sessions
Inaugural Session
Plenary Session 1
Plenary Session 2
Plenary Session 3
Plenary Session 3
This session focused on drawing up an action plan for the future development of Entrepreneurship Education development in Sri Lanka.
Influence the participants to develop a long-term and sustainable plan for the development of Entrepreneurship Education in Sri Lanka.
Dr Bede Mullen, University of Central Lancashire
Student Employability & Enterprise – A Case Study
Background Paper Presentation
D M A Kulasooriya, NIBM Sri Lanka
Linking Entrepreneurship Educators – The Way Forward
Presentation
Richard Hanage, National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship
Building the development agenda – collating the conference response
Background Paper Presentation
- Skills for employability are essentially embedded in Entrepreneurship Education
- Entrepreneurship Education should reach schools, TVET institutions and Universities
- Attitudes and values of the University administration should change towards thinking in line with entrepreneurial university
- Government policies should change to facilitate entrepreneurship education development
- University of Moratuwa has achieved 100% employability of their graduates
(a) MU focuses on job creation and not job seekers
(b) MU has close links with foreign institutions
- There is very limited opportunity to start new ventures within Sri Lankan universitie
- Entrepreneurship is normally discussed in business related studies in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan universities are not aware of the developments and success stories of other universities thus there should be a coordination body
- Most of the innovative research data remain as papers
(a) Government should support to get patents
(b) Government should help to develop enterprises
- University of Sri Jayawardenapura is about to launch a BSc in Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship education should be introduced at the primary education stages
- When students come to the University it is difficult to change their attitudes and mindset
- UK schools initiated Entrepreneurship education and when the students enter University they expect the same culture and teaching/learning methods
- Entrepreneurship should not be a separate field of study but should be the foundation of teaching and learning
- Sri Lankan graduates prefer Government jobs even at a lesser salary
- Sri Lankan graduates with foreign qualifications have better chance of getting a job
- Change should come from top and bottom
- All courses and their assessment should be developed from an Entrepreneurship perspective
- Entrepreneurship Education developers should consider about the socio-economic background of Sri Lanka
(a) Some NGOs tried entrepreneurship development but failed because they did not match the Sri Lankan context
- Most vocational institutes have entrepreneurship education but such initiatives are not made public due to lack of promotion
- University policies should be flexible in order to work with industry
- Graduates find it difficult to get funding for their ideas
- There should short-term, ready made courses to develop technical skills
- Vocational sector models can be used as examples in the Universities
- Entrepreneurship should be incorporated to community development and public service
- Entrepreneurship is about experimenting and universities should encourage students to start enterprises during their university studies
- Research should be aligned with national requirements
- Explore how Post Graduate Entrepreneurship Education can be developed in Sri Lanka jointly with UK universities
- Explore how the Sri Lankan alumni in the UK can support this agenda
- Change Sri Lankan Government policies to facilitate entrepreneurship education development
- Explore ways to link companies with the universities in Sri Lanka
- Study the University of Moratuwa model which has achieved 100% employability of their graduates
- Develop new Entrepreneurship study modules to be introduced to all universities in Sri Lanka
- Establish National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship as a coordination body in Sri Lanka
- Identify innovative research studies and convert them to commercially viable enterprises
- Explore how UK universities and Sri Lankan enterprises can partner with the University of Sri Jayawardenapura in their BSc in Entrepreneurship degree course
- Further discuss with all related ministries and policy makers on developing a national entrepreneurship agenda
- Develop a top-bottom strategy to implement entrepreneurship in Sri Lankan universities
- Implement policies to monitor entrepreneurship development programmes
- Develop methodologies and systems to obtain funding for business ideas of graduates
- Incorporate entrepreneurship to community development and public service
- Align as much as possible research with national requirements
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