Improving Relevance and Quality of Undergraduate Education

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The project for Improving Relevance and Quality of Undergraduate Education for Sri Lanka will support the Government's long-term tertiary education reform program by enhancing institutional capacities to achieve greater relevance and quality in undergraduate programs. The project isexpected to be the first in a series of Credit operations to support the Government in carrying out its long-term reform o f tertiary education. The project has two major components. Component 1 builds institutional capacity in the tertiary education system through strengthening national planning, monitoring and evaluation systems, and coordination at the national level; establishing the Board for Quality Assurance; strengthening management of public universities and faculties; enhancing public awareness; and monitoring and evaluation. Component 2 improves the relevance and quality of tertiary education by establishing a Quality Enhancement Fund (QEF) to allocate resources to improve undergraduate degree study programs in public and private tertiary educational institutions(TEIs); and financing training initiatives (a young professionals program) that lead to more appropriate and productive employment for a maximum of 10,000 currently unemployed graduates.