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- Title
The Changing Accessibility of Educational Opportunities in Southern Sri Lanka.
- Authors
Lindberg, Jonas
- Abstract
To handle the double challenge of economic competitiveness and poverty alleviation, there are increasing calls for dual education strategies designed to handle both these issues simultaneously. Based on field research in rural Sri Lanka, this article aims to contribute to the understanding of how educational opportunities of different groups in different areas are shifting in the context of a changing world of work and new skill requirements in the global economy. An ongoing stratification of educational opportunities is identified, based on the growth of private tuition and English-medium education, as well as a rationalization of the education system. The article shows that future attempts to reform the education system in Sri Lanka must be better rooted in the preferences and aspirations of poor groups in rural areas, and that educational opportunities must be seen as relative, relational and contextual.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; EDUCATION policy; INTERNATIONAL economic relations; RIGHT to education; GLOBALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT &; society; INTERNATIONAL competition; EMPLOYMENT &; education
- Publication
Development & Change, 2010, Vol 41, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
0012-155X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01633.x