iCeGS working in Sri Lanka
30 March 2011
Siobhan Neary with colleagues from the Careers Guidance Centre based at the Colombo Teachers Centre in Sri Lanka
Siobhan Neary, Deputy Head of iCeGS is currently working on a three month project based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The project funded by the Asian Development Bank is part of a wider modernizing education programme aimed at increasing the relevancy of secondary and tertiary education to the labour market to increase the employability of young people.
Sri Lanka has a highly educated youth population but also high levels of unemployment. The unemployment rate for young people is up to eight times more than for adults. A key initiative to address this is the development of a structured approach to the delivery of career guidance and counseling in schools.
As such, this project focuses on developing a careers workforce made up of experienced teachers. They will have responsibility for raising young people's career awareness; particularly around vocational education and training and to ensure young people leave school more work ready.
Siobhan has a blog which you might like to follow at: http://siobhanneary.posterous.com/
