MDA National ReportOutline-Sri Lanka

I. Introduction

  1. Historical, Social/Cultural (linguistic, religious), Economic, Political and Geographic (map) Country Background

Central Bank Report

Ministry Website

Dept. of Census and Statistics

B. General Overview of Level of Development

  1. Poverty, human development index, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
  2. Health, economic, and social indicators

Central Bank Report

Dept. of Census and Statistics

MDG Report

Human Development Report

Global Monitoring Report

C. The Role of Education in the Context of National Development

  1. Highlighting linkages between education and the MDGs and national development priorities and strategies

WB Report on MDGs

PRSP-Regaining Sri Lanka

Vision of the President-Mahinda Chinthana

NEC reports

D. Data Collection, Sources,Quality Assurance

Department of sensuse data, helth and other ministries

II. Introduction to the National Educational System

A. Trends in Educational Development

  1. Historical origins of present structure of education system
  2. Expansion of government-financed education to various categories of learners
  3. Development in education since Jomtien (1990) or Dakar (2000)

Education Reforms-1998

Donor Assistance

NEC

NEREC

ECCE Centre

  1. Use of ICT in education

IT education

Use ICT in education as a tool

  1. Unreached Groups
  2. Displaced due to conflict(internaly displaced and refugees,Isumani )
  3. Socio-economic classes, and other social stratifications

plantation sector

fishing community

farmers

urban slums

street children

labour

  1. Residents of remote, rural, or border areas
  1. Women and girls (or boys)

Muslim girls

Plantation sector girls and boys

Secondary cycle male dropouts

Coastal area

  1. Childerns with disabilities or special needs
  2. Migrants(due to conflicts,Tsunami,flood)
  3. Working children
  4. Orphans
  5. The very poor
  6. Children of whose mothers work abroad
  1. Educational Policy, Laws, and Legislation
  1. Compulsory Education Act
  2. Right to basic education
  3. National EFA Program/Action Plan
  4. National constitution
  5. National policies, laws and legislation
  6. International treaties,conventions
  1. Education Structure

(public and private education included)

  1. Formal: primary, secondary, tertiary; non-formal; informal

diagram

  1. Pre primary
  2. Responsible agencies(central,provincial/curriculum,evaluation)

D. Education Financing

  1. Structure of financing of education by central government, state/provincial government and local government/community
  2. Decentralization: mechanism of financing, fund flow from center to state, local
  3. Education budget as percentage of GDP or GNP
  4. Education budget as percentage of national budget (Also, if applicable, percentage of district or provincial level budget in decentralized governments or states)
  5. Percentage from government, private sector, donors
  6. Financing for disadvantaged groups (grants, scholarships, incentives, special programs)
  7. Standard school income sources (government subsidies, fees, community, NGOs, international donors, etc) and cost breakdown (absolute and percentage)
  8. Breakdown of education spending by type of expenditure (ie. staff costs, infrastructure, resources, development costs, operation costs, etc)
  1. Assessment of EFA Coordination
  1. Existence of a functioning National EFA Forum with mandate and authority
  2. Presence of an EFA National Coordinator with mandate and authority
  3. Publication of an EFA National Action Plan
  4. Integration of the EFA National Action Plan in National Education Development Strategy and national development planning framework and process
  5. Budget allocation for implementation of EFA National Action Plan
  6. External (international)and internal (domestic)funding support for the EFA Programme
  7. Strategy in place for the monitoring and evaluation of the EFA programme

III. Analysis of the Six EFA Goals (separate chapter/sectionfor each goal)

Early Childhood Care and Education

  1. National Action Plan/Education Reform Program
  1. Statement of EFA goal
  2. Description of EFA goal and specific national targets

National Plan of Action

  1. Strategies to achieve the goal

National Plan of Action

  1. Budget (cost calculation, expenditure) and financing (sources of income to cover costs) plan

National Plan of Action

  1. Implementation of EFA goal
  1. General policies and programs

ECCD Policy

  1. Policies and programs mentioning specific target groups (disadvantaged groups)

National Plan of Action

  1. Legislation and legal framework
  1. Responsible agencies and coordination of implementation

Ministry of Chid Development, MoH, Provincial Councils, MoE

  1. Budgeting and financing: resource mobilization and allocation

Ministry of Chid Development, MoH, Provincial Councils, MoE

  1. Quality assurance monitoring and evaluation
  1. Progress in Achieving EFA goal (using disaggregated indicators to show patterns of change)
  1. Performance indicators: measure the gap between the target and attained level of performance

Health Indicators

Number of chidren

  1. Time and cross-sectional analysis (usingdisaggregated indicators)
  2. Quality and equity outcomes

Proposed Study on ECCE

Reserch done by UNICEF

  1. Implementation Gaps and Disparitiesor Variations (using disaggregated indicators to show disparitiesor variations)
  1. Identifying gaps and locating the reached and unreached
  2. Analysis of differential impact of policy implementation
  3. Identify disparities in social and gender equality
  4. Identify disparities in quality of education across social groups and geographic areas
  5. Identify implementation capacity gaps
  1. Successes and Remaining Challenges in Implementation of EFA goal (assessing impact of policy and practices)
  1. Successes and challenges in achieving social and gender equality
  2. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  3. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  4. Successes and challenges in achieving quality education
  5. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  6. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  1. Recommendations for adjustments in terms of
  2. Target-settings with specific references to priority target groups
  3. Strategies for attaining the unattained and reaching the unreached
  4. Schedule of milestones to be attained over the remaining period

Goal 2:Universal Basic Education

  1. National Action Plan/Education Reform Program
  1. Statement of EFA goal
  2. Description of EFA goal and specific national targets

Admission Rate-99% by 2010

Enrolment Rate-99% by 2010

Primary Completion Rate – 90%

Dropout Rate-2% by 2010

  1. Strategies to achieve the goal

Free textbooks

Free Uniforms

Free Education

School Nutrition programmes

Scholarships

CFS

Poverty reduction

School attendance committees

  1. Budget (cost calculation, expenditure) and financing (sources of income to cover costs) plan

Ministry Budget by source

Provincial Budget by source

  1. Implementation of EFA goal
  1. General policies and programs

Education reforms

NEC policy

Mahinda Chithana

  1. Policies and programs mentioning specific target groups (disadvantaged groups)

School Nutrition programmes

Scholarships

CFS

  1. Legislation and legal framework

Education Acts

Constitution

Education Ordinance

13th Amendment

  1. Responsible agencies and coordination of implementation

Provincial Councils,MoE,NIE,Exams,

  1. Budgeting and financing: resource mobilization and allocation

Provincial Councils,MoE

  1. Quality assurance monitoring and evaluation
  1. Progress in Achieving EFA goal (using disaggregated indicators to show patterns of change)
  1. Performance indicators: measure the gap between the target and attained level of performance

Admission rate (urban/rural, sex)

Completion rate (urban/rural,sex, zonal)

Enrolment rate(urban/rural,sex)

Survival rate (urban/rural,sex, zonal)

STR(subject,sex,zone,)

Time and cross-sectional analysis (using disaggregated indicators)

  1. Quality and equity outcomes
  1. Implementation Gaps and Disparities or Variations (using disaggregated indicators to show disparities or variations)
  1. Identifying gaps and locating the reached and unreached
  2. Analysis of differential impact of policy implementation
  3. Identify disparities in social and gender equality
  4. Identify disparities in quality of education across social groups and geographic areas
  5. Identify implementation capacity gaps
  1. Successes and Remaining Challenges in Implementation of EFA goal (assessing impact of policy and practices)
  1. Successes and challenges in achieving social and gender equality
  2. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  3. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  4. Successes and challenges in achieving quality education
  5. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  6. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  1. Recommendations for adjustments in terms of
  2. Target-settings with specific references to priority target groups
  3. Strategies for attaining the unattained and reaching the unreached
  4. Schedule of milestones to be attained over the remaining period

Goal 3: Life Skills and Lifelong Education

  1. National Action Plan/Education Reform Program
  1. Statement of EFA goal
  2. Description of EFA goal and specific national targets
  3. Strategies to achieve the goal
  4. Budget (cost calculation, expenditure) and financing (sources of income to cover costs) plan
  1. Implementation of EFA goal
  1. General policies and programs

Education reforms 1997,2004

Curriculum

  1. Policies and programs mentioning specific target groups (disadvantaged groups)

Programmes implemented by Non Formal Branch

Programmes implemented by Ministry of Health

Programmes implemented by Ministry of Poverty Alleviation

Programmes implemented by International and Local NGOs

  1. Legislation and legal framework
  2. Responsible agencies and coordination of implementation

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Skill Development

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Tertiary and Vocational Training

  1. Budgeting and financing: resource mobilization and allocation

Government

  1. Quality assurance monitoring and evaluation

No coordinating approach

  1. Progress in Achieving EFA goal

Performance indicators: measure the gap between the target and attained

level of performance

No.of programmes

No.of participants

Time and cross-sectional analysis (using disaggregated indicators)

  1. Quality and equity outcomes
  1. Implementation Gaps and Disparities or Variations (using disaggregated indicators to show disparities or variations)
  1. Identifying gaps and locating the reached and unreached
  2. Analysis of differential impact of policy implementation
  3. Identify disparities in social and gender equality
  4. Identify disparities in quality of education across social groups and geographic areas
  5. Identify implementation capacity gaps
  1. Successes and Remaining Challenges in Implementation of EFA goal (assessing impact of policy and practices)
  1. Successes and challenges in achieving social and gender equality
  2. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  3. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  4. Successes and challenges in achieving quality education
  5. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  6. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  1. Recommendations for adjustments in terms of
  2. Target-settings with specific references to priority target groups
  3. Strategies for attaining the unattained and reaching the unreached
  4. Schedule of milestones to be attained over the remaining period

Goal 4: Literacy

  1. National Action Plan/Education Reform Program
  1. Statement of EFA goal
  2. Description of EFA goal and specific national targets

Literacy Rate – 100% by 2010

  1. Strategies to achieve the goal

Incraese the number of literacy centres

Community based programme

National task force

Provincial cordination body

Village level committies

  1. Budget (cost calculation, expenditure) and financing (sources of income to cover costs) plan
  1. Implementation of EFA goal
  1. General policies and programs
  1. Policies and programs mentioning specific target groups (disadvantaged groups)

Programmes implemented by Non Formal Branch

Programmes implemented by Ministry of Poverty Alleviation

Programmes implemented by International and Local NGOs

  1. Legislation and legal framework
  2. Responsible agencies and coordination of implementation

Ministry of Education

  1. Budgeting and financing: resource mobilization and allocation

Government

  1. Quality assurance monitoring and evaluation

Literacy assessment & monitoring Program( LAMP)

  1. Progress in Achieving EFA goal

Performance indicators: measure the gap between the targets and attained

level of performance

Literacy by levels (basic, advanced)

Numeracy by levels (basic, advanced)

Time and cross-sectional analysis (using disaggregated indicators)

  1. Quality and equity outcomes
  1. Implementation Gaps and Disparities or Variations (using disaggregated indicators to show disparities or variations)
  1. Identifying gaps and locating the reached and unreached
  2. Analysis of differential impact of policy implementation
  3. Identify disparities in social and gender equality
  4. Identify disparities in quality of education across social groups and geographic areas
  5. Identify implementation capacity gaps
  1. Successes and Remaining Challenges in Implementation of EFA goal (assessing impact of policy and practices)
  1. Successes and challenges in achieving social and gender equality
  2. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  3. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  4. Successes and challenges in achieving quality education
  5. Success stories and good practices to be re-enforced
  6. Identify and explain why and how areas and groups where success has been least
  1. Recommendations for adjustments in terms of
  2. Target-settings with specific references to priority target groups
  3. Strategies for attaining the unattained and reaching the unreached
  4. Schedule of milestones to be attained over the remaining period

Summarize for all Goals:

IV. Challenges to Providing Education

  1. Policy and budget
  2. Economic factors
  3. Social and cultural factors
  4. Legal factors(decentralised,devolved)
  5. Geographic factors
  6. Language
  7. School factors (facilities, human resources, teaching resources)
  8. Risk factors (HIV/AIDS, drugs, prostitution, etc)
  9. Political unrest and conflict
  10. Natural disasters
  11. Child labor
  12. Capacity of government agencies
  13. Implementation issues
  14. Monitoring and quality assurance
  15. Responsibility of each level

V. Linkages between the Goals in lifelong perspective

(flow of education)

VI. EFA Strategies and Flagship Issues

(i.e. relating country situation to global issues,war,economy,)

VII. Managing International Support and Coordination of EFA Partners

(evaluation of performance of donors and EFA convening partners)

VIII. Overall Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

IX. References

X. Statistical Annex (es)