1. S.B.Ekanayake - Publications
Books –over 30, Research papers – over 100 - 1975 to date
Books and disciplines – teacher education, NFE, human rights education, education and human
resource development, education and rural development, refugee education and teacher
development.
Books
1.‘Education of the Poor and Powerless: in Disadvantage Areas’, (Editor –in-Chief) 150 pages, Sri
Lanka, 2013 (highly commended by I. Prospects UNESCO, Paris, II. CROSS ROADS EDUCATION
AND DEVELOPMENT INGO Tanzania and UNESCO Cambodia)
-research article under the title Small Schools
*2 ‘Failed Pedagogy : Paradigm Shifts in Education’ Sri Lanka ISBN -978-955-0277-02-5- 410
pages (2010)
*3.‘ Lifelong Education :Mega Changes in the New World Order’ISBN978-955-0277-03-2 - 400
pages, Sri Lanka - (2009 ) focus on NFE and education of disadvantaged
*4.‘Curriculum Framework and Development of a Facilitators Guide for Trainers in
Refugee Education’, Global Use, UNHCR, Geneva 2007
5. ‘Education in the Doldrums : Afghan Tragedy ’, UNESCO, Afghanistan -300 pages 2nd
edition, 2004, Pakistan (reviewed over BBC)
6. ‘Learning Away from Home : History of Refugee Education’ , GTZ in Pakistan
October 2006 (Co-author), Pakistan
7. (a) ‘Refugee Emergency Teacher Training Manual’, UNHCR , Geneva, 2007
(b) ‘Technical Review of Refugee Teacher Training Materials’ , World Over, UNHCR,
Geneva, 2006
8. ‘Mega Trends and Challenges in Refugee Education, Guide Book for Trainers’, GTZ /
BEFARe, Pakistan, 2003
9. ‘Management of Primary Schools Under Stress, Guide For Principles’,
UNESCO/GTZ/BEFARe, Pakistan,2nd edition, 2003
10. ‘Methodology on NFE Approaches to Teaching of Rights of the Child for Afghans’,
UNHCR, 2001
11. ‘Guidelines for Afghan Creative Writers’, UNHCR/UNESCO, Pakistan, 1999
12. ‘Issue Specific Teacher Education, Guide Book for Teacher Educators in Afghanistan’, 21

2. UNHCR, Pakistan, 1998
13. ‘Guide Book For Teachers, Primary Grades’, UNHCR, Solidarite, Paistan, 1998
14. ‘Voices in the Mountains’, Azro/Tenzin Project Afghanistan, UNHCR, Pakistan, 1998 (a
document developed for annual request for funding for Afghan Support Group –Western countries
and Japan)
15. ‘Impact Study on Closure of Universities on Afghan Students’, UNHCR, Pakistan,
1998 ( a document specially developed for Afghan Support Group for annual funding for Afghanistan
16. Non-formal Exposure of Youth to Rural Development Innovations in Adult Education,
UIE, Hamburg, 1997.
17 ‘Curriculum Design and Development, Afghanistan’, UNESCO, Pakistan, 1997
18 Basic Education Strategies for Afghanistan’, UNESCO, Islamabad,1996
19. Hand Book on Multi-Grade Teaching For Basic Education in Afghanistan’,
UNESCO/Solidarite Afghanistan, 1996
20.” Guide Book for Teaching Human Rights to School Leavers’, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka,1996
21. ‘Hand Book on Teaching of Human Rights for Adults’, University of Colombo, Sri
Lanka,1995.
22. ’Non-Formal Education For Human Resource Development’, Action Research Series 2,
National Institute of Education, Maharagama, Sri Lanka, 1990
23..’Learning from the People : Strategy for Development’, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka,
1993. –use of NFE methodology for HRD in undergraduates in Sri Lanka
24.’ Non-formal methodology for Practioners’, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka, 1989
25.‘ Disparity in Achievement, A Case Study f Sri Lanka’, National Institute of education, Sri Lanka,
1989 ( Co author, Dr. Upali Sedere)
26. ‘Guide For Principals’, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka, 1988
( Guide books for Afghan educationists - teachers, principals – English, Dari / Pastu )
5.1 Research articles examples (international)
1. Development of Non-Formal Education and Future Challenges in Sri Lanka,
Volume on History of Educational Development in Sri Lanka, National Institute of
Education, Sri Lanka, 2010 – also refer www.nie.lk 22

3. Multigrade Teaching: A Challenging Tool for Quality of Life in Refugee Contexts
University of New South Wales, Armidale, Australia, 2006
3. Home Schools : Answer to Isolation / Discrimination? , Journal of Rural Development
and Administration, Pakistan Academy for Rural development, Vol. xxxiii, No.2,
Pakistan, 2000 (NF approaches to educational impediments)
4. Challenges in Basic Education- Some Asian Issues, Journal of Rural Development
and Administration, Pakistan, No.3 Summer-1998, pg 1-20.
5. Managing Innovations in the Developing World, Journal of Rural Development and
Administration, Pakistan, No.2, 1997, pg 1-43.
6. Rural Pedagogy : A Strategy for Rural Development, PROSPECTS, No.73, UNESCO,
Paris, 1990.
7. Multiple Class Teaching and Education of Disadvantaged Groups, Case Study, Sri
Lanka, UNESCO, Bangkok, 1982.
8. Teacher Education and Community Development, ERIC CRESS, Clearing House on
Rural Development and Small Schools, New Mexico State University, USA, 1978.
9. Sri Lanka: The Development of Instructional Materials for an Integrated Teacher Education
Programme in Rural Communities, ASIAN Programme of Educational Innovation for Development, A
Portfolio of experiences in Asia and Oceania, UNESCO, Bangkok, 1980, pg.245-274
10. Teacher Training for Community Development, Commonwealth Secretariat, London,
1978
5,2 Published articles 2013 – most recent
1. Model for Small Schools in the Developing World, Indian Ocean Comparative Education Society,
Conference papers, Indian Ocean Comparative Education Society 2011, Maldives, 2013, pgs 21-38
2. The Role of Higher Educational Institutes in Regional Development, Economic Review, Peoples
Bank, Sri Lanka, Feb.-March 2013, pp 38-41
5.3 Evaluation Studies
Evaluation of Projects- national and international 23

4. The World Bank funded education project, (Mahaweli Development Scheme) Sri Lanka 1982 –
member of the team,
NORAD funded ‘Ten year development projects in Sri Lanka’, 1988,
South Asia Partnership (SAP), ‘Progress of education activities, Sri Lanka’, 1989,
Plan International, ‘Review of vocational education projects, Sri Lanka’ 1990,
UNHCR funded education projects in Afghanistan,’CARE International and other projects of
national implementing partners’ 1998-2001,
Study of Primary Education Issues in Bhutan, UNICEF / Royal Govt. of Bhutan, 2002
UNHCR funded ten year progress of ‘GTZ Refugee Education Project’, Pakistan 2002 ( world’s
largest education project),
GTZ, ‘Basic Education Special Project’, Sri Lanka, 2004
*The World Bank ‘NFE Project on Refugee Teacher Education’ , Pakistan GTZ, BEFARe, 2005
BMZ / GTZ, Germany, A Study of Fragile States, Afghanistan, 2010 ( one of the six international
studies, as part of developing BMZ funding principles for the developing world)
GTZ Education Programme for Sri Lanka, 2010
SBEkanayake Sept.2016