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Table 11D (Education, School, General)
Government Education (School)(Pupil)(Teacher)(District) (1999 - 2007)
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Year   District	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Grand Total
Schools	10,057	9,976	9,891	9,829	9,790	9,766	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	4,134,082	4,193,908	4,187,146	4,027,075	3,941,685	3,875,050	3,838,191	3,839,000	3,944,000
Teachers	186,184	186,097	189,485	186,999	186,695	185,955	187,655	202,749	211,000
Colombo
Schools	439	435	422	418	418	418	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	357,346	363,696	363,398	351,351	347,659	345,435	354,000	344,000	359,000
Teachers	14,580	14,696	14,985	14,914	14,846	14,529	15,000	16,000	17,000
Gampaha
Schools	564	561	554	543	540	537	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	323,407	332,856	332,479	323,376	320,320	319,485	328,000	321,000	334,000
Teachers	13,867	13,881	14,010	13,886	13,705	13,415	14,000	15,000	16,000
Kalutara
Schools	452	451	436	432	422	419	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	204,136	207,149	205,993	198,707	195,228	192,052	197,000	193,000	202,000
Teachers	9,519	9,571	9,670	9,543	9,359	9,028	9,000	10,000	10,000
Kandy
Schools	677	667	656	652	649	647	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	294,848	298,489	297,563	280,920	277,455	268,548	273,000	262,000	271,000
Teachers	15,068	15,058	15,318	15,271	15,242	14,871	15,000	16,000	17,000
Matale
Schools	322	319	318	317	312	308	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	104,941	105,091	104,329	97,882	96,914	93,236	93,000	91,000	94,000
Teachers	5,247	5,210	5,365	5,346	5,345	5,227	5,000	6,000	6,000
Nuwara-Eliya
Schools	520	517	516	514	518	517	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	164,286	166,355	165,562	160,460	155,767	152,481	154,000	151,000	155,000
Teachers	6,192	6,033	6,180	6,126	6,196	6,911	7,000	8,000	9,000
Galle
Schools	479	466	458	449	441	435	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	234,624	235,193	236,159	227,079	219,545	217,136	219,000	212,000	217,000
Teachers	10,863	10,712	10,850	10,686	10,575	10,246	10,000	11,000	11,000
Matara
Schools	386	384	382	381	377	375	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	182,096	185,361	184,796	176,255	168,134	165,411	165,000	159,000	164,000
Teachers	9,818	9,585	9,539	9,381	9,247	8,923	9,000	10,000	10,000
Hambantota
Schools	327	327	321	321	316	311	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	144,626	146,562	144,375	140,775	132,236	129,874	129,000	124,000	127,000
Teachers	6,918	7,003	6,859	6,806	6,724	6,429	6,000	7,000	8,000
Jaffna
Schools	410	403	407	408	407	411	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	125,977	129,878	132,025	125,549	136,162	134,960	137,000	132,000	129,000
Teachers	5,382	5,708	5,746	5,432	5,591	6,039	6,000	7,000	7,000
Kilinochchi
Schools	89	90	91	93	94	94	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	36,261	35,209	36,528	33,282	27,908	28,631	43,000	42,000	34,000
Teachers	823	833	937	964	904	1,041	2,000	2,000	1,000
Mannar
Schools	94	94	94	90	91	93	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	24,388	25,350	26,005	25,776	24,537	24,462	26,000	27,000	27,000
Teachers	716	685	842	828	866	965	1,000	1,000	1,000
Vavuniya
Schools	181	181	178	178	187	187	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	44,575	45,178	45,043	44,702	43,738	42,159	28,000	34,000	37,000
Teachers	1,698	1,660	1,806	1,747	1,711	1,771	1,000	1,000	1,000
Mullaitivu
Schools	94	96	99	99	101	102	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	40,300	39,096	40,787	35,511	26,784	26,965	35,511	31,000	42,000
Teachers	774	734	987	901	816	1,048	901	816	2,000
Batticaloa
Schools	308	306	306	306	309	314	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	108,881	111,588	114,356	114,528	116,512	117,197	12,000	123,000	130,000
Teachers	3,816	3,804	4,250	4,158	4,275	4,519	5,000	5,000	6,000
Ampara
Schools	398	400	399	381	385	388	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	157,838	160,661	162,968	154,998	154,308	153,408	156,000	153,000	156,000
Teachers	6,351	6,434	6,541	6,241	6,518	6,971	7,000	8,000	8,000
Trincomalee
Schools	244	247	246	250	253	259	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	90,573	92,581	94,222	93,849	93,820	94,236	98,000	96,000	93,000
Teachers	3,741	3,696	3,935	3,852	3,884	4,127	4,000	4,000	4,000
Puttalam
Schools	349	347	343	343	343	343	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	160,993	162,865	163,523	159,393	157,941	154,870	159,000	156,000	160,000
Teachers	5,999	6,254	6,253	6,163	6,314	6,427	7,000	7,000	7,000
Kurunegala
Schools	931	920	912	907	893	886	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	337,912	342,063	337,174	322,117	312,363	304,809	310,000	301,000	309,000
Teachers	18,250	18,318	18,555	18,394	18,286	17,917	18,000	20,000	20,000
Anuradhapura
Schools	561	555	557	553	548	549	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	192,522	194,722	193,080	184,445	178,939	175,527	176,000	171,000	174,000
Teachers	9,235	9,029	9,175	9,151	9,094	8,989	9,000	9,000	9,000
Polonnaruwa
Schools	213	213	212	230	231	231	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	85,346	84,961	83,679	84,935	83,114	80,415	80,000	77,000	79,000
Teachers	3,579	3,539	3,467	3,574	3,647	3,319	3,000	3,000	3,000
Moneragala
Schools	262	262	260	259	261	262	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	111,624	112,973	112,693	109,217	104,393	101,783	101,000	98,000	99,000
Teachers	4,284	4,405	4,632	4,535	4,680	4,643	5,000	5,000	5,000
Badulla
Schools	574	574	572	570	570	566	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	195,844	198,247	198,941	190,680	186,049	182,339	190,680	179,000	183,000
Teachers	9,836	9,844	9,788	9,754	9,933	9,869	9,754	9,933	11,000
Ratnapura
Schools	598	593	595	593	592	585	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	239,278	244,258	240,154	227,838	221,516	213,828	216,000	208,000	210,000
Teachers	10,012	10,051	10,399	10,076	10,032	9,883	10,000	11,000	12,000
Kegalle
Schools	585	568	557	542	532	529	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pupils	171,460	173,526	171,314	163,450	160,343	155,803	158,000	154,000	159,000
Teachers	9,616	9,354	9,396	9,270	9,085	8,848	9,000	10,000	10,000
© ２０１０ KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)					Revised:  2010(y)/08(m)/31(d)
Source：					Chief Editor:
1994-2004; Ministry of Education					Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
2005-2007; Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka					The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
Note:					University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
1.Teachers data excludes teachers in teacher training colleges
2. 2004 includes 2100 volunteer teachers and teachers paid by other than government
3.From 1998 onwards, only functioning schools are given under government schools