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Table 02 (Education, Whole)
Educational Indicators (1980 - 2006)
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Year　　　　　　　　　Item	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Expenditure as a % of GDP
Education (General & Higher)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	na
University Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	na
Expenditure as a % of Government Expenditure (%)
Education (General & Higher)	7	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	na
University Education	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	na
Per Capita Cost of Education (Rs)
General Education only	448	951	2,023	4,285	6,436	7,453	8,329	8,504	8,710	12,668	na
University Education	14,976	32,332	37,544	90,863	111,926	129,853	127,237	126,261	134,326	185,057	na
Capital Investment Ratio (%)
Education (General & Higher)	15	16	12	17	19	15	12	11	7	15	na
University Education	54	54	26	22	25	23	17	17	18	28	na
Enrolment Ratio (%)
General Education (age 5-19)	63	68	72	67	65	80	76	74	72	74	72
University Education (age 20-24)	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Student - Teacher Ratio (number)
General Education (age 5-19)	25	26	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	19
University Education (age 20-24)	12	9	14	11	14	15	14	15	15	15	15
New Admissions (number)
General Education (age 5-19)	364,552	372,105	387,314	342,386	331,643	330,385	325,667	315,606	302,027	318,089	327,569
University Education (age 20-24)	4,959	5,630	7,152	9,245	11,805	11,962	12,144	25,471	13,396	14,520	16,598
Progression to University from GCE Advanced Level　(%)
Passing Rate	43	44	45	45	50	43	50	44	44	56	58
Admission Rate	16	22	21	16	16	16	13	14	14	13	14
Graduate Output (number)
First Degree	3,296	3,078	4,476	4,206	9,374	8,224	9,027	12,436	15,413	12,067	na
Postgraduate Degree	430	302	307	1,048	2,169	1,643	1,996	3,796	5,158	3,401	na
Institutional Development
Number of Universities	8	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	15	15
Number of Faculties	26	29	32	36	55	61	66	68	68	77	78
Number of Departments	na	193	229	275	337	370	374	372	375	411	425
Number of Employees	4,954	6,480	7,687	8,541	11,486	12,112	12,634	12,390	12,417	12,447	13,859
Nomber of Teachers	1,443	2,021	2,040	2,808	3,241	3,268	3,390	3,487	3,525	3,770	3,818
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source：
Source University Grants Commission, 2006
Key：
na = not available
Revised:  2007(y)/１０(m)/3１(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka