Sri Lanka's Learning Crisis
Lanka, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri | October 2018
Abstract
While countries across the world have made significant headway in enrolling children in school, progress in ensuring that these children actually learn and acquire much needed skills - which is what truly builds human capital - is far less impressive, thus constituting a 'learning crisis'. Sri Lanka has been a notable overachiever in education in the developing world. However, disparities in performance levels by school type, location, gender and medium of instruction are significant. Moreover, learning outcomes at higher levels of education are weaker, and disparities are wider.
Citation
Lanka, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri. 2018. Sri Lanka's Learning Crisis. © Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9131.Keywords
Examinations
Higher education institutions
Free education
Educational policy
Project finance
Technology assessment
Resources evaluation
Aid evaluation
Economic evaluation
Cost benefit analysis
Public Education
Parent Education
Equity In Education
Educational Policies
Educational Reforms
Quality Education
Quality Education
Levels Of Education
Higher Education Costs
Educational Testing
Educational Surveys
Educational Reforms
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Public Policy Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Evaluation Criteria
Objective tests
Educational tests and measurements
College preparation programs
College dropouts
Discrimination in higher education
Universities and colleges
Educational accountability
Scholarships
Prediction of dropout behavior
Scholarships
Results mapping
Self-evaluation
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Educational evaluation
Cost effectiveness
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