Sri Lanka TVET Profile
SRI LANKA
November 2018
Compiled in collaboration with the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC), Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training, Sri Lanka.
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Contents
Statistics................................................................................................................................. 3 1. TVET systems ..................................................................................................................... 5 2. TVET strategy and key policy documents........................................................................... 7 3. Governance and financing ................................................................................................. 8 4. TVET teachers and trainers ................................................................................................ 8 5. Qualification system and quality assurance ....................................................................... 9 6. Current reforms and policy discussion............................................................................. 10 7. References and further reading ....................................................................................... 12
TVETipedia Glossary
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Acknowledgements
The following report has been compiled with the support of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) under the Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training of Sri Lanka, a UNEVOC Centre. Another UNEVOC Centre in Sri Lanka is the University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC).
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Statistics1
General information
Category
Indicator
Total population (in thousands)
Demographic
Population growth Median age of population2
Population aged 15-24 years (in thousands)
Socio-economic
GDP growth (annual %) GDP per capita (current US$) Unemployment rate (%)3 Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes (%)
Statistics (2015) 20,175 0.9% 32.3 3,120
4.8% 11,739
5% 98.8%
Participation in education by level and by programme orientation, 2015
Category
Gross enrolment ration (%)
Percentage of students who are female (%)
Primary education (ISCED 1)
101.7%
49.2%
Lower
Secondary secondary
98.6%
49.6%
education, all programmes
(ISCED 2) Upper secondary (ISCED 3)
99.7% (2013)
99.1% (2013)
50.9% (2013)
52.2% (2013)
Tertiary education, all programmes (ISCED 5-8)
19.8%
61.1%
Category
Secondary education, all programmes
Lower secondary (ISCED 2) Upper secondary (ISCED 3)
Percentage of students enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%)
Percentage of students in vocational education who are
female (%)
5.8% (2013)
-
11.9% (2013)
45.2% (2013)
-
45.2% (2013)
Indicator
Percentage of students in tertiary education enrolled in short cycle education (ISCED 5)
Both sexes (%) 5.8% (2015)
Percentage of students who are female (%)
61.1% (2015)
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Education finance
Category
Expenditure
Indicator Government expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure (%) Expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education as % of total government expenditure (%)
Statistics (2015) 11.0%
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Type of TVET institutions4
Type of institution
Education level
University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC)
Degree (ISCED 5)
Colleges of Technology (CoTs)
Diploma (ISCED 5)
University Colleges
Diploma (ISCED 5)
Technical Colleges (TCs) Certificate
Vocational Training Centers
Certificate
Apprenticeship Training Institutes
Certificate
Vocational Training Centers Private and NGO sector Training Centres
Certificate Certificate/Diploma
Ministry/Institute responsible Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training Department of Technical Education and Training (DTET) University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) Department of Technical Education and Training (DTET) Vocational Training Authority (VTA) National Industrial and Apprenticeship Training Authority National Youth Services Council (NYSC) Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission
Number of institutions
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9 6 30 250 68 40 400
1 Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics have been gathered from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). 2 UN DESA. World Population Prospects. 3 International Labour Organization. ILOSTAT - ILO database of labour statistics. ilostat 4 Compiled by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC)
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1. TVET Systems
Sri Lanka TVET in the Sri Lankan education system5
Tertiary (ISCED 5-8)
Tertiary education
NVQ 7 Degree NVQ 6 Higher Diploma
NVQ 5 Diploma
Post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED 4)
Upper Secondary (ISCED 3)
GCE (Advanced level) 2 year
NVQ 2-4 Certificates
GCE (Ordinary level) 2 years
NVQ 1 Certificate
Lower Secondary Education 4 years
Lower Secondary (ISCED 2)
Primary (ISCED 1)
Primary Education 5 years
General education TVET
5Compiled by UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre.
Compulsory education Education pathway
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