Vocational Training in Sri Lanka (VTSL)

• 145,000 young people (age 15 – 35).
• A focus is generally on the target group of girls and women, as well as on people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups with special access barriers (culture, infrastructure, equipment, transport, security).
• Entrepreneurs and employees of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises MSMEs.
• About 45 experts and executives of the Ministry of Education and the downstream authorities with mandates in the management of vocational training.
• About 250 teachers and the management staff of the Technical Institutes are intermediaries for the provision of improved vocational training.

Outcome 1: The professional and managerial capacities of the relevant public institutions to improve the provision of vocational education and training have been strengthened.

Outcome 2: The technical and managerial capacities of the vocational training centers (German Techs) have been strengthened.

Outcome 3: Employment-oriented qualify-cation measures have improved the career prospects of disadvantaged groups.

Outcome 4: Vocational training and continuing education programs are geared to ecological sustainability.

Risultati principali attesi:  

• 20 Executives from relevant Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions confirm the relevance of the support measures (e.g. qualification, policy dialogue) for an improved governance of the VET sector. 7 high-level dialog forums take place.
• The number of enrolled trainees at SLGTI increases by 50% from 176 to 264, of which 100% increase in enrolled females.
• The average trainee rating of the quality of training at the technical institutes improves.
• 90 employment-oriented qualification programs for disadvantaged groups are implemented. 1050 members of disadvantaged groups, 50% of them women, successfully complete them.
• 15 companies confirm that the skills acquired by their employees through the training and development measures contribute to resource-saving operations.

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ previous phase (contributed to by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration SEM) piloted approaches to increase the income of vulnerable population groups and contributed to the operation of vocational training centres.

• 2 training programs at Sri Lanka German Training Institute (SLGTI) and 13 training partnerships with 18 companies took place – this demonstrated the will and ability of the government and the private sector to establish innovative training formats and to invest in them.
• Employment-oriented short-term qualification programs for disadvantaged population groups have led to increased incomes and employment rates. In the last project phase, a total of 368 people (40% women), received training measures in companies.
• 369 persons from disadvantaged and marginalized population groups received inclusive training measures (58% women).

Synergies will be created with SDC’s programs in the region, namely Sustainable Skills for Growth (SSG), another skills development project in the tourism and hospitality sector, as well as the Sri Lanka Labour Migration Program (SLMP).

This project is of revelance to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) in view of the migration partnership with Sri Lanka. It is financed through the flexible funds migration from the Asia Section.