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International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 4(5), pp. 118 - 120
DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2016.040504
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Challengers of Social Work Education in Sri Lanka
M.T.R.Shamini Attanayake *
School of Social Work, National Institute of Social Development, Sri Lanka
ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is to discuss challengers of Social Work education and the related issues in providing this education in Sri Lanka. Most Sri Lankan universities provide academic degree programmes which are knowledge oriented. The Sri Lanka School of Social Work at the National Institute of Social Development (NISD) is the only institution that provides Social Work professional education in this country up to now. After the war, Sri Lanka is facing a series of issues related to displace people. But the country is still not equipped to attend to these in a systematic manner as the human resource is untrained. NISD is not established as a University. It has lack of academic powers and facilities to be an educational institute. Public are not much aware of the degree awarding institutes and they consider it inferior to the universities. Though these academic programs are to train professional social workers lack of recognition to the profession of social work in the country affect the demand and the purpose of training. Challenges emerge, then, as to how to open up the dialogue and how the establishment of universal norms, institutional practices and views of people's behaviour and the nature of knowledge and scientific development in the search for the truth' as universal principles of social work which can be easily translated across cultural imperatives.
KEYWORDS
Role of the Social Workers, Social Work Education, Challengers of Social Work Education in Sri Lanka
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] M.T.R.Shamini Attanayake , "Challengers of Social Work Education in Sri Lanka," International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 118 - 120, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2016.040504.
(b). APA Format:
M.T.R.Shamini Attanayake (2016). Challengers of Social Work Education in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), 4(5), 118 - 120. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2016.040504.