Country needs Commerce and Science graduates
Education Minister, Bandula Gunawardena
Q: The present education system is responsible for the
increasing number of unemployed youth. They have become a
frustrated lot. Why is there a delay in effecting necessary
changes into the education system?
A: Steps have been taken to reform the present education
system to suit the needs of a developing country.
While fifty three percent of students take to the Arts
stream, only 22 percent follow the Science stream, while 25
percent follows the Commerce stream. This has to be changed
soon, since the country needs more Science and Commerce
graduates for its developmental priorities and the job
market.
A new education system to accommodate over 40 percent
Science and Commerce stream Advanced level students is being
formulated by a team of intellectuals and educationalists.
It will be implemented probably before March this year.
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