Globalisation, Employment and Education in Sri Lanka: Opportunity and Division

ISBN-13: 9780415638081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 274 str.

Angela Little; Siri Hettige

Opis

Since the late 1970s, Sri Lanka has undergone a socio-economic transformation, shifting from a protectionist stance towards economic liberalization and increasing integration into the world economy. Through a systematic comparison of these periods of economic change, Angela Little and Siri Hettige examine the impact of this transformation on education, youth employment and equality of opportunity in Sri Lanka.

Over the period in question, this book charts Sri Lanka s shift from an agricultural economy to one dominated by services and manufacturing, a reduction in unemployment, rising educational and occupational expectations and achievements and a reduction in poverty. In turn, it reveals a growing role for the private sector and foreign interests in post-secondary education and a modest growth in private education at the primary and secondary levels, and widening social disparities in access to qualifications, training and skills. The Sri Lankan experience of, and engagement with, globalisation has been tempered by longstanding ethnic conflict that hindered both economic and social development and diverted public funds into defence and war. Now that the war is over the challenge is how to fulfil the expectations of youth belonging to all ethnic and social groups.

This book is an important contribution to the broader international literature on the implications of globalisation for education policy and practice, and to the interaction of exogenous and endogenous forces for educational change. As such, it has a wide interdisciplinary appeal across education policy and politics, Asian education, South Asian society, youth policy, and globalisation.

Spis treści

1. Globalisation and Education: International and Sri Lankan Perspectives 2. Colonial and Post Colonial Education Policy 3. Protectionism, Open Economy and the Class Structure 4. Employment, Skills, Education and Opportunities 5. The New Business of Foreign Education 6. Youth Aspirations and Expectations for Education and Livelihoods 7. Education, Identity Formation and Citizenship 8. Comparing Sri Lanka with the Asian Tigers and the BRICS 9. Conclusions