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Table 13(Education, School, Pupil)
Number of Pupil (Schools Type)(District)  (1975-1998)
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year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
school 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　 　 Govt. Private  　
District Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena Total School School Pirivena
Colombo - 505,382 - 4,521 - 506,986 - 3,813 535,232 506,032 25,730 3,470 339,878 319,785 17,683 2,410 - 332,271 - 1,793 376,122 342,336 31,555 2,231 374,859 341,849 31,240 1,770 377,359 341,330 33,483 2,546 383,308 345,689 35,191 2,428 376,036 341,164 33,320 1,552 391,636 348,682 40,552 2,402 400,897 355,861 41,813 3,223 406,070 360,324 42,346 3,400 405,701 359,396 43,100 3,205 410,571 364,081 43,382 3,108 8,445,728 363,583 38,507 2,944 397,941 350,653 44,236 3,052 408,622 358,840 46,616 3,166 403,553 353,869 46,161 3,523 404,918 354,068 47,322 3,528 - - 48,037 3,559 396,122 344,092 48,272 3,758 401,662 349,175 48,641 3,846 406,941 351,437 51,602 3,902
Gampaha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 289,149 - 1,491 305,949 297,104 7,193 1,652 306,668 296,934 7,949 1,785 303,545 293,508 8,274 1,763 310,391 299,565 8,938 1,888 312,189 304,227 5,802 2,160 326,396 312,689 11,697 2,010 336,213 321,815 12,199 2,199 344,186 329,453 12,472 2,261 349,868 334,925 12,634 2,309 352,253 337,402 12,527 2,324 8,040,694 340,339 10,087 2,429 353,622 337,846 13,236 2,540 352,664 336,728 12,907 3,029 350,009 336,117 10,792 3,100 351,132 336,579 11,387 3,166 - - 11,758 3,299 344,997 329,741 11,827 3,429 342,937 328,225 11,309 3,403 348,431 332,298 12,557 3,576
Kalutara - 133,903 - 2,672 - 135,211 - 2,018 140,078 135,655 2,550 1,873 288,404 281,106 4,996 2,302 - 173,175 - 2,667 182,921 178,495 1,925 2,501 185,408 180,941 2,004 2,463 186,137 181,548 2,088 2,501 192,457 187,678 2,258 2,521 196,189 191,363 2,221 2,605 204,092 196,967 4,030 3,095 209,478 203,674 4,214 1,590 216,944 209,107 4,406 3,431 227,408 218,880 4,235 4,293 222,883 214,541 4,176 4,166 7,687,839 218,342 2,559 4,457 223,422 214,893 3,974 4,555 224,764 215,425 4,051 5,288 225,142 215,625 4,037 5,480 225,779 215,610 4,238 5,931 - - 4,516 6,102 220,911 210,181 4,615 6,115 220,050 207,728 4,728 7,594 219,778 206,665 4,870 8,243
Kandy - 203,644 - 3,502 - 203,369 - 3,284 211,895 201,722 9,902 271 169,376 164,987 1,582 2,807 - 255,844 - 2,993 278,760 266,940 8,680 3,140 280,888 272,248 5,351 3,289 279,581 271,262 5,321 2,998 275,195 273,601 1,048 546 90,165 88,976 704 485 275,142 265,401 5,838 3,903 286,083 275,689 6,084 4,310 293,344 282,370 6,202 4,772 299,066 287,889 6,349 4,828 302,037 291,354 6,118 4,565 7,462,481 291,045 6,238 4,475 306,358 295,722 6,059 4,577 307,985 296,546 6,602 4,837 308,586 296,727 6,783 5,076 310,899 298,738 7,350 4,811 - - 7,086 4,969 309,689 297,395 7,386 4,908 308,074 295,753 7,064 5,257 308,202 295,634 7,608 4,960
Matale - 61,768 - 562 - 62,936 - 470 67,470 63,167 1,671 2,632 247,478 245,471 1,572 435 - 79,910 - 512 85,678 83,077 2,148 453 87,021 85,368 1,238 415 87,395 85,854 1,078 463 96,580 87,365 5,641 3,574 287,351 278,186 5,557 3,608 92,225 90,977 770 478 96,565 95,142 828 595 100,424 98,767 891 766 103,908 102,115 879 914 106,562 104,757 897 908 7,160,723 106,467 844 1,024 109,033 107,273 761 999 109,570 107,777 776 1,017 110,841 108,414 1,417 1,010 109,899 108,039 784 1,076 - - 810 1,023 109,597 107,592 808 1,197 107,882 105,973 814 1,095 107,840 105,708 836 1,296
Nuwara-Eliya - 70,198 - 454 - 70,225 - 415 89,365 71,519 17,431 415 84,637 77,388 7,002 247 - 104,599 - 228 124,064 109,841 13,827 396 88,928 88,657 208 63 88,392 88,125 204 63 91,277 91,018 204 55 96,776 96,485 227 64 201,203 199,999 743 461 127,392 126,210 828 354 134,667 133,110 1,195 362 138,575 137,598 541 436 149,878 148,402 1,050 426 7,052,388 155,543 - 440 160,679 159,533 718 428 164,152 162,620 1,129 403 167,126 166,277 436 413 168,436 166,868 1,150 418 - - 1,130 395 167,275 165,630 1,138 507 164,274 162,689 1,075 510 165,821 164,178 1,119 524
Galle - 150,433 - 2,514 - 150,604 - 1,958 153,904 149,970 1,400 2,534 108,417 95,826 10,668 1,923 - 190,903 - 1,827 198,974 196,737 - 2,237 199,717 197,486 - 2,231 200,015 197,490 - 2,525 202,783 200,201 - 2,582 206,038 203,696 - 2,342 212,018 208,992 - 3,026 218,051 214,958 228 2,865 222,439 219,388 - 3,051 223,654 220,894 - 2,760 225,798 223,070 - 2,728 6,896,405 226,079 - 2,715 231,114 224,172 4,133 2,809 229,398 226,282 - 3,116 233,117 229,815 48 3,254 234,759 231,074 156 3,529 - - 144 3,388 235,050 231,702 143 3,205 235,501 231,963 157 3,381 235,585 231,891 134 3,560
Matara - 128,363 - 3,067 - 128,588 - 2,464 129,883 127,018 1,161 1,704 186,871 183,408 1,147 2,316 - 157,089 - 2,642 167,373 163,174 1,358 2,841 168,248 164,788 1,501 1,959 168,787 164,306 1,629 2,852 169,590 164,426 1,657 3,507 172,559 167,485 1,713 3,361 177,455 169,453 4,051 3,951 178,987 171,451 3,124 4,412 182,218 174,218 3,693 4,307 185,237 177,278 3,813 4,146 186,219 176,838 4,793 4,588 6,667,611 179,711 4,471 4,500 185,060 179,014 1,973 4,073 188,714 179,615 4,657 4,442 192,583 182,692 4,280 5,611 191,787 182,235 4,723 4,829 - - 4,527 5,308 191,717 181,952 4,175 5,590 190,535 180,351 4,024 6,160 192,458 182,371 4,254 5,833
Hambantota - 76,653 - 245 - 78,294 - 249 77,631 77,460 - 171 153,279 151,947 1,115 217 - 98,651 - 294 104,897 104,647 - 250 108,086 107,738 - 348 109,275 108,880 - 395 110,522 109,967 - 555 113,817 113,382 - 435 118,338 117,879 - 459 123,670 123,256 - 414 128,560 127,979 - 581 132,588 132,008 - 580 136,903 136,274 - 629 6,478,929 140,188 - 759 141,185 140,430 - 755 142,917 142,071 - 846 143,718 142,829 - 889 145,506 144,511 127 868 - - 207 956 147,208 145,985 243 980 146,556 145,270 208 1,078 146,185 144,917 214 1,054
Jaffna - 157,249 - - - 157,247 - - 155,751 155,751 - - 94,275 94,275 - - - 191,890 - - 203,143 197,316 5,827 - 206,810 200,906 5,904 - 210,477 204,326 6,151 - 213,950 207,524 6,426 - 202,041 194,542 7,499 - 201,211 193,866 7,345 - 205,298 197,604 7,694 - 205,477 197,604 7,873 - 205,595 197,604 7,991 - 219,297 210,868 8,429 - 6,337,982 210,868 8,429 - 217,505 209,182 8,323 - 201,948 194,009 7,939 0 194,618 186,782 7,836 - 188,667 180,839 7,828 - - - 5,804 - 107,090 102,140 4,950 - 118,008 112,634 5,374 - 127,293 121,619 5,674 -
Kilinochchi - - - - - - - - 　 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25,733 25,733 - - 23,703 23,703 - - 25,121 25,121 - - 24,226 24,226 - - 26,647 26,647 - - 29,388 29,388 - - 6,118,685 29,388 - - 30,474 30,474 - - 34,136 34,136 - 0 37,625 37,625 - - 38,699 38,699 - - - - - - 51,347 51,347 - - 39,549 39,549 - - 37,305 37,305 - -
Mannar - 16,201 - - - 16,688 - - 16,936 16,936 - - 185,059 185,059 - - - 20,397 - - 21,603 21,603 - - 22,796 22,796 - - 23,540 23,540 - - 24,750 24,750 - - 23,781 23,781 - - 25,183 25,183 - - 22,320 22,320 - - 22,981 22,981 - - 26,210 26,210 - - 29,907 29,907 - - 6,089,297 29,907 - - 20,405 20,405 - - 16,036 16,036 - 0 16,805 16,805 - - 18,801 18,801 - - - - - - 24,408 24,408 - - 23,256 23,256 - - 23,245 23,245 - -
Vavuniya - 19,815 - - - 20,159 - - 20,557 20,557 - - 19,178 19,178 - - - 30,124 - - 33,004 33,004 - - 20,889 20,889 - - 21,805 21,805 - - 22,301 22,301 - - 18,182 18,182 - - 23,544 23,544 - - 20,052 20,052 - - 21,777 21,735 - 42 24,265 24,218 - 47 27,615 27,553 - 62 6,059,390 27,553 - 96 20,738 20,618 - 120 20,674 20,561 - 113 24,173 24,173 - - 26,317 26,252 - 65 - - - 79 35,533 35,433 - 100 41,710 41,605 - 105 42,319 42,199 - 120
Mullaitivu - - - - - - - - - - - - 28,398 28,398 - - - - - - - - - - - 14,489 - - 15,967 15,967 - - 66,347 66,347 - - 68,253 68,132 - 121 17,904 17,904 - - 19,497 19,497 - - 21,365 21,365 - - 21,630 21,630 - - 22,030 22,030 - - 6,031,741 22,030 - - 24,182 24,182 - - 23,928 23,928 - 0 25,078 24,995 - 83 27,587 27,587 - - - - - - 27,944 27,944 - - 48,076 48,076 - - 43,915 43,915 - -
Batticaloa - 46,139 - - - 47,639 - - 48,901 48,901 - - 58,457 58,457 - - - 64,471 - - 68,392 68,392 - - 70,284 70,284 - - 71,181 71,181 - - 72,667 72,533 - 134 74,768 74,768 - - 77,289 77,289 - - 79,724 79,724 - - 81,161 81,161 - - 83,584 83,584 - - 91,891 91,891 - - 6,009,711 91,891 - - 100,865 100,865 - - 103,645 103,645 - 0 107,490 107,490 - - 108,720 108,720 - - - - - - 110,249 110,249 - - 109,080 109,080 - - 108,910 108,910 - -
Ampara - 56,407 - 77 - 58,328 - - 62,346 62,346 - - 76,172 76,105 - 67 - 81,511 - 51 89,140 89,140 - - 93,543 93,469 - 74 96,816 96,707 - 109 16,893 16,758 - 135 104,728 104,669 - 59 110,710 110,685 - 25 115,988 115,826 - 162 121,274 121,059 - 215 126,338 126,077 - 261 130,913 130,682 - 231 5,917,820 133,500 - 248 146,602 146,359 - 243 149,770 149,473 - 297 151,968 151,657 - 311 155,072 154,729 - 343 - - - 318 156,552 156,158 - 394 155,760 155,319 - 441 156,557 156,018 - 539
Trincomalee - 38,609 - 73 - 39,828 - - 40,928 40,928 - - 51,218 51,218 - - - 54,110 - 59 59,213 59,160 - 53 62,397 62,345 - 52 64,607 64,549 - 58 117,667 113,652 - 4,015 118,487 118,287 - 200 70,383 70,188 - 195 66,146 65,957 - 189 66,131 65,957 - 174 66,106 65,957 - 149 76,624 76,441 - 183 5,784,072 76,441 - 189 78,106 77,908 - 198 74,564 74,355 - 209 81,065 80,859 - 206 82,623 82,424 - 199 - - - 207 85,730 85,518 - 212 87,133 86,976 - 157 88,233 88,051 - 182
Kurunegala - 187,658 - 3,358 - 188,744 - 2,671 189,359 186,797 136 2,426 267,608 267,397 - 211 - 279,662 - 2,454 294,713 292,063 82 2,568 302,637 299,773 - 2,864 305,468 302,320 - 3,148 99,953 99,749 - 204 314,267 310,072 - 4,195 323,029 318,112 - 4,917 332,544 327,563 - 4,981 341,946 335,986 - 5,960 350,510 344,586 - 5,924 355,642 349,889 - 5,753 5,707,442 353,748 - 5,663 359,661 353,529 - 6,132 362,313 355,816 - 6,497 359,596 352,982 - 6,614 358,107 351,379 173 6,555 - - 131 6,663 352,934 346,095 142 6,697 348,208 341,546 138 6,524 345,922 339,430 132 6,360
Puttalam - 109,048 - 278 - 111,796 - 105 112,841 112,766 - 75 93,362 91,081 - 2,281 - 96,658 - 15 102,441 102,296 - 145 105,695 105,517 - 178 109,767 109,584 - 183 304,187 303,651 - 536 159,096 158,518 - 578 123,691 123,424 - 267 129,013 128,708 - 305 134,306 133,857 - 449 138,236 137,757 - 479 143,953 143,456 - 497 5,348,031 145,884 - 486 156,088 155,573 - 515 160,229 159,709 - 520 160,121 159,526 - 595 161,085 160,306 134 645 - - 131 547 159,675 158,984 131 560 158,108 157,374 126 608 159,603 158,884 115 604
Anuradhapura - 85,152 - 215 - 89,661 - 270 92,933 92,665 - 268 113,462 113,293 - 169 - 122,966 - 259 131,805 131,549 - 256 139,421 139,005 - 416 146,477 146,060 - 417 152,600 152,115 - 485 64,536 64,137 - 399 166,841 166,107 - 734 176,554 175,741 - 813 182,629 181,723 - 906 188,441 187,425 - 1,016 191,374 190,254 - 1,120 5,201,661 194,363 - 1,273 199,918 198,568 - 1,350 206,201 204,724 - 1,477 197,844 196,228 - 1,616 197,752 195,950 129 1,673 - - 130 1,725 196,149 194,318 131 1,700 195,040 193,187 130 1,723 194,740 192,771 116 1,853
Polonnaruwa - 36,287 - 161 - 38,265 - 131 39,283 39,098 - 185 49,079 49,079 　 - - 52,294 - 144 54,637 54,424 - 213 56,845 56,544 - 301 59,293 58,954 - 339 69,198 68,022 - 1,176 71,191 70,946 - 245 68,410 67,857 - 553 72,677 72,158 - 519 76,464 75,955 - 509 79,606 79,073 - 533 80,640 80,037 - 603 5,006,025 82,868 - 784 87,263 86,211 - 1,052 87,517 86,279 - 1,238 86,826 85,612 - 1,214 87,315 86,063 - 1,252 - - - 984 85,888 84,899 - 989 84,396 83,357 - 1,039 84,260 83,403 - 857
Badulla - 69,425 - 666 - 70,195 - 547 83,314 71,118 11,658 538 94,466 91,816 1,211 1,439 - 96,648 - 511 111,906 102,705 8,615 586 150,260 146,448 2,748 1,064 151,711 147,833 2,847 1,031 63,799 60,858 2,664 277 154,361 150,629 2,507 1,225 158,800 155,172 2,335 1,293 164,103 160,222 2,584 1,297 171,400 167,342 2,814 1,244 177,707 173,968 2,429 1,310 183,129 179,354 2,444 1,331 4,922,373 182,458 1,966 1,371 189,218 185,627 2,087 1,504 193,318 189,693 2,105 1,520 195,402 191,410 2,143 1,849 198,216 194,271 2,173 1,772 - - 2,051 1,928 198,055 194,177 2,076 1,802 198,856 195,192 1,942 1,722 198,861 195,092 1,998 1,771
Moneragala - 35,268 - 20 - 38,417 - 20 32,791 32,421 351 19 49,496 48,955 - 541 - 51,921 - - 58,156 58,024 - 132 61,865 61,671 - 194 65,305 65,089 - 216 164,172 162,068 546 1,558 165,053 162,917 326 1,810 75,266 74,848 - 418 79,559 79,062 - 497 83,970 83,298 - 672 88,695 87,862 - 833 92,138 91,359 - 779 4,736,578 94,475 - 793 100,124 99,250 - 874 103,521 102,644 - 877 106,284 105,293 - 991 108,450 107,433 - 1,017 - - - 1,056 111,836 110,775 - 1,061 111,560 110,465 - 1,095 112,204 111,150 - 1,054
Ratnapura - 111,716 - 1,220 - 115,198 - 1,185 125,117 117,940 6,080 1,097 145,154 145,154 - - - 155,140 - 1,096 169,668 165,728 2,707 1,233 175,967 174,338 - 1,629 177,456 175,959 - 1,497 151,695 149,792 - 1,903 188,112 186,631 - 1,481 195,458 193,525 - 1,933 204,091 202,189 - 1,902 212,346 210,589 - 1,757 219,697 217,955 - 1,742 228,939 227,085 - 1,854 4,641,310 233,124 - 1,911 238,194 236,142 - 2,052 240,467 238,307 - 2,160 242,863 240,474 - 2,389 246,050 243,738 - 2,312 - - 85 2,518 247,850 245,058 88 2,704 246,950 244,205 78 2,667 245,957 243,177 57 2,723
Kegalle - 132,308 - 1,898 - 133,125 - 1,730 135,939 131,380 2,831 1,728 151,839 150,723 - 1,116 - 156,333 - 1,577 167,181 163,032 2,725 1,424 167,637 165,211 786 1,640 164,305 161,879 818 1,608 180,745 180,745 - 　 22,188 22,188 - - 169,659 167,634 - 2,025 174,402 171,908 559 1,935 178,400 175,565 663 2,172 179,951 178,209 - 1,742 182,936 180,902 - 2,034 4,406,275 181,477 - 1,934 182,872 180,685 - 2,187 182,281 180,094 - 2,187 181,112 178,621 - 2,491 181,860 179,535 - 2,325 - - 83 2,499 180,585 177,852 80 2,653 177,828 175,160 82 2,586 177,559 174,570 84 2,905
Sri Lanka 2,560,479 2,431,626 103,350 25,503 2,573,645 2,461,503 90,812 21,330 2,562,454 2,462,147 80,901 19,406 3,055,563 2,990,106 46,976 18,481 3,156,329 3,135,716 - 20,613 3,389,740 3,280,787 86,642 22,311 3,451,358 3,369,694 58,929 22,735 3,484,661 3,398,056 61,893 24,712 3,553,027 3,460,375 64,573 28,079 3,625,897 3,539,096 59,876 26,925 3,829,586 3,720,080 77,361 32,145 3,864,425 3,751,708 80,155 32,562 3,974,705 3,855,119 82,555 37,031 4,069,223 3,949,745 81,971 37,507 4,179,520 4,057,815 83,816 37,889 4,222,864 4,111,272 73,101 38,491 4,260,629 4,135,114 85,500 40,015 4,289,334 4,159,313 86,782 43,239 4,303,545 4,172,897 83,933 46,715 4,328,436 4,194,448 87,674 46,314 4,350,724 4,216,571 86,630 47,523 4,254,391 4,119,625 86,205 48,561 4,260,989 4,124,108 85,890 50,991 4,278,124 4,134,838 91,370 51,916
© ２００９， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Statistical Abstract, Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Key:
Pirivena is a Temple School for Buddhist Monks.
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