GRADUATES EMPLOYABILITY IN SRI LANKAN STATE UNIVERSITIES: A CASE OF MANAGEMENT FACULTY

Abstract

Universities are centres for learning and research and play an important role in the knowledge production process. Throughout history, established universities in the world and in Sri Lanka have supported development via the political, technological, economic, social and cultural aspects of a particular country and the world as a whole. One of the main functions is of universities producing employable graduates, which has become an important role in Sri Lanka as well as in the world. According to contemporary literature and statistics, unemployment among graduates is approximately above than 50% and Sri Lanka is not an exception. The objective of the paper to explore the reasons why the Management faculties of Sri Lankan universities. Interviews and focus group discussion were used as a tool for data collection tool under qualitative method was adopted to study the Sri Lankan phenomenon. The paper argues that weak in coordination and cooperation among the various stakeholders specifically between academic and industries influenced by quality of academics, strengths of curriculum and lacks of industrial linkages are causes for unemployment among Management graduates in state university in Sri Lanka.