| dc.description.abstract | According to the survey
conducted by National IT-BPM Workforce
in 2019, it was found that there is a gap
between demand and supply of ICT
graduates in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, there
is a gap between the demand and supply of
skills due to the fact that top skills
demanded by employers and top skills
offered by training organizations are not
aligned at present. Primary data for the
study were collected from the sample
through expert interviews and
questionnaires. The sample (N=400)
consists of employers, academics, and
alumni. Secondary data were collected
from the curriculum of ICT programmes,
Subject Benchmark Statement (SBS) on IT,
Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework (SLQF)
and ACM guidelines for Bachelor’s degrees
in IT. The main objective of the study is to
develop an employability model to
generate work-ready ICT graduates in Sri
Lanka while reducing the skill mismatch.
According to the proposed employability
model, components of the curriculum must
align with the student-centred teaching
and learning methods, programme
learning outcomes and SLQF learning
outcomes to develop graduate attributes
which will be useful to generate workready graduates irrespective of the
discipline. Most importantly, the Internal
Quality Assurance Unit (IQAU) of the HEIs
and Management of the HEIs have a great
responsibility towards implementing the
above-proposed model to generate workready ICT graduates in Sri Lanka. As a
result, the gap between demand for and
supply of ICT graduates and the skill
mismatch can be reduced. | en_US |
