Organization

​Coalition for Education Development (CED) is a consortium of organizations involved in the education sector at national provincial and local levels in Sri Lanka.

We have an island wide membership network encompassing 60 organizations actively engaged in the field. Since inception in 2004, CED has been involved in promoting civil society participation in formulating and implementing policies related to education in Sri Lanka.

CED is committed to steer the Civil Society participation as a vital part in the achievement of goals and targets of Education For All (EFA) ,MDG and SDG declarations. Since SDG 4 goals provide the guideline for new vision for education by 2030, CED has already addressed the issues of promoting civil society involvement in education development tasks of Sri Lanka.

In order to achieve this objective CED works in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Provincial Ministries of Education, Sustainable Development Council, and other segments of society such as media, academia, parent associations, and professional bodies.

With the funding support of the Global Partners for Education – Education Out Loud project CED is implementing major project “Enhancing the civil society engagement in Education policy development implementation and monitoring’ for the period of three years 2024- 2024. Our major interventions include capacity building programmes research and studies and evidence-based advocacy.

CED is a member of Global campaign for Education (GCE) and Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)

We believe that working as a team to achieve these goals would be more productive and would guarantee the benefits of the SDGs are being delivered to the society.