPETENCIES / Berufsbildung / 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 development / Economic development -- Sri Lanka / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION / 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 market -- Sri Lanka / 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 / 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 / Qualifikation / 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 / Sri Lanka / 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 education -- Sri Lanka / Vocational qualifications / Vocational qualifications -- Sri Lanka / VOCATIONAL SKILLS / VOCATIONAL TRAINING / VOUCHERS / YOUNG ADULTS / YOUNG PEOPLE / YOUTH
• ISBN: 1464801584, 9781464801594, 1464801592, 9781464801587