Open Forum on Educational Inequalities in Sri Lanka – Vengadeshvaran Sarma

Sri Lanka has had a history of educational policies driven towards providing universal access to education. However, a recent World Bank study quantified a 4.7-year learning gap for Sri Lankan students, revealing that schooling is not the same as learning in Sri Lanka.

CEPA carried out a study titled “Educational Inequalities in Sri Lanka: National Data and Local Perspectives on Access, Quality and Learning Outcomes”, investigating dimensions, causes and trends of poverty and inequalities between social groups in the education sector in Sri Lanka. The authors of this study, namely Tushani Kalugalagedara, Vengadeshvaran Sarma and Stefanie Licht speak on the educational inequalities, the factors surrounding and contributing to the inequality, what data was used and a general overview of the study.