
YouLead
For Students
YouLead improves career counseling in Sri Lanka to make it more in line with the market, so that young people have in-demand jobs and skills. YouLead ensures that high-quality, market-oriented career counseling is equally available to groups that have historically been left out of these services, including rural youth, girls and young women, and ethnic minorities.
For Teachers and Institutions
Working closely with key government ministries and private and public training institutes, YouLead takes a market-driven approach to designing and improving educational and vocational training curriculum and helps develop master trainers and counselors.
Follow Our Work
- In collaboration with the Sri Lankan Tourism Skills Committee, YouLead developed “Tourism Workforce Competitiveness Roadmap 2018-2023” which charts out the critical and practical measures the tourism sector in Sri Lanka must undertake to support youth employment and enhance the sector’s contribution to the country’s economic growth. The full report can be found here.
- The Youth Labour Market Assessment of 2018 builds on the primary research undertaken by YouLead and partner Verité Research. The assessment presents the key findings and recommendations that are pertinent to the private sector, the donor community and TVET training providers on the factors contributing to a youth skills gap vs. workforce requirements in Sri Lanka. The full assessment can be found here.
Entrepreneurship Curricula
You can find the individual books by clicking on each link below:
Trainee Workbook 1
Trainee Workbook 2
Trainee Workbook 3
Trainee Workbook 4
Trainer Guide 1
Trainer Guide 2
Trainer Guide 3
Trainer Guide 4
Summary
YouLead improves technical and vocational education and training and increases the employability of young people in Sri Lanka. YouLead creates a more skilled and flexible workforce through activities that support and strengthen students, teachers, and institutions. Please read our newsletter here.
Anticipated Results
- 40,335 young Sri Lankans with new or better jobs
- 97,025 receive career counseling or job placement services
- 2,767 new apprenticeship programs created
- 47 technical curriculum will be improved
- 1,770 youth entrepreneurs will access financial services
- 5,166 days of assistance from IESC volunteer experts
Funder: USAID
Project Duration: 2017-2021
Award: $12 million
Partners
Arizona State University, Global Communities, American Chamber of Commerce, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Skills for Life, Verité Research
Publications
Sri Lanka Youth Labour Market Assessment
Improving Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka: Insights and Strategies