Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in school education can help achieve sustainable development goals. Entrepreneurship education correlates with positive entrepreneurial outcomes and sustainable development. While education plays a role in shaping skills and culture, industry also drives innovation. Strategies like project-based and inquiry learning can promote open, active learning beyond the classroom. These pedagogical methods aim to develop collaboration, creativity, problem-solving skills, and tolerance for failure - helping students contribute to the UN's three pillars of sustainable development: economy, society and environment.

1. Fostering Innovation & Entrepreneurship in School
Education to Achieve Sustainable Development
Goals
Dr.Sujewa Polgampala
Ministry of Education,
Sri Lanka

2. Research Publications
• 1.Corresponding Author of a book chapter on issues relating to Gender, Societal impact of Covid 19- A contemporary approach Monteiro, Pearl. “JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN ENSURING
GENDER JUSTICE.” Gender Justice: Exploring Contemporary Narratives, edited by Avinash Singh and Atul Pandey, 1st ed., Black Aviat Publishing House, 2020, pp. 16–31.
• 2.Polgampala, S.; Edirisinghe M.N.S. et.al (2021) Perceptions of participants on Online Learning in the Outbreak of COVID-19:Case Study IRCHSS-Elesvier
• 3.Polgampala, A. S. V; Senevirathne M. Evaluating the Awareness and Perceptions of Advanced Level Teachers in Using E- Learning in Sri Lanka, International Engineering Journal For
Research & Development Vol.6 Issue 1 SJIF: 7.169 http://www.iejrd.com/index.php/%20
• 4.The measurement of performance towards the China’s ethnic minority education policy since reform and opening-up Yongtao Gan a,⇑, Sujeewa Polgampala b, Youran Tan c, Anli
Yang c Science Direct /Elsevier
• 5.刘 进 闫晓敏 [斯里兰卡]李兰香 等. “一带一路” 沿线国家的高等教育现状与发展趋势研究（二）基于对波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、越南、斯里兰卡教育工作者的访谈[J]. 世界教
育信息,2018(6):24-28
• 6.刘 进 闫晓敏 [斯里兰卡]李兰香 等. “一带一路” 沿线国家的高等教育现 状与发展趋势研究（一）基于对以色列与阿富汗教育工作者的访谈[J]. 世界教育信息,2018(5):24-29

3. 7.Liu Jin, M. Osman Babury, Sujeewa Polgampala ,Wenhong .S . Belt & Road
• Higher Education research (2016): Comparative Report[M]. 中国社会科学出版社,2018年 4月Belt & Road Higher Education
Research (2016): Comparative Report 978-7-5203-2514-1
• 8.Polgampala A.S.V (2017) Triple Jump to the World of Work: New Dynamics for Higher Education integration Into Belt and Road in China
& Sri Lanka
• http://southasiajournal.net/triple-jump-to-the-world-of-work-new-dynamics-for-higher-education-integration-into-belt-and-road-in-
china-sri-lanka/
• 9.Polgampala A.S.V, Fang Huang (2017) teachers are the propellers in bolstering students outcomes: review of efficacy of science
teachers, European Journal of Education Studies ISSN: 2501 - 1111 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1111 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.804052 Volume 3
• │Issue 6 │2017 www.oapub.org/edu
• 10.Polgampala A.S.V,Hong Shen (2016). Excelling 21st Century Competencies of Education through Problem Based Learning: Trends and
challenges, conference: XVI World Congress of Education Societies:Beijing Normal University,China . WCCS 2016
• 13.Polgampala A.S.V,Hong Shen (2016).Excelling 21st Century Competencies of Education through Problem Based Learning: Trends and
challenges,conference:XVI World Congress of Education Societies:Beijing Normal University,China .WCCS 2016

4. • 11. Polgampala A.S.V., Hong S., Fang H.(2017)Perceptions on STEM Education in Secondary Schools in Sri Lanka: Trends and Challenges Imperial Journal of
Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) Vol-2, Issue-12, 2016 ISSN: 2454-1362, http://www.onlinejournal.in Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) Page,
http://www.onlinejournal.in
• 12. Polgampala A.S.V,Hong Shen & Fang Huang (2016) Where we are and where we need to be:Pre service teacher training in China & Sri Lanka .American
Journal of Educational Research Vol. 4, No. 16, 2016, pp 1138-1144. doi: 10.12691/education-4-16-3 Case Report
• http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/4/16/3/index.html
• 14.Polgampala, A. S. V., Shen, H., & Huang, F. (2017). STEM Teacher Education and Professional Development and Training: Challenges and Trends. American
Journal of Applied Psychology, 6(5), 93-97 2454-1362, http://www.onlinejournal.in
• 15.Polgampala A.S.V,Hong Shen& Fang Huang (2016)Where we are and where we need to be:Pre service teacher training in China & Sri Lanka .American
Journal of Educational Research Vol. 4, No. 16, 2016, pp 1138-1144. doi: 10.12691/education-4-16-3 Case Report
• http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/4/16/3/index.html
• 16.Polgampala A.S.V, Hong Shen & Fang Huang (2016).The Impact on Teaching through 5Model:Perspectives of Prospective Teachers in Teaching Science in
Secondary Schools in Gampaha District,Sri Lanka.Educational perspectives Vol.5.No1(33-47)Ministry of Education,Sri Lanka
• http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/images/publications/Edu_Perspectives/vol_5_no.1_2016January/vol_5no.1_2016jan.pdf
• 17.Polgampala A.S.V & Wickramasinghe Seetha I.(2013).Bilingual Education in Sri Lanka and Perspectives of prospective Teachers towards social cohesion,
proceedings of IOCES (Indian Ocean Comparative Education Society),3rd conference:Challenging Education for Future Change,Khon Kean University,Thailand
21-23 rd January ,2013
• 18.Polgampala A.S.V & Wickramasinghe Seetha I.(2012).Bilingual Education in Sri Lanka and Perspectives of prospective Teachers in Science Education:a
preliminary study.Educational perspectives Vol.1No.1(5-16)Ministry of Education,Sri Lanka

5. Fostering Innovation & Entrepreneurship in
School Education to Achieve Sustainable
Development Goalsfor SDGs

7. What are the Global Goals for Sustainable Development?
In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals (officially known as the
Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs) aiming to create a better world by
2030 by ending poverty, fighting inequality, and addressing the urgency of
climate change.

8. • Entrepreneurship has the potential to reduce poverty, stimulate
economic growth and boost innovation, in addition to enhancing
social and environmental sustainability. In accordance with the
human capital theory and previous empirical studies, it is assumed
that entrepreneurship education and training (EET) directly correlates
with positive entrepreneurial outcomes and therefore sustainable
development

9. entrepreneurship in the field of education
• How is entrepreneurship anchored in the field of education? How
may the learning processes be understood and handled according to
an entrepreneurial approach? Can innovation and entrepreneurship
be taught?
• It’s an age-old debate!! The answer is both yes and no. Education
plays an essential role in shaping attitudes,skills and culture – from
the primary level up
• As we all are aware that industry drives innovation and learning, and
helps create new technological knowledge. This is vital for job
creation, sustainable livelihoods, and equitable growth, and key to
eradicating poverty.

10. • To Share insight understanding of Thailand’s Sufficiency Economy
(SEP)Philosophy in Education in achieving Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)
• To Learn from experienced practitioners on how to devise sustainability actions
and activities in schools
• Our existing knowledge of how entrepreneurial activities may contribute to
• the SDGs remains limited
Objectives

12. Innovation is more than a buzzword today—it’s something
educators strive for in their classrooms, schools, and
districts.Thus,innovation in schools collaborates with school
communities to support innovative models of teaching and
learning.Innovation improves education because it compels
students to use a higher level of thinking to solve problems. We
offer workshops, training sessions and mentoring services to
whole school communities to have the greatest impact on

27.  We need to be strategic in promoting project-based learning is
a teaching strategy where students learn by actively engaging
in real-world and personally meaningful projects
 Inquiry learning is a student-centered approach where the
teacher guides the students through questions posed and
through inquiry, students actively discover information to
support their investigations.

28.  SEP can lead to sustainability.
 In 2015, the United Nations came up with 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030.
 The goals were said to be based on three pillars of
 balanced development namely economy, society and
environment.

29. The pedagogical methods should promote the following:
Open learning - in which learning outcomes are determined by the students.
Active learning - different situations in which students choose the areas of implementation
for their projects.
Learning experiences beyond the classroom- through the use of different information
sources (resources, experts) and materials from society and the natural environment.
A learning atmosphere – which promotes and fosters collaboration and teamwork,
encourages new ideas and creativity, tolerance for trial and error and tolerance of
failures.
Thinking strategies - identification of significant questions, and problem-solving skills that
clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions.