My experiences on the subject of educational
policy development relate to conducting
research studies, developing
curricular materials, serving as team leader in committees over short
and long periods, nationally and internationally. Some of these were results of
action research projects.
NATIONAL
1. Currently
Consultant Small Schools Model Development Project,
NIE Sri Lanka , action research study
leading to policy formulation related to development of small schools in Sri
Lanka ( according to UNESCO useful to be adapted in other developing countries
as part of an international policy) – 2009 -2013
2. Provided
guidelines for the Education Commissions on the policies related to
Non-Formal education, Primary education in Sri Lanka 1990- 2010
3. Member
of an expert team of the Ministry of
Higher Education in relation to Reforms in
Universities serving in the group related to ‘Size and Structure’, one of the three committees appointed by the
Minister of Higher Education,, Sri Lanka -2008-09
4. Consultant,
ADB on the project on ‘Quality Improvement of Technical and Vocational
Education’ related to policy changes in TE Sri Lanka, 2008
5. Served
as the Team Leader for The
Policy Plan on ‘Education, Human Resources
and Sports Sector’ - one of the 8 sectors identified for ( Madyama
Lanka ) Central Province Development
Plan under Prof. Buddadhasa Hewavitharana, Professor of Economics, University
of Peradeniya - 1992 /93
6. Consultant
to the Centre for the Study of Human Rights
(CSHR) , University of Colombo, on Human Rights Education Extension Services
developed a policy on HR Education for adults, school leavers, university
students, and community, based on action
research practices -1993-94 ( still on going at CSHR)
7. Chief
Project Officer , Department of Research, NIE, Sri Lanka 1985-88 led to perusal
of studies on research conducted in education including studying of
Commission Reports on Education since 1945
8. As
the Director for Non Formal and Technical Education at the NIE developed a policy for the department of
NFE and TE focussed on research, practices and pilot activities based on
action research principles providing
guidelines ( mandate of NIE) for the MOE to scale the programmes as part of
National Policy – 1987-1993
9. The
National Education Commission headed by Bogoda Premaratne -1978- refers
to my extension programmes on ‘School
and Community’ (1974 -78) in their report as exemplar materials on the subject,
later leading to introduction of ‘School and Community’ as part of the Teacher
Education Curriculum in Sri Lanka since 1978.
INTERNATIONAL
10. Consultant
on policy guidelines to UNESCO, Viet Nam on Disaster Risk
Management for
schools - 2011
11. Serve
d as a Research Consultant to the Government of Germany and GIZ on an International Research Group to study
on Five Fragile States Worldwide on the Impact of ‘German Funds on Education’
and to recommend policy guidelines for further funding. I was responsible for Afghan
Programme – 2011
12. Researcher
for Asia South Pacific Bureau of Education on a study of policies
related to
Sector Wide Approach for Education (SWAPe) in Sri Lanka - 2009
13. Developing
a policy on ‘Curriculum and Teacher
Trainer Programmes’ to
refugee schools universally, UNHCR, Geneva
2006-07
14. Consultant to Royal Government of Bhutan
and UNICEF, based on field research, developed an educational policy for
Bhutan on Primary Education – 2002
15.
Served as a member of the international team of researchers for Unesco Institute of Education (1994-96),
Hamburg in developing a policy framework on ‘Adult Education’ for the UN Adult
Education Forum 1997 - based on exemplar materials developed at the NIE
16. UNESCO and UNHCR (
Central Asia) as Basic Education Advisor (1994-
2002) developed an Educational Policy
for Afghanistan – 1995
17. Developed
a policy on ‘Lifelong Education for Developing Countries’ , UIE
Unesco Institute for
Education, Hamburg, 1985-86
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