Survey on Education and Skills mismatch of Sri Lanken graduates

[Damith Perera]

Hi guys.  Please fill this form and pass this questionner to many people as possible who have graduated from Kelaniya, Japura and Colombo with in 2000 and 2009    Thanks for your kind concern.   Chathuri Senarath Lecturer, Department of Commerce & Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies, University of Kelaniya.       ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "chathu....@gmail.com" <chathu....@gmail.com> To: cha_...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:22 AM Subject: Survey on Education and Skills mismatch of Sri Lanken graduates If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGtEeGg0ZFRLbTFEakFwUHdVUVV3dnc6MA Survey on Education and Skills mismatch of Sri Lanken graduates Thank you for taking the time to fill in this questionnaire, you will remain anonymous, and the data gathered through this will only be used for my masters research. 1. Age * 2. Name of the university * University of Sri Jayawardenapura University of Kelaniya University of Colombo 3. Year of graduation * 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 4. The degree followed * please mark it with a ‘x’ Management Science Social Sciences Humanities Arts Law Mathematics Computer/Information sciences Other: 5. Current education qualifications: * University only University plus postgraduate studies University plus professional qualifications University, postgraduate studies plus professional qualifications 6. Currently employed or not * employed not employed 7. If employed status of employment * Full time Part time Temporary Contract basis 8. How long did you wait to find your first job after graduation * Less than 3 months 3 to 6 months 6 to 12 months More than 1 year 9. Nature of the business currently been employed * Manufacturing Trading Banking Education Public administration Telecommunication Information technology Business services Tourism Transport &Logistics Health care Other 10. How long you have been working in the current job * Less than 3 months 3 to 6 months 6 to 12 months 12 months to 18 months 2 years More than 2 years 11. Level of education that you think needed to perform the job your currently doing * University only University plus postgraduate studies University plus professional qualifications University, postgraduate studies plus professional qualifications Lower level of education (O/L, A/L or diploma) 12. Field of education is most appropriate for your current job * e.g If you have done a management degree and working on a management related job, or If you have done an agriculture degree and doing a job related to economics or finance Only my own field of education My own or a related field A completely different field of education For this job no specific field 13. Was a university degree a formal requirement to obtain your current job? * Yes No 14. With respect to your current job, do you feel that having a university degree is * Excessive Adequate Insufficient 15. The extent to which you have used the knowledge and the skills acquired at university in their current job * A lot Quite a lot A little None 16. Would you think you would perform well in your current job if you possessed more additional knowledge and skills from the university. * Agree Disagree 17. Salary level of the current job * Less than Rs 10,000 Rs 10,000 – Rs 15,000 Rs 15,000 – Rs 25,000 Rs 25,000 – Rs 35,000 Rs 35,000 – Rs 50,000 Rs 50,000 – Rs 65,000 Rs 65,000 – Rs 80,000 Rs 80,000 – Rs100,000 More than Rs100,000 18. Do you think the salary your receiving is adequate for the level of education your having. * Yes No 19. Satisfaction level of the current job * Very satisfied Satisfied Average Unsatisfied Very unsatisfied 20. Reasons for the satisfaction of the job. * The salary being paid The degree of autonomy The variety of work tasks The prestige associated with the job Opportunity to introduce their own idea 21 How many other job/jobs you have done before the current job * Powered by Google Docs Report Abuse - Terms of Service - Additional Terms

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Perera M.C.D.
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