Unemployment graduates as an issue

Abstract

Higher education is a golden opportunity to the Sri Lankan youth as the admission to the university is highly competitive based examination at national level and getting admissions as well as completion of degrees are very challenges. The contribution of the university to the preparation of employable graduates is criticized by different stakeholders. Hence the objective of study is to explore the status of the graduates of the management faculties in the public Universities in Sri Lanka. Data were collected via semi structured interviews with senior faculty staff of the universities, prospective employers, UGC and Ministry of Higher education. The finding of the study is, public Universities in Sri Lanka are unable to produce employable graduates to match with the requirements of the industry, particularly the expected Knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Therefore changes are urgently needed to survive in the competitive environment.