Table 13A (Education, School, Pupil)

Number of Pupils (School Type) (1998 - 2004)

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Year Type of school

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004*

Government (Estate school pupils includes under government schools)

Total

4,136,029

4,134,082

4,193,908

4,187,146

4,027,075

3,941,685

3,875,050

Male

2,065,266

2,067,669

2,093,610

2,089,902

2,017,238

1,972,750

1,937,124

Female

2,070,763

2,066,413

2,100,298

2,097,244

2,009,837

1,968,935

1,937,926

Private (Includes fee levying, non fee levying and approved/ Certified schools)

Total

91,370

93,325

95,383

97,262

97,174

101,047

100,423

Male

44,744

45,672

45,848

47,080

47,094

49,885

49,210

Female

46,626

47,653

49,535

50,182

50,080

51,162

51,213

Pirivenas

Total (Male)

51,916

49,657

51,156

52,906

54,968

55,733

55,476

Grand Total

4,279,315

4,277,064

4,340,447

4,337,314

4,179,217

4,098,465

4,030,949

Source:

Ministry of Education

Key:

＊；Provisional

Revised: 2009(y)/04(m)/10(d)

Chief Editor:

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

The Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka