REFORMS TO A/L COMMERCE SYLLABUS: A WAY FORWARD (2ND PART) As mentioned earlier in my post, Commerce is not a laboratory subject and it is all about the way we take decisions in day today life. Both Ed excel curriculum and local curriculum discuss the topic entrepreneurship but in international curriculum , there is a discussion of real world entrepreneurs such as Sir Richard Bradson ,Bill Gates and Warren Buffet but our local syllabus does not discuss even single Sri Lankan entrepreneur .So our students simply learn the characteristics of entrepreneurs without understanding real world success stories. In order to emerge as the wonder of Asia, we need cultivate entrepreneurial spirit in our children so the discussion of real world success stories will definitely inspire them replicate their success .Our commerce syllabus is geared towards creating graduates who seek white collar jobs in either government sector or private sector but the need of the hour is motivate them to be entrepreneurs who one day create jobs without seeking them. Most of our commerce students have not even heard about Sri Lankan Garment Magnates such as Mahesh Amalen who made Sri Lanka proud in international markets. I believe the essence of entrepreneurship is the ability to take risks coupled with perseverance. Most of our graduates are risk averse so naturally Sri Lankan educational system creates more Job seekers than job creators. As you all know English is Lingua Franca of the business world .Even in China which is the highly populated country in the World, There is growing interest to learn English and it is said that China is a highly lucrative market for English Teachers but most of A/L students still learn Business subjects in Sinhala Medium but once they finish their A/L, they hardly find a professional course which can be completed without a fair knowledge of English. It is a well known fact that majority of our O/L students fail English and this is a pathetic situation .Most of the companies in Sri Lanka use English as their medium of communication so lack of English Knowledge makes them less marketable even in the Sri Lankan Job Market. After finishing my A/L, I read for CIMA, I passed the all exams up to strategic level but after that I failed exam. Now I have realized why I have failed the exam. It is more to do with the way we were coached to answer exams at school than my inability. What we do at local exam is to memorize a lot of fact and reproduce them at the exam .The success formula is fairly straightforward, the more you memorize, the higher your chance of coming out with flying colours at the exam. The CIMA exams are a totally different ball game .it requires you to apply what you have learned during your study and come out with innovative answers and recommend the best course of action suitable for a particular situation.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 05:22:00 +0000
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