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The document discusses the education system in Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern provinces. It addresses several topics: - The current education management information system (EMIS) collects data but has limitations. Improvements are needed to make the data more useful for decision-makers. - Developing research and publications could help by establishing a framework for research and indexing existing studies. Encouraging teacher research would also aid this. - A DIY innovation center is proposed to give students skills for the 21st century and a place to showcase talents. This could first be piloted in one district. - The influence of mother tongue on exam scores is analyzed, finding much lower pass rates for students whose mother tongue
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- 1. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran Lecturer in CS, University of Jaffna | Member of the RIMP, NP | Contributor, EMIS, NP | Founding Member, Yarl IT Hub iamsarves@gmail.com
- 2. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. EMIS ● Information is the basis of management, planning and evaluation of an education system. ● EMIS should collect data, store data and process information related to all the aspects of education including the human, physical, educational information. ● EMIS should inform the different actors and partners on the state of the sector, its internal and external efficiency, its pedagogical and institutional operation, its performance, shortcomings and needs. ● EMIS should support policy and decision-makers and other planning managers need clear, easy to interpret comprehensible documents, accompanied by relevant analyses on which to base their policies. http://www.unesco.org
- 3. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Present system http://edudept.np.gov.lk
- 4. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. EMIS unit at PDE, NP. ● EMIS unit: – Mr. S.Tharmaseelan, SLEAS officer – Mr. K.Vishnukanthan, Teacher on attachment ● Present system is developed solely by SLEAS officers with the support of other volunteer well wishers ● The system evolved from Manual files → Microsoft Excel → Microsoft Access→ Present Web based system
- 5. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Data feeding ● Each division and zonal education offices have an EMIS coordinator and these coordinators are responsible for entering data. ● Divisional officers coordinate with schools. ● The EMIS unit at the PDE office also go to each zones and enter data.
- 6. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Present system
- 7. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Retrieval interfaces
- 8. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Success stories ● The national examination results are being entered asap those are released – Examination Commission does provide only the analysis, not the grades. ● Helpful for Education Management – Recently, school term marks were collected through this EMIS and actions were taken based on it. ● Some school print students’ progress report through the system ● Irregularities in appointments are identified ● Being used by many people for research
- 9. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Limitations of EMIS
- 10. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Proposed Changes EMIS So what do you think about the proposed plan (very high-level one) and how we can work together?
- 11. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran Lecturer in CS, University of Jaffna | Member of the RIMP, NP | Contributor, EMIS, NP | Founding Member, Yarl IT Hub iamsarves@gmail.com
- 12. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada Research & Publications
- 13. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Research & Publications ● Setup a formal framework for R&D – ITME? ● Setup a repository to index all research studies relevant to the NP education ● Encourage teachers to publish research works in peer reviewed journals ● Work with organization like Jaffna Science Association (JSA) to improve the research skills – Recently, PDE and ZDE worked with JSA to conduct research methodology workshops for principals in the NP. ● Closely work with other educational institutions including graduate faculty of the University of Jaffna to conduct more research studies So what do you think? How we can do this?
- 14. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran Lecturer in CS, University of Jaffna | Member of the RIMP, NP | Contributor, EMIS, NP | Founding Member, Yarl IT Hub iamsarves@gmail.com
- 15. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada DIY Innovation center
- 16. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. DIY Innovation Center ● Need: – Students’ capacity ● Yarl Geek Challenge Junior – Lack of platforms – Learn to fail – Develop skills required for 21st century (p21.org) – Showcase students’ talents ● Students from Vanni and other rural areas out performing and wining more awards – But, we blame them for not passing exams ● Pilot this center at one district and take forward Open for comments!
- 17. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Some clicks from 2016
- 18. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Some clicks from 2015
- 19. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran Lecturer in CS, University of Jaffna | Member of the RIMP, NP | Contributor, EMIS, NP | Founding Member, Yarl IT Hub iamsarves@gmail.com
- 20. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada Tamil language development
- 21. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Tamil Language Development K.Manimarphan, DDE, NP. Item Tamil Sinhala Students 1M 3M Mother tongue - A 24% 9% Mother tongue - B 21% 17%
- 22. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Influence of Mother tongue – O/L 2015 ● If Mother Tongue is W => – English W – 96% – Science W – 88% – Mathematics W – 98% – History W – 87% ● If Mother Tongue is A => – English W – 7% – Science W – 0.7% – Mathematics W – 2% – History W – 0.1% K.Manimarphan, DDE, NP.
- 23. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Influence of Mother tongue – O/L 2015 ● If Mother Tongue is A => – English A/B – 45% – Science A/B – 59% – Mathematics A/B – 65% – History A/B – 79% K.Manimarphan, DDE, NP.
- 24. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. So whats wrong? ● Teacher? ● Curriculum / Text / ..? ● Students?
- 25. REDEVELOPING the NORTHERN& EASTERN PROVINCES of SRI LANKA January 15 -17, 2017 - Toronto, Canada. Teacher Capacity Development ● Jaffna Oriental Studies Society - ஆரரய தரரரவரட பரஷரபரவரரதததரசத சஙதகமத ● President of the society – Northern Regional Director and Later by Northern Province Director ● Founded in 1921, initially supported by people including Swami Vipulananthar ● Offer honorary title like பணதடதமணர, பலவரதமணர ● Conduct Pandit examinations ● Classes are conducted by Pandits
- 26. Education Stream January 15-17,2017 Toronto, Canada THANK YOU Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran Lecturer in CS, University of Jaffna | Member of the RIMP, NP | Contributor, EMIS, NP | Founding Member, Yarl IT Hub iamsarves@gmail.com www.iamsarves.com