Building Future-Ready Youth: Sri Lankan Career Guidance Leaders Complete Fellowship Program in the Republic of Korea

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in collaboration with Ubion Co. Ltd., successfully conducted the “Fellowship Program for Career Guidance Professional Leaders”, a capacity development program held from 27th October to 14th November in the Republic of Korea.

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The program was designed to enhance the competencies of Sri Lankan Career Guidance Officers by sharing Korea's advanced knowledge, innovative practices, and technological expertise in the field of career guidance and vocational education.

This Fellowship Program is an integral component of the “Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Career Platform Project” in Sri Lanka, a grant initiative worth USD 6 million, provided by KOICA to the Ministry of Education and the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) in 2022. The project aims to establish an ICT-based career guidance platform to support the career development of TVET trainees and to strengthen their employment outcomes.

In line with this objective, the project places a strong focus on enhancing the skills and capacities of policymakers, platform operators, and Career Guidance Officers through a series of well-structured local and international training programs and workshops. Recognizing that Career Guidance Officers are the backbone of the CareerOne platform, a series of intensive local training programs was conducted across Sri Lanka over 30 days, reaching nearly 200 officers. From this group, ten outstanding officers were selected as Master Career Guidance Specialists to participate in a prestigious 21-day Invitation Training Program in the Republic of Korea. This Fellowship Program marks a significant milestone in the ongoing collaboration between the Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka, reflecting the enduring partnership between the two countries in promoting a more inclusive, innovative, and future-ready career guidance system.