"A country’s education system plays a pivotal role in promoting economic growth and shared prosperity.
Sri Lanka has enjoyed high school-attainment and enrollment rates for several decades. However, it still
faces major challenges in the education sector, and these challenges undermine the country’s inclusivegrowth
goal and its ambition to become a competitive upper-middle-income country.
The authors of Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment: Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options offer a
thorough review of Sri Lanka’s education sector—from early childhood education through higher education.
With this book, they attempt to answer three questions:
• How is Sri Lanka’s education system performing, especially with respect to participation rates, learning
outcomes, and labor market outcomes?
• How can the country address the challenges at each stage of the education process, taking into account
both country and international experience and also best practices?
• Which policy actions s
