Vocational education for students who finish O/L, A/L exams

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CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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The government has decided to initiate a programme for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level (O/L) and Advanced Level (A/L) students to provide an opportunity to complete a curriculum covering five basic areas related to vocational education, while still keeping them in the school system.

Addressing the media, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardana said the programme has been prepared to provide students who finish the Ordinary Level exams till they start the Advanced Level or students who finish the Advanced Level exams.

He said the programme is mainly expected to develop IT and English skills, which are generally important for vocational education, along with soft skills.

The Cabinet has approved a proposal presented by the Education Minister to implement the proposed programme as a pilot project.

Accordingly, the pilot programme will be implemented for a period of 3–4 months in 320 selected schools, covering every educational division of the island.

It has also been decided to implement this project as a national programme in 2024 based on the results of the pilot project. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)

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Better late than never Tuesday, 05 September 2023 03:18 PM

Very bold and fruitful step to help the nation and its youths. It is wonderful that it has come after 75 years after independence. Finding teachers and career guidance is going to be a big problem. But let the good step be taken, because this problem will be overcome in due time.

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Citizen k Wednesday, 06 September 2023 10:46 AM

They should target retired teachers,fluent speakers and volunteers since it is a short course spanning 3 to 4 months.

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Tuesday, 05 September 2023 03:18 PM

This is a best turn in education in Sri Lankal.

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karu Tuesday, 05 September 2023 04:40 PM

at last... Sadly At least most of our kids/youth does not know how to cut branch of a tree. waiting for chinese or indian arrive and take over the last

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