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Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Education (SLAAED) was formally established by a group of committed educationists in 1991 in order to fill a vacuum that existed in the field of education- namely the lack of a professional organization for educationists in this country. At present the association has more than 1000 members who are specialized in different fields of education. The organization is registered with the Registrar of Companies and it has functioned as a professional organization for the last 32 years.
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The objectives as specified in the Articles of Association of the organization are to:
- Provide professional leadership, update professional knowledge, improve practical skills of educators, and generally promote, foster, and safeguard professionalism in the field of education,
- Undertake and promote the study in all its aspects including management, administration and finance and assist in the formulation of policies , promotion of desirable trends and remedying shortcomings in the field of education and also to undertake and evaluate educational research and studies.
- Promote the right to education of all persons as guaranteed by the constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, create an awareness among the public and take such steps as may be considered necessary to influence public opinion on all important matters concerning education.
During the last 29 years of its existence SLAAED has lived up to its expectations by carrying out a wide range of activities to promote its objectives. These include conducting professional development programmes for teachers, principals, educational administrators and academic staff of Education Faculties of Universities, award of scholarships to promising students of the Faculties and Departments of Education in the Universities, competitions to recognize excellent performance of school heads, research on current issues in education, dissemination of research findings through publications, advocacy of necessary education reforms, submission of such proposals to education authorities namely the Ministry of Education and the National Education Commission and creating awareness among the general public on current issues in education such as Grade Five Scholarship Examination, Exam Oriented Education, Education Reforms etc.
Awarding a Gold Medal in memory of Late Emeritus Professor Swarna Jayawweera to the best Performer in Comparative Education at the Post Graduate Diploma in Education. This is an annual award at the University of Colombo Post Graduate convocation.
SLAAED has a team of highly qualified educationists with considerable experience in teaching, research, curriculum designing management and school supervision. Some of the research studies carried out by the association are given below:
- Growing up in a Sri- Lankan School: Development of Attitudes and Values in Children – Prof. Chandra Gunawardane, Dr. N.G.Kularatne, Mrs.R.C.Jayawardene.
- Education and the Rights of Children in Sri- Lanka. Prof. Swarna Jayaweera
- A Study to Examine the Degree of Horizontal and Vertical Integration of the Modernized Curriculum Introduced at Secondary Level (Grades 6-11) Since 2007 – Prof. Chandra Gunawardane & others
- The Extent to which National Goals have been followed in the Formulation of the New Curriculum introduced Since 2007 – Prof. Swarna Jayaweera & others
- The Problems Faced by Teacher Trainees in the Teaching-Learning Process of National Colleges pf Education, in 2020 Funded by the National Institute of Education- Prof. G.D. Lekamge (Team Leader)
Funded by National Institute of Education
SLAAED was able to negotiate with international agencies to carry out research projects on contractual basis. For example, in the 1990s SLAAED carried out a series of projects with NORAD and SIDA. Another activity was completed to evaluate the Secondary School Curriculum implemented by the National Institute of Education under the financial assistance of UNICEF. During the last decade we have been able to successfully complete third-party verification and validation studies on the achievements of all the components of the ESDFP Project (2012-2016) of the Ministry of Education funded by the World Bank. Since 2019, SLAAED functions as the Third Party Validation Agency for the following two activities which will continue for another few years :
- Third Party Validation of achievement of activities/programmes related to Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) 2, 3,4, 5 and 6 in Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) Operation funded by the World Bank
- Third Party Validation on the activities related to General Education Modernisation Project ( GEM) of the Ministry of Education funded by the World Bank
- Secondary Education Sector Improvement Programme of the Ministry of Education funded by the Asian Development Bank