Idea 330 of 500. Cluster 16: Education and the exam funnel
Speech therapists and other specialists among Sri Lankans abroad, working by video with children at home who talk late or need extra support, each child with a trained helper here who does the daily practice, and the right registrations in place in both countries
The mechanism, from the book
177,000 qualify every year and 45,000 get a state university place. The other 130,000 are a market only partly served, and the polytechnic is not a second choice when it leads to a job.
Every idea in cluster 16 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Find two speech therapists among Sri Lankans abroad who would see children by video, and ask what registration each needs to work this way, here and where they live. Train one helper here to run the daily practice they set. Offer a short trial to three families whose children talk late, through a children's clinic. The proof is the families paying for a second month.
- Who pays first
- Parents whose child talks late, who cannot find a specialist nearby, and would pay for regular sessions by video.
- What leaves today
- Sri Lankan specialists abroad work only for families there; by video, with a trained helper here, their skill reaches children at home.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. OneThe Letter That Says Yes and Means No
177,588 qualified, 45,000 placed
More from cluster 16
- 321Employer-owned technical colleges: the hotels train the chefs, the port trains the planners
- 322Apprenticeship brokers who match a firm to a student and handle the paperwork, for a fee from the firm
- 323Nursing colleges to the British and Australian standard, with the return clause built into the fees
- 324Electrician, plumber and welder certification centres whose certificates are recognised abroad
- 325English tutoring by video for the districts, at a price a family can pay, with a test at the end
- 326Tuition classes that publish their pass rates, so that parents can compare
Idea 330 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.