Common Guidelines for skills
development
H.S.C. Perera,
Faculty of Management & Finance,
University of Ruhuna
Focus groups for the data collection
1.Students
Passed out
 Undergraduate
present
Post graduate
2.Outside stakeholders
3.Staff members of the relevant faculties
4.Heads of the relevant units
Tools for data collection
Primary Data Collection
1. Structured Questionnaire
2. Focused group interview
Secondary Data Collection
1. Published data
Student Questionnaire – Key Variables
 Soft Skills Development Units
 Teaching and Training Facilities for Soft Skills
Development
 Extra Curricular Activities
 Research , Development ,Invention and Innovation
Activities
 Current Level of Competencies of Soft Skills
Outside stakeholders
Structured Questionnaire
 Rating the importance and the relevancy of the soft
skills
 What soft skills related aspects to be developed?
 How to develop those skills ?
Staff members of the relevant faculty
 Soft Skills Development Units
 Teaching and Training Facilities for Soft Skills
Development
 Extra Curricular Activities
 Research , Development ,Invention and
Innovation Activities
Staff members of the relevant faculty
cont.
 Current Level of Competencies of Soft Skills
students
 Current Level of Competencies of Soft Skills of
your own
 Current facilities available to develop soft skills
 Willingness to develop soft skills
Head of the Relevant units
 Sources: CGU,Cultural Cen.,Physical
Edu,Adv.of Students Circles
Aspects:
 Available facilities to develop Soft Skills
 Capacity to develop Soft Skills
 Usage of units both students and the staff
 Contributions to the current curriculum
Present Situation of Faculties
 Faculty of Agriculture
 Faculty of Engineering
 Faculty of Fisheries
 Faculty of Humanities & Social Science
 Faculty of Management & Finance
 Faculty of Medicine
 Faculty of Science
Thank You