Dundar, HalilMillot, BenoitSavchenko, YevgeniyaAturupane, HarshaPiyasiri, Tilkaratne A.2014-05-272014-05-272014-05-21978-1-4648-0158-710.1596/978-1-4648-0158-7https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18409Despite 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC STAFFACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCREDITATIONACHIEVEMENTACHIEVEMENTSACQUISITION OF SKILLSADULTSARMED CONFLICTBASIC COMPETENCIESBULLETINCALLCAREER GUIDANCECITIZENSCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMPLETION RATESCOMPUTER SKILLSCOST PER STUDENTCOURSE DURATIONCURRICULACURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTCURRICULUM REFORMCURRICULUM REVISIONDECISION MAKINGDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGEDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDISSEMINATIONDROPOUTEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATION ATTAINMENTEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION FINANCEEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENROLLMENTFAMILY MEMBERSFEMALE PARTICIPATIONFEWER YEARS OF EDUCATIONFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFORMAL EDUCATIONFORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEMFREE EDUCATIONGENDER PARITYGENERAL EDUCATIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTIMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONINDIVIDUAL LEARNINGINDUSTRIAL TRAININGINEQUITIESINFORMAL TRAININGINFORMATION SYSTEMINSERVICE TRAININGINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSINSTRUCTORSJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB TRAININGKNOWLEDGE BASELABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOUR FORCELACK OF INFORMATIONLEARNINGLECTURERSLEGAL STATUSLETLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFELONG LEARNINGLIMITED LITERACYLITERACYLITERACY RATELITERACY SKILLSLOW-INCOME COUNTRYLOWER SECONDARY EDUCATIONMATHEMATICSMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF HEALTHMOBILITYMODERNIZATIONNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIESNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL PRIORITIESNATIONAL STRATEGYNONFORMAL TRAININGNUMERACYOCCUPATIONSPAPERSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPARTICIPATION RATESPEACEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDRENPRINCIPALSPRINTINGPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROGRESSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY IMPROVEMENTQUALITY OF INSTRUCTIONQUESTIONINGREADINGREGIONAL HUBREMITTANCESRURAL AREASRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSSCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL TEACHERSSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE TRAININGSKILLED WORKERSSKILLED WORKFORCESKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS REQUIREMENTSSKILLS TRAININGSTIPENDSSTRATEGIC PRIORITIESSTREET VENDORSSTUDENT DEMANDSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT POPULATIONSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTEACHERTEACHER MOTIVATIONTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING STAFFTECHNICAL COLLEGESTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNICAL SKILLSTECHNICAL TRAININGTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELSTEST SCORESTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONSTRAINEESTRAINING ACTIVITIESTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING CENTRETRAINING COURSESTRAINING INSTITUTESTRAINING OF TRAINERSTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNMET DEMANDURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOUCHERSYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTH10.1596/978-1-4648-0158-7