In a bid to enhance Sri Lanka’s efforts to strengthen and modernise the general education system in the country via the General Education Modernisation Project (GEM) , the Sri Lankan government signed a USD 100 million credit agreement with the World Bank today.
The General Education Modernization Project will modernise and diversify the curriculum of general education in keeping with the transformation taking place in Sri Lanka’s society and economy. Greater emphasis will be accorded to strategic subjects that are key for economic development such as English and mathematics.
The project will also help broaden the choices available at the GCE A-level grades so that students have the flexibility in selecting subjects from arts, management, science and technology to vocational streams. Learning material for English language and mathematics will be developed digitally and the focus will be on children from schools located in more disadvantaged regions.
“Sri Lanka has made impressive progress in expanding access to education. However, to reach the status of an Upper Middle-Income Country, it needs to further improve the overall learning outcomes. Sri Lanka’s education policy makers recognise that a high-quality general education system will enable students to meet the demands of 21st century jobs,” Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough, World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives said.
The project will benefit school students both at the primary (grades 1-5) and at the secondary (grades 6-13) levels. Technical education and vocational training institutes, academic and managerial staff of the schools will also benefit from this project.
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