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Parents' and Students’ Perceptions of the Education System of Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Manjaree HS, Bhagya
dc.contributor.author Tillekaratne, Aashani
dc.contributor.author Rupasinghe, Thilini P.
dc.contributor.author Liyanage, Laalitha S.I.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-31T05:21:18Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-31T05:21:18Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation Manjaree HS, Bhagya,Tillekaratne, Aashani,Rupasinghe, Thilini P and Liyanage, Laalitha S.I.(2022), Parents' and Students’ Perceptions of the Education System of Sri Lanka,SLTC Research University,Proceedings of the International Research Conference of the SLTC Research University, Sri Lanka 71-72p en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25338
dc.description.abstract Twenty-first-century skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, are widely accepted as skills in high demand within modern working environments. National school curricula reforms in Sri Lanka attempt to propose pedagogies that disseminate content and design assessments to promote twentyfirst- century skills. However, whether all stakeholders of the national school education agree to include such skills should be investigated before changes to curricula, policies and practices are implemented. The purpose of this study is to survey the perceptions of the main stakeholders of the national education system in Sri Lanka. The perceptions of parents, and students were investigated in this study. Seventeen (17) participants including nine (09) parents; three (03) school students, and five (05) vocational/degree level students) representing different social and educational backgrounds participated in the study. A standardized, semi-structured, open-ended questionnaire was conducted through virtual meeting mode. The 'Naturalized' transcription method was adopted in this study. Open coding of data revealed that more than 80% of the participants exhibited awareness of global 'good' practices and believed in the vital need for a change of policy and/or practice within the existing system. In addition, the participants expressed the need to improve students' emotional and attitudinal aspects within school setups. Interestingly some highlighted the need to consider external and control factors affecting policy/practice changes in education. en_US
dc.publisher SLTC Research University en_US
dc.subject Global 'good' practices, Stakeholder Perceptions, Education reform en_US
dc.title Parents' and Students’ Perceptions of the Education System of Sri Lanka en_US


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