Dr. S B EKANAYAKE
Member of the Board of Management
Consultant
Dr. Ekanayake is a member of the Board of Management and a Consultant
of Global Vision. He was an International Civil Servant serving
the UN for nearly a decade in Central Asia in the capacity of Basic
Education Advisor for UNESCO and UNHCR from 1994 to 2002. Apart
from developing an educational policy framework for Afghanistan,
his protocol included developing education programmes and materials
for trainers serving schools in refugee camps and disadvantaged
groups. He was also a Consultant Researcher for UNICEF in Bhutan
on a project studying primary educational issues in that country.
He worked as a Research Fellow at the UNESCO Institute of Lifelong
Education, Hamburg where he developed a ‘Lifelong Educational
Framework’ for developing countries.
While in Sri Lanka he was the Director, Non-Formal and Technical
Education at the National Institute of Education where he introduced
innovative approaches to education in the context of development
of youth in disadvantaged groups. He was also the Education Consultant
on human rights extension programmes at the Centre for the Study
of Human Rights (CSHR) at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
While in the UN Dr. Ekanayake functioned as a trainer on human rights
for Central Asia.
His expertise is also related to training of personnel in education
and rural development, teacher education and non-formal education.
He also served as the Technical Advisor to GTZ Education Project
for refugees in Pakistan, the world’s largest UNHCR funded
project. Later he was the Coordinator of the first Refugee Education
Project of CIDA, Pakistan. He has served in international evaluation
teams related to educational and development projects funded by
UNHCR, The World Bank, CIDA, Plan International, GTZ, and NORAD.
He also serves as an honorary reviewer of professional papers for
organizations such as IIEP.
Dr. Ekanayake has published nearly 100 articles in reputed international
journals, in addition to 25 books on education and teacher training.
Most of the publications are related to refugee education and training
of personnel. The following are some of his major publication:
1. Failed Pedagogy: Need For New Paradigms, Sri Lanka, 2009 (in
print)
2. Refugee Emergency Teacher Trainers Manual, UNHCR, 2007
3. Review of Teacher Training Materials (Global), UNHCR, 2006
4. Education in the Doldrums: Afghan Tragedy, Pakistan, 2nd edition
2004
5. Mega Trends and Challenges in Refugee Education, GTZ, Pakistan,
2003
6. Education For All, National Report Afghanistan, Resource person,
UNESCO,
Islamabad, 2000
7. Writing for Afghan Children, UNHCR/UNESCO, Pakistan, 1999 (English
and Pasthu)
8. Issue Focused Teacher Education, Hand Book for Teacher Educators
in Afghanistan, UNHCR, UNOPs, Pakistan, 1998 (English and Pasthu)
9. Curriculum Design and Development, UNESCO, AGBASEd., Pakistan,
1998
10. Impact Study on Closure of Universities on Afghan Students,
UNHCR, Afghanistan, 1998
11. Management of Primary Schools Under Stress, UNESCO, GTZ, Pakistan,
1996
12 Functional Literacy for Afghans, 3 Volumes, UNESCO, Pakistan,1997
13. Human Rights Manual for Community Leaders, CSHR, University
of Colombo, 1996
14. Learning from the People: Strategy for Development, National
Institute of Education, Sri Lanka,1993
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