Idea 332 of 500. Cluster 16: Education and the exam funnel
A scholarship fund run by an association of Sri Lankans abroad, with a condition: the degree, and 2 years at home after it
The mechanism, from the book
177,000 qualify every year and 45,000 get a place. The other 130,000 are a market that nobody has built for, 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
Present the idea to one Sri Lankan association's committee abroad with a real student in mind: the course fees, the living cost and the 2-year bond at home after the degree. Ask the committee whether they would fund one place a year and on what terms. A committee vote to fund the first place is the proof.
- Who pays first
- A Sri Lankan association abroad that wants its giving to bring a graduate home, and will fund a place with a bond attached.
- What leaves today
- Without a bond, a scholarship pays for a degree and the career that follows often leaves the island with it.
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 332 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.