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Item The National Strategy for small and medium enterprise sectors development in Sri Lanka(Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Vijayanathan, S.; Arulchellakumar, J.A.Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) generate large number of of employment, contributing to the evolution of GDP, begin on inventions and inspiring of other economic event. When analyzing the current contribution of this sector in the national economy, one sees limited success in the region. One needs to know as to what are the specific factors/reasons to engage in Entrepreneurship/self-employment activity? Is it poverty or the government policy through its welfare or subsidy that facilitate small scale Industry activity. Are there personal characteristics of individuals such as personal traits, skills and risk bearing ability for engaging in small business to achieve their economic development goals. The Objective of this study is to examine the factors determining the success of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka, and to develop possible policy choices on how to enhance the success of SMEs in Sri Lanka.in our attempt to find the suitable methods for collecting the much needed information for our research one method is used. A qualitative analysis on previous researchers’ methodology (Secondary data) is applied and then the experience gained from SMEs economics related research projects undertaken in Sri Lanka is used. It is important for the researcher to consider various research paradigms while deciding on the methods to be used in the study. Having understood the positive impact of SMEs development on economic growth, and many countries are putting a lot of efforts to develop this vital sector. But the contribution of SMEs to the national economy in Sri Lanka is still low when compared with the other developed and developing countries in the region. Therefore, there is an urgent need to further improve the inherent capacities and capabilities of these industries to be efficient suppliers.Item Encouraging Entrepreneurship Education and Development in Jaffna District(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Sivaskaran, T.Entrepreneurship contributes to the economy of a community in many ways. For the society and communities, entrepreneurship provides the means for achieving the level of diversity, innovation and independent decision-making required for the survival, development and freedom. Entrepreneurship education is becoming a component of new economic strategies for fostering job creation. The outcome of entrepreneurship education is emergence of a new generation of entrepreneurs who create jobs not only for themselves, but also for others. Jaffna is part of Sri Lanka which is highly affected by war for the last twenty years. The one and the only environment opened for youngsters is educational environment. After finishing their education they expect job opportunities from the government. This suggests that there is an urgent and growing need to develop more indigenous enterprises primarily to provide more employment opportunities for the young people. The present study was conducted taking randomly selected 100 graduates and 100 dropout students in Advance Level classes to examine to what extent they have an idea to start a new business rather than searching a job in the government sector. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and were analysed simple ratio analysis. The findings indicate that the problem youngsters who live in Jaffna face is unemployment. So, increased efforts and support to foster entrepreneurship education and development are certainly important solutions to help overcome this problem.