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Strategies
and Actions to Institutionalize SA Training
in
Sri Lanka
Based on the feedback provided by our trainees and
my discussion with the MPDI staff members, three issues are identified
as the most crucial to institutionalize SA training in Sri Lanka. They
are:
(1)
A localized training manual
Among our 31 trainees, 14 people feel confident to provide SA training
to others. But, they need us to provide a training manual to start their
work, as nothing is available in Sri Lanka now. Therefore, to create a
localized SA training manual is the first priority to institutionalize
SA training in Sri Lanka. As decided on our 7/26 Saturday meeting, Mr.
Dayarathne’s group will compile all my lectures together with other
speakers’ materials and the brainstorming/discussion results into a
training manual - edition 01. All the content will be organized per a
structure suggested by me as the following:
SIA Training Manual
1)
Introduction
2)
SIA approaches
3)
SIA steps
4)
SIA design
5)
Information Collection
6)
Information Management System
7)
Analyze and Prediction
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part 1: descriptive
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part 2: modeling
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part 3: system
8)
Integrating SIA into your system
9)
SIA and other assessment
10)
The use of SIA
11)
Examples
12)
Group Exercises
13)
Appendix
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Guidelines and principles
After all the training materials get organized, I and Dr. D. Gamage will
edit the work to produce a final version. Dr. D. Gamage plans to
translate it into Sri Lanka languages later.
(2)
First group of trainers identified and ready
to start training
Based on the evaluation forms received, 14 trainees feel confident to
train others. Mr. Dayarathne has identified 10 people to work with.
After we get our localized training manual produced, a meeting will be
set up for these 10 people to gather again so that they can become
familiar with our training manual and plan for their own training
programs. It is expected these 10 people will start training others
immediately after this planned training meeting.
The MDPI also plans to send 3-4 people to attend a SA certificate
program in overseas.
(3)
Working with other training institutes
Work will be done by MPDI to make social assessment
a part of training in a few selected national training institutes, to be
selected from SLIDA, HARTI, NIBM and the National Institute of Social
Development.
Work is also expected to make social assessment a
part of a University Degree or Diploma program in the University of
Colombo and others. Professor S. T. Hettige of the University of Colombo
expressed some interests in this.
MPDI staff members plan to make our training
manual available to these institutes and assist them to conduct SA
training in Sri Lanka.
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