Japanese English top
Table 11 (Education, School, General)
General Education (Schools)(Teachers)(Pupil) (1971-1996)
edu 11e
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Year　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Item 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Number of Schools 9,781 9,697 9,660 9,645 9,675 9,683 9,671 9,726 9,626 9,399 9,879 9,901 9,947 9,914 10,051 10,100 10,207 10,261 10,296 10,382 10,520 10,583 10,710 10,779 10,888 10,936
     Primary 7,957 6,549 6,288 7,684 7,656 7,657 7,638 4,026 3,873 3,488 3,914 4,623 3,983 4,000 3,998 3,906 3,518 4,274 4,430 4,369 4,326 4,334 4,237 4,177 4,157 4,188
     Secondary 1,537 2,868 3,102 1,701 1,730 1,767 1,773 5,444 5,464 5,629 5,607 4,921 5,592 5,556 5,636 5,751 6,191 5,497 5,375 5,495 5,672 5,708 5,923 6,014 6,126 6,124
     Other School 287 280 270 260 289 259 260 256 289 282 358 357 372 358 417 443 498 490 491 518 522 541 550 588 605 624
Number of Government Schools 8,545 8,551 8,571 8,571 8,622 8,655 8,673 9,072 9,052 9,117 9,521 9,544 9,575 9,556 9,634 9,657 9,709 9,771 9,805 9,864 9,998 10,042 10,160 10,191 10,283 10,312
     Central School 66 66 59 58 58 58 59 97 94 103 107
453
433
432
430
453
470
489
492
501
513
530
554
566
592
588
     Maha Vidyalayas 1,431 1,514 1,542 1,599 1,628 1,665 1,714 311 323 372 363
     Vidyalayas 7,048 6,971 6,970 6,914 6,936 6,932 6,900 8,664 8,635 8,642 9,051 9,091 9,142 9,124 9,204 9,204 9,239 9,282 8,394 9,363 9,485 9,512 9,606 9,625 9,691 9,724
Total School Going Students 2,829,070 2,626,726 2,728,854 2,622,424 2,543,641 2,571,984 2,566,381 3,083,725 3,301,530 3,389,776 3,445,636 3,484,661 3,553,077 3,625,897 3,738,633 3,864,187 3,974,605 4,058,843 4,179,520 4,232,356 4,258,697 4,286,876 4,303,432 4,328,521 4,352,686 4,251,954
     Govt. School 2,654,503 2,492,754 2,569,435 2,475,433 2,431,626 2,461,503 2,462,147 2,990,105 3,157,160 3,280,787 3,369,694 3,398,056 3,460,375 3,539,096 3,640,080 3,751,708 3,855,019 3,938,062 4,057,815 4,111,272 4,135,114 4,159,313 4,172,897 4,194,448 4,216,571 4,119,627
     Private 63,216 57,053 58,535 121,155 112,015 39,624 38,107 47,508 49,381 54,978 56,115 59,383 62,704 58,658 65,365 78,810 80,928 82,971 83,816 82,593 83,568 84,324 83,872 87,759 88,630 86,707
     Estate 84,617 76,919 74,376 n.a n.a 49,527 46,721 26,230 74,376 31,664 2,514 2,510 1,869 1,218 1,055 1,107 1,627 - n.a - - - - - - -
     Pirivena 26,734 n.a 26,508 25,836 n.a 21,330 19,406 19,882 20,613 22,347 17,313 24,712 28,079 26,925 32,145 32,562 37,031 37,816 37,889 38,491 40,015 43,239 46,663 46,314 47,485 45,620
New Admissions n.a n.a n.a 275,763 289,682 299,908 306,658 651,624 305,229 364,552 323,196 338,629 345,156 363,557 372,105 390,782 394,602 394,960 396,748 387,314 388,315 359,228 354,390 343,279 330,426 322,686
Teachers (Govt. & Private) 94,858 n.a 98,925 n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 140,736 140,771 135,869 133,802 134,299 140,190 147,513 149,129 146,712 146,334 153,243 184,822 177,231 182,723 194,073 195,175 195,388 193,431
     Govt. Teachers 90,625 92,558 96,703 98,691 99,067 105,950 113,379 119,590 133,249 136,908 131,656 129,210 129,480 135,514 142,240 143,398 140,385 140,061 146,997 178,333 170,735 175,813 186,926 187,579 187,571 185,553
     Science Graduates 1,334 1,336 1,105 1,160 1,201 1,319 1,380 1,436 2,321 3,547 4,192 2,488 2,486 2,801 3,208 3,487 3,686 3,734 4,221 3,780 3,791 3,804 　 4,486 n.a 　
     Arts & Other Graduate 8,669 8,566 9,007 9,216 9,715 10,343 15,813 17,710 18,218 17,159 16,171 18,480 19,229 22,996 25,299 29,380 29,720 30,911 35,217 36,255 35,621 36,182 46,968 43,275 n.a 48,395
     Specialized Trained Teachers 3,515 3,312 8,878 10,344 11,832 13,942 15,971 19,562 21,208 22,814 22,586 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
     Trained Teachers 42,046 45,367 40,187 41,927 44,916 48,096 50,665 50,044 51,499 50,939 49,569 74,662 78,627 81,069 82,380 82,305 80,117 81,661 82,065 84,336 76,195 80,826 83,676 85,472 n.a 88,496
     Diploma Teachers - - 158 142 128 155 255 299 225 187 205 247 294 268 230 237 205 251 222 210 192 171 n.a 148 n.a 675
     Others  35,061 33,977 37,368 35,902 31,275 32,095 29,295 30,539 39,778 42,262 38,933 33,333 28,844 28,380 31,123 27,989 26,657 23,504 25,272 53,752 54,936 54,830 56,282 54,198 n.a 47,987
Pupil Teacher Ratio  29 27 26 25 25 23 22 25 28 24 26 26 26.5 25.9 25.3 26 27.1 27.7 27 23 24 24 22 22 22 22
Expenditure on Education (Rupee Million) 527 711 602 625 708 911 977 1,140 1,206 1,309 1,988 2,001 2,257 2,501 3,026 3,556 3,663 3,980 5,861 6,879 n.a n.a n.a 9,003 n.a n.a
     Recurrent Expenditure (Rupee Million) 483 649 563 583 655 788 860 982 1,059 1,198 1,863 1,848 2,116 2,338 2,836 3,309 3,376 3,437 5,722 6,699 n.a n.a n.a 5,480 n.a n.a
     Capital Expenditure (Rupee Million) 44 62 39 41 53 123 116 157 148 112 125 153 141 163 190 247 287 543 139 180 n.a n.a n.a 3,523 n.a n.a
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Department of Education, Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2007(y)/01(m)/30(d)
Chief Editor:
　　 Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka