Table 11B (Education, School, General)

General Education (Schools)(Teachers)(Pupil) (1998-2008)

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Item

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008(a)

1. Total No. of Schools

n.a.

10,695

10,615

10,552

10,508

10,473

10,501

10,461

10,430

10,448

2. Government Schools

n.a.

10,058

9,976

9,891

9,829

9,790

9,765

9,723

9,714

9,678

9,662

2.1.Primary (b)

n.a.

2,665

2,644

2,617

2,590

2,580

2,538

2,509

2,482

2,449

2,469

2.2.Secondary(c)

n.a.

7,393

7,332

7,274

7,239

7,210

7,227

7,218

7,232

7,229

7,193

3. Other Schools

n.a.

637

639

661

679

683

736

738

747

752

786

3.1.Pirivena Schools

n.a.

560

561

583

599

598

651

653

654

658

692

3.2.Private Schools

n.a.

4. Classification of Govt. Schools (d)

10,088

10,057

9,976

9,891

9,829

9,790

9,765

9,727

9,714

9,678

6,662

4.1. Type1A & 1B Schools

513

524

575

600

602

606

621

646

659

680

698

4.2. Type1C Schools

1,798

1,791

1,785

1,767

1,745

1,752

1,774

1,810

1,854

1,884

1,937

4.3. Type 2 Schools

3,844

4,100

4,175

4,190

4,249

4,267

4,274

4,237

4,225

4,204

4,166

4.4. Type 3 Schools

3,933

3,642

3,441

3,334

3,233

3,165

3,096

3,034

2,976

2,910

2,861

5. Total No. of Pupils

n.a.

4,222,104

4,340,412

4,337,258

4,179,217

4,098,465

4,028,186

4,103,512

4,000,714

4,111,022

4,100,495

5.1.Government Schools

n.a.

4,134,026

4,193,908

4,187,146

4,027,075

3,941,685

3,870,628

3,942,077

3,837,548

3,942,185

3,929,234

5.2.Other Schools

n.a.

142,982

146,504

143,087

152,142

156,780

157,558

373,372

163,166

168,837

171,261

5.2.1.Pirivena Schools

n.a.

49,633

51,121

52,906

54,968

55,733

56,875

55,173

55,292

54,953

56,167

5.2.2.Private Schools

n.a.

94,445

95,383

97,206

9,714

101,047

100,683

106,262

107,874

113,884

115,094

6. New Admissions (e)

n.a.

343,230

332,892

330,316

324,611

316,344

303,269

319,078

322,431

332,200

330,438

7. Total No. of Teachers (Govt. & Other Schools)

n.a.

196,726

194,773

198,397

196,407

196,588

197,697

199,715

217,369

206,671

224,125

7.1.Government Schools

n.a.

188,340

186,097

189,485

186,999

186,695

187,337

186,234

206,559

195,590

212,699

7.1.1.Science Graduates

n.a.

5,331

5,638

5,806

5,847

6,110

6,240

51,926

7,887

7,486

n.a.

7.1.2.Arts & Other Graduates

n.a.

44,977

47,818

46,500

46,384

46,930

46,917

n.a.

60,815

48,194

n.a.

7.1.3.Diploma ( Science & Maths)

n.a.

158

116

n.a.

1,497

n.a.

7.1.4.Trained Teachers

n.a.

112,770

114,140

119,388

119,609

124,205

128,202

127,936

130,878

130,583

127,395

7.1.5.Others

n.a.

22,948

18,385

17,791

15,195

9,450

6,010

7,474

10,810

7,830

11,083

7.2.Private Schools

n.a.

4,133

8,626

8,925

9,408

9,902

4,801

5,465

5,282

5,414

5,519

7.3.Pirivena Schools

n.a.

4,253

4,983

5,206

4,820

5,525

5,667

5,907

8. Pupil/Teacher Ratio (All Schools)

n.a.

21.7

22.3

21.9

21.3

20.8

20.4

20.5

18.4

19.9

18.3

Reference:

Source:

years old 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

1998:Source: Annual Report, Central Bank Of Sri Lanka, 2005

School Grade

1999-2008;Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka

1978-1982 * * * * * * * *

Key: (a) Provisional

1983-1984 * * * * * Type 3

(b) Primary Education:

* * * Type 1B, Type 2

1978 - 1982: Schools having classes from Grade 1-8

* * * * * Type 1B, Type 2

1983 - 1984: Schools having classes from K.G. to Grade 5

* * * * * * * Type 1A, Type 1C

1985 - 1986:Schools having classes from Year 1 - 6

School Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1985- * * * * * * * * *

1978 - 1982: Schools having classes up to Grade 1-8

* * * * * * Type 3

1983 - 1984: Schools having classes up to Grade 8, Grade 10 & Grade 12

* * * * * * * * * * * Type 1B, Type 2

1985 - 1986:Schools having classes from Year 1 - 9, 1 - 11, 1 - 13, & 7 - 13

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Type 1A, Type 1C

(d) Classification of Schools from 1978 is as follows:

* * * * * * * Type 1A, Type 1C

Type 1 A - Schools having GCE (A/L) Science classes

OL AL

Type 1 B - Schooling having classes up to Grade 10 or 6-9 / year 1 - 11

Revised: 20１0(y)/08(m)/31(d)

Type 1 C - Schooling having GCE (A/L) Arts / Commerce classes.

Chief Editor:

Type 2 - Schools having Classes up to Grade 10 or 6-9/ year 1-11

　　 Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

Type 3 - Schooling having classes up to Grade 1 - 5/ Year 1-6

The Former Head, Department of Management Studies

(e) Government schools only.

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka