The Government Information Center

Objectives

• To assess the changes in career outcomes of graduates, over a given period of time.
• To examine the specific relationships between graduates career outcomes and factors such as gender, earnings, degree classification and faculties.
• To identify the mismatch between skills posses by graduates and labour market demand.
• To analyze job related attitudes of the graduates.

Publication Type

Annually (Through the annual survey on career outcomes of graduates)

Research Tool:� Quantitative

Data Sources

� Primary data

Data is collected through the structured questionnaires.

�Secondary data

News paper survey conducted by Employment Planning, Development and Research Division, The annual reports of UGC.

Data Analysis techniques

Using statistical packages of social science (SPSS) and E- Views.

Beneficiaries

University graduates, undergraduates, policy makers, Employers, education planners and other parties who utilize the related information.

Content of information

• Employment and unemployment situation in the Sri Lankan Graduates.
• Which occupations and industries are in demand?
• Remuneration status of employee graduates.
• Earnings of newly employed graduates.
• Job related attitudes of graduates.