Annual Report 2011 Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Content page Annual Report 1-79 1. Introduction 4 2. Organization Structure of the TVEC 04-06 3. Staff of the TVEC 07 4. Administration and Finance division 08-16 5. Planning and Research Division 17-39 6. Standards and Accreditation Division 40-48 7. National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) Division 49-65 8. Information System division 66-78 9. International Cooperation 79 Financial Statements 80-114 1. Statement of Financial Performance 80 2. Statement of Financial Positions 81 3. Statement of changes in Equity 82 4. Cash flows statement 83 5. Notes to the financial statement 84-86 6. Notes for the statement of Financial Performance 87-93 7. Sub notes for the statement of Financial Performance 94-100 8. Schedule for statement of Financial Performance 101-106 9. Financial Highlights of the TVEC 107-110 10. Budgets Estimates, Actual Expenditure and Grant retune received 111 Report of the Auditor General 112-125 Answers of the Auditor General’s Reports 126-141 Information of the TVEC Name of institute : Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission Name of Ministry : Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Address : 3rd Floor, “Nipunatha Piyasa” Elvitigala Mawatha Narahenpita, Colombo 05 Email address : [email protected] Website : www.tvec.gov.lk Telephone : 011-5849291 Fax : 011-2555007 Auditors : Auditor General Auditor General’s Department Torrington Square Colombo 07 Bankers : People’s Bank YMBA Branch Borella 1 Vision of the TVEC A Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system where all seekers of training will have equal access to the highest possible standards of TVET that assures gainful employment globally. Mission of the TVEC As the apex body in the TVET sector, we are committed to establish and maintain an efficient, effective, and quality assured TVET system, which is relevant to socio-economic goals and changing market needs. 2 Report of the Director General During the year under review, many programs have been implemented in order to ensure quality of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and courses, provide an environment where training providers can operate efficiently and effectively, expand the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) Framework, which was introduced to achieve the objectives of Tertiary and Vocational Education (TVE) Act No. 20 of 1990 and the TVE Act (amendment) No. 50 of 1999. As expected, it was able to develop a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Plan for Southern Province, preparation of 03 VET Plans for 3 industry sectors and update VET Plans prepared in previous years. Labour Market Information bulletins and other labour market related publications, 09 research studies have been completed and disseminated among training providers with the expectation of further strengthening planning of training programs and management development of training institutions. The year 2011 was a landmark year where the NVQ framework was further strengthened after 07 years of inception of the national TVET certification system. During the year itself, a total of 16,573 NVQ certificates have been issued. In the quality assurance front, a total of 652 TVET courses in the public sector and 303 courses in the private/NGO sector have been accredited for award of NVQs to those who complete courses successfully. With the directive of Hon. Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills development to convert all the TVET courses conducted by the institutions under the Ministry to the status of NVQ, the NVQ system has been further strengthened while getting popularity and acceptance among the general public. It was a landmark event in 2011 that a memorandum of understanding was signed with Bangladesh Directorate of Technical Education during the visit to Bangladesh of His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa in order to share technical knowledge on NVQ framework. It has shown an increasing demand for services of the TVEC in the local and international arena as the ties has been further stabilized with international agencies. In parallel of this scenario, the scope of the TVEC activities has also been further expanded with the widened implementation of the NVQ system. However, the manpower strength and other infrastructure facilities remain the same as in 2004 and hence we are committed to face the challenge of improving the manpower strength and infrastructure capacity in order to cater the increasing demand for services of the TVEC. B. H. S. Suraweera Actg. Director General Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission 3 1.0 Introduction The Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) has been established under the provisions of the Tertiary and Vocational Education (TVE) Act No. 20 of 1990. The TVEC has been functioning as a statutory body as per the provisions of the TVE Act (amendment) No. 50 of 1999 since 16th December 1999. The general objectives of the TVEC are as follows; a. Policy development, planning, co-ordination and development of the Tertiary Education and Vocational Education at all levels in keeping with human resource needs of the economy b. Development of a nationally recognized system for granting of Tertiary Education awards and Vocational Education awards including certificates, and other academic distinctions; and c. Maintenance of academic and training standards in institutes, agencies and all other establishments providing Tertiary Education and Vocational Education. 2.0 Organization structure of the TVEC The TVEC is operating under the purview of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development. The governing board of the TVEC is composed of a Chairman and 16 other members appointed as per the provisions of the TVE (amendment) Act No.50 of 1999. The composition of the governing board of the Commission during the year 2011 was as follows; Members appointed as per section 6(1) (h) of the Act; 1. Prof. Dayantha S. Wijeyesekera - Chairman Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission 2. Dr. Thusitha Tennakoon - Member Representative from the federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka 3. Dr. K. L. Chandrathilake - Member Representative from the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon 4 4. Mr. Nandadasa Rajapakse - Member Representative from the Chamber of Small and Medium Scale Industry 5. Mr. Lal de Alwis - Member Representative from the National Chamber of Commerce 6. Mr. Tissa Seneviratne - Member Representative from the National Chamber of Industry 7. Mr. C. J. Gunaseela - Member Representative from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sabaragamuwa Province 8. Mr. I. S. Thilakawardhane - Member Representative from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce 9. Mr. Senerath Jayasundera, Attorney at Law - Member Member appointed by the Hon. Minister 10. Dr. G. Wijesooriya - Member Member appointed by the Hon. Minister Ex-officio members appointed as per sections 6(1) (a) to (g) of the Act; (a) Dr. T. A. Piyasiri - Member Director General, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (b) Dr. Tissa Jinasena - Member Chairman, National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (c) Mr. Dhammika Hewapathirana - Member Chairman, Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (d) Dr. H. C. Ambawatta - Member Director General, Department of Technical Education and Training (e) Mr. H. T. Kamal Padmasiri (up to January 2011) - Member Prof. K. Kapila C. K. Perera (from February 2011) 5 Director General, Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technical Education (f) Mr. R. Semasinhe (up to January 2011) - Member Director General (Administration), Mr. M. M. Siriwardena (up to August 2011 from February 2011) Director General (Fiscal Policy), Mr. P. H. A. S. Wijayeratne (from September 2011) Director (National Budget Department) Representative from the Ministry of Finance and General Treasury (g) Mr. Lesley Devendra - Member Representative from the Trade Unions 6 3.0 Staff of the TVEC The Director General serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the TVEC. In order to assist him, staff composed of one (01) Deputy Director General, four (04) Directors, six (06) Deputy Directors and 62 other staff members have been appointed to carry out the functions and programs of the TVEC implemented during the year 2011. In view of achieving the objectives of the TVEC, the programs and activities have been organized under the following divisions. Administration and Finance Division Planning and Research Division Registration and Accreditation Division National Vocational Qualifications Division Information Systems Division Though a cadre of 73 is approved by the Department of Management Services for the TVEC, a total of 62 staff members were in service as at 31st December 2011 of which details are given below; Title of position Number of. Number in approved service as at 31st positions December 2011 01. Director General 01 01 02. Deputy Director General 01 01 03. Secretary/Director (Administration) 01 01 04. Director 04 03 05. Labour Market Analyst 01 01 06. Deputy Director 10 05 Assistant Director 05 07. Deputy Director (Finance) 01 01 08. Internal Auditor 01 01 09. Statistician 01 01 10. Assistant Director (Legal)/Board Secretary 01 01 11. Librarian / Documentation Officer 01 01 12. Administrative Officer 01 01 13. Development Officer 10 02 14. Translator (Sinhalese, Tamil, English) 01 - 15. Information Technology Officer 01 01 16. Information Technology Assistant 01 - 17. Computer Applications Assistant 04 04 18. Management Assistant (Class