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Dundar, Millot, Riboud, Shojo, Aturupane, Goyal, and Raju

Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment

Sri Lanka Education Sector

Assessment

Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options

Halil Dundar, Benoît Millot, Michelle Riboud, Mari Shojo, Harsha Aturupane, Sangeeta Goyal, and Dhushyanth Raju

DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

Human Development

Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment

Sri Lanka Education Sector

Assessment

Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options

Halil Dundar, Benoît Millot, Michelle Riboud, Mari Shojo, Harsha Aturupane,

Sangeeta Goyal, and Dhushyanth Raju

DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

Human Development

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Contents

Foreword xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

About the A

uthors xvii

Abbreviations

xix

Overview 1

Introduction

1

Performance of the Education Sector:

A Mixed Success

2

Critical Issues by Level of Education

7

Crosscutting Issues

14

Strategic Priorities and Policy

Actions

15

Conclusion

21
Notes 22

References

22

Chapter 1

Why a Comprehensive Assessment of Education

Performance in Sri

Lanka? 25

Introduction

25

The Economy and the Labor Market

26

Sri Lanka"s Education in the Global Context

28

The Government"s Education Reform Program

29

Approach, Methodology,

and Data Sources 30
Note 34

References

34

Chapter 2

Systemwide Performance:

Achievements and Challenges

37

Introduction

37

Overview of the Education and T

raining System in

Sri Lanka

37

Schooling and Tr

aining Opportunities 39

The Quality and Relevance of Education and T

raining 49

Labor Market Outcomes

57
Trends in Sri Lanka"s Public Spending on Education 60

Summary

62
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Notes 62

References

63

Chapter 3

Early Childhood Development: A Missed Opportunity 65

Introduction

65
Overview of Early Childhood Development in Sri Lanka 66

Supply of Early Childhood Development Services

69

Lessons from International Experience

76

Conclusion and Policy Options

78
Notes 79

References

79

Chapter 4

Primary and Secondary Education: The Quality

Challenge

81

Introduction

81

Education Offerings

82

Public School Teacher Management in Sri Lanka

84

Supporting and Monitoring Student Learning

96

Governance and Accountability

106

Cost and Financing of Schools in Sri Lanka

110

Conclusion and Policy Options

113
Notes 115

References

116

Chapter 5

Technical and

Vocational Education and Training:

The School-to-Work Transition

123

Introduction

123
The W orkforce for a Middle-Income Sri Lanka 124

The TVET Sector: Organizational Structure and

Shortcomings

131

Sri Lanka"s Skills Supply System:

Areas for

Potential Reform

136

Conclusion and Policy Options

144
Notes 145

References

145

Chapter 6

Higher Education: From Intakes to Outcomes 149

Introduction

149

Overview of the Higher Education Sector

149

Access to Higher Education

150

Performance: Inputs

, Processes, Outputs, and Outcomes 160

Financial Resources

181

Stewarding the Higher Education Sector

191

Conclusion and Policy Options

195
Notes 198

References

201

Contents vii

Appendix A Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment: Main Issues,

Strategic Directions, and Policy Actions

203
Boxes

1.1 Skill Types 31

2.1

Characteristics of the Poor in Sri Lanka 47

3.1 Sri Lanka"s National Policy of Early Childhood Care and Education, 2004 68
3.2

Features of the Open Approach to Early Childhood

Education Curricula

73
4.1

Examination Reforms in Other Economies 100

4.2

Using National Assessment Results 102

4.3 International Assessments and Education Reform 105 4.4

School Internal Quality Assurance in Scotland 108

4.5 Charter Schools and Effective School-Based Management 109 5.1

The Republic of Korea: How Economic Development

Changed Investment in Skills

125
5.2

Why Educated Youth Are

Unemployed

128
5.3

Industrial Sector Skills Councils 134

5.4

The Efficiency of Vouchers 140

5.5

Examples of Employer Involvement in Tr

aining 142
5.6

Benefits of Information Sharing 144

6.1 University of Moratuwa UNI Consultancy Services 178

Figures

O.1 Sri Lanka"s Access to Education, by Level 3

O.2

Enrollment, Secondary and Higher Education,

Sri Lanka and Selected Countries

4 O.3

Educational Attainment in Sri Lanka, Malaysia,

and the

Republic of Korea

4 O.4

Enrollment Rates, Ratio of Richest to P

oorest Quintile, 2006-12 5 O.5

Mean Scores in National Assessment for Grade 4,

2013
5 O.6

Mean Scores in National Assessment for Grade 8,

2012
6 O.7

Employer Perception of General Education,

TVET, and

University, 2013

7 O.8 Preschool Enrollment, an International Perspective 8 O.9 Inequality in Access to Preschool by Economic Group, 2012
8 O.10

Tertiary Education Outcomes,

an International Perspective,

2012-13

13 O.11

Education Spending, 2007-12 14

O.12 Spending on Public Education, an International Perspective 15 1.1

Educational Attainment in Sri Lanka, Malaysia,

and the

Republic of Korea, 1960-2010

29
1.2

Skills Formation across the W

orker Life Cycle 32
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2.1 The Education and Training System in Sri Lanka 38

2.2

Sri Lankans Who Have P

assed GCE O-Levels, by Age

Group, 2002 and 2012

39
2.3

Student Flow in the Education and Tr

aining System, 2013-14 40
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