This is another of the series of efforts
in the last year, of a Government trying to run, before it can even get up to
walk. We are just NOT ready for a Summit such as this to discuss the needs for
the future GLOBAL CHALLENGES until we fix our BASIC EDUCATION FIRST.
One important area, where we unlike
Malaysia cannot compete in the Global World and no amount of talk of Human
Capital is worth the waste of time until that is tackled. See Link article in
the Daily News
I think we are ONLY NOW attempting a census
of the pre-school education, before guidelines can be implemented so we start from
the right footing on a 20 year program to actually educate our newly emerging labor
force, and there is VERY LITTLE we can do about the existing labor force, or their
Human Capital worth!
It is soft skills that need development and
there is NO organized method at the moment in developing these skills, as it is
too difficult to explain to the job seeker that his or her lack of soft skills is
what is holding him back from competing for the thousands of vacancies that exist
in Sri Lanka, which they believe they are capable of, but don’t realize the limitation
of their knowledge.
We in Sri Lanka have a small elite who enjoy
organizing these summits and spend their time going from one to another. I just
hope the PM for one calls their bluff and calls a spade a spade, telling them not
to waste their time doing useless things, and go back to basics to educate our labor
force to be able to compete for jobs in the Global Marketplace, and for that English
knowledge is an essential skill that has to be fast forwarded at all costs in order
to do so.
IN parallel it is important that a new PRESCHOOL
system is in place to build discipline, value and lateral thinking in children that
will hold them in good stead in future, and will form the basis of the new education
model, that will enable the foundation for HUMAN CAPITAL to be formed.
While I cannot stop time wasters and money
wasters from doing so, all I can bring their notice is that to make their whole
event seem worthwhile, they must address the issues at hand and before leaving the
SUMMIT agree on a plan of action along with a time table and responsibilities to
carry out this plan as soon as possible.
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