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Table 14(Education, School, Teacher)
Number of Teacher (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 - 21,620 - 385 - 23,153 - 298 25,097 23,598 1,201 298 15,321 12,848 1,312 181 13,828 13,683 - 145 15,073 13,527 1,371 175 14,268 12,791 1,347 130 14,509 12,932 1,392 185 14,191 12,680 1,337 174 15,354 13,832 1,396 126 15,397 13,618 1,605 174 15,146 13,279 1,627 240 15,021 13,064 1,698 259 15,130 13,168 1,701 261 15,107 13,155 1,717 235 17,369 15,424 1,698 247 15,193 13,308 1,649 236 16,013 13,867 1,881 265 16,429 14,332 1,822 275 16,626 14,421 1,915 290 - - 1,996 295 17,097 14,760 2,040 297 16,398 13,949 2,152 297 16,989 14,515 2,169 305
Gampaha - - - - - - - - - - - - 12,936 11,929 163 120 12,653 12,523 - 130 12,414 12,016 255 143 12,421 11,995 261 165 12,204 11,722 276 206 11,999 11,495 287 217 12,677 12,246 193 238 13,349 12,766 343 240 12,820 12,307 254 259 12,568 11,937 360 271 12,767 12,117 369 281 12,384 11,755 357 272 14,814 14,177 349 288 12,720 12,063 385 272 13,340 12,669 375 296 14,158 13,473 381 304 14,383 13,674 380 329 - - 391 341 14,762 13,988 428 346 14,125 13,356 417 352 14,890 13,966 557 367
Kalutara - 5,731 - 166 - 6,193 - 141 6,775 6,350 302 123 7,634 6,746 48 139 7,447 7,283 - 164 7,906 7,692 63 151 7,906 7,636 71 199 8,024 7,734 75 215 7,863 7,591 73 199 8,390 8,103 73 214 8,666 8,321 125 220 8,371 8,095 134 142 4,355 3,988 142 225 8,422 8,044 140 238 8,469 8,092 147 230 10,385 9,989 149 247 9,161 8,769 131 261 9,551 9,136 126 289 9,845 9,410 132 303 9,890 9,417 158 315 - - 173 330 10,038 9,540 176 322 9,747 9,233 170 344 10,126 9,577 199 350
Kandy - 8,873 - 216 - 9,330 - 210 10,582 10,110 308 164 13,120 10,739 232 174 12,714 12,541 - 173 13,138 12,628 333 177 12,609 12,139 242 228 12,225 11,744 233 248 11,849 11,327 236 286 11,777 11,514 226 37 12,101 11,557 239 305 12,085 11,538 236 311 12,138 11,540 236 362 12,285 11,692 229 364 12,655 12,080 225 350 14,639 13,991 266 382 14,000 13,346 274 380 14,359 13,675 288 396 15,028 14,341 281 406 15,434 14,644 351 439 - - 324 447 15,676 14,886 344 446 14,973 14,307 215 451 15,873 15,095 336 442
Matale - 2,531 - 33 - 2,770 - 25 3,161 3,083 52 26 3,776 3,080 22 19 3,735 3,710 - 25 3,967 3,868 66 33 3,807 3,740 37 30 3,753 3,676 36 41 3,838 3,765 37 36 4,162 3,850 29 283 3,940 3,864 30 46 4,145 4,071 28 46 4,087 3,988 39 60 4,066 3,965 35 66 4,274 4,182 28 64 5,230 5,117 33 80 4,942 4,839 26 77 4,982 4,877 25 80 5,190 5,085 27 78 5,287 5,161 35 91 - - 37 92 5,370 5,234 37 99 5,181 5,050 35 96 5,464 5,323 35 106
Nuwara-Eliya - 2,756 - 27 - 3,009 - 31 3,792 3,422 339 31 4,454 2,311 - 19 4,435 4,415 - 20 4,878 4,609 233 36 3,040 3,031 1 8 2,833 2,822 2 9 2,933 2,923 2 8 3,061 3,049 2 10 3,893 3,837 22 34 4,203 4,155 25 23 4,040 3,989 25 26 3,932 3,870 25 37 4,486 4,412 35 39 5,980 5,904 37 39 5,844 5,775 27 42 6,296 6,218 36 42 6,290 6,210 41 39 6,009 5,928 41 40 - - 46 39 6,041 5,948 42 51 6,434 6,367 16 51 6,467 6,382 35 50
Galle - 6,309 - 214 - 6,804 - 185 7,642 7,430 29 183 8,495 7,740 49 170 8,276 8,108 - 168 8,604 8,429 - 175 8,421 8,231 - 190 8,346 8,091 - 255 8,312 8,012 62 238 8,100 7,882 - 218 8,909 8,639 - 270 8,621 8,351 - 270 8,433 8,144 - 289 8,367 8,085 - 282 8,444 8,177 - 267 11,125 10,825 - 300 10,761 10,470 - 291 10,891 10,576 - 315 11,595 11,269 6 320 11,813 11,431 20 362 - - 24 374 11,483 11,077 22 384 10,712 10,312 25 375 11,193 10,772 24 397
Matara - 5,259 - 218 - 5,608 - 191 6,235 6,070 44 121 7,072 6,411 36 150 6,886 6,697 - 189 7,504 7,272 44 188 7,197 6,967 49 181 7,099 6,876 50 173 7,186 6,888 - 298 7,674 7,346 47 281 7,866 7,442 85 339 7,720 7,375 - 345 7,819 7,257 155 407 8,196 7,642 160 394 7,818 7,285 159 374 9,641 9,108 134 399 9,484 8,905 203 376 9,939 9,353 166 420 10,768 10,163 163 442 10,974 10,326 188 460 - - 251 502 10,790 10,051 238 501 10,032 9,354 175 503 10,471 9,754 219 498
Hambantota - 2,710 - 17 - 2,962 - 24 3,431 3,416 - 15 3,744 3,336 - - 3,744 3,729 - 15 3,855 3,832 - 23 3,710 3,673 - 37 3,728 3,690 - 38 4,010 3,951 - 59 4,285 4,235 - 50 4,269 4,223 - 46 4,892 4,699 143 50 4,662 4,593 - 69 4,686 4,614 - 72 4,947 4,876 - 71 6,207 6,119 - 88 6,637 6,552 - 85 6,499 6,402 - 97 6,930 6,831 - 99 6,945 6,826 14 105 - - 17 103 6,725 6,609 10 106 6,680 6,559 10 111 6,998 6,881 10 107
Jaffna - 5,771 - - - 6,034 - - 6,495 6,289 206 - 7,531 6,579 213 17 7,301 7,301 - - 6,928 6,709 219 - 6,787 6,561 226 - 6,760 6,528 232 - 6,675 6,431 244 - 6,115 5,841 274 - 6,252 5,965 287 - 6,148 5,853 295 - 6,147 5,853 294 - 6,021 5,738 283 - 7,057 6,790 267 - 7,073 6,790 283 - 7,058 6,790 268 　 6,462 6,208 254 0 6,973 6,702 271 　 6,784 6,510 274 - - - 204 - 4,960 4,725 235 - 4,807 4,583 224 - 5,491 5,250 241 -
Kilinochchi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 815 815 - - 540 540 - - 712 712 - - 708 708 - - 680 680 - - 733 733 - - 733 733 - - 733 733 - - 697 697 - - 786 786 - - 760 760 - - - - - - 1,271 1,271 - - 858 858 - - 915 915 - -
Mannar - 624 - - - 667 - - 672 672 - - 808 682 - - 808 808 - - 799 799 - - 776 776 - - 732 732 - - 741 741 - - 731 731 - - 824 824 - - 790 790 - - 722 722 - - 703 703 - - 846 846 - - 846 846 - - 846 846 - - 694 694 - 0 655 655 - - 614 614 - - - - - - 682 682 - - 633 633 - - 749 749 - -
Vavuniya - 847 - - - 900 - - 957 957 - - 1,252 1,090 - - 1,252 1,252 - - 1,191 1,191 - - 707 707 - - 667 667 - - 694 694 - - 554 554 - - 773 773 - - 670 670 - - 675 669 - 6 645 640 - 5 741 736 - 5 741 736 - 5 742 736 - 6 1,071 1,065 - 6 1,239 1,232 - 7 1,207 1,200 - 7 - - - 7 1,542 1,533 - 9 1,606 1,597 - 9 1,713 1,703 - 10
Mullaitivu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 413 413 - - 422 422 - - 507 507 - - 1,887 1,874 - 13 557 557 - - 586 586 - - 539 539 - - 513 513 - - 557 557 - - 557 557 - - 557 557 - - 612 612 - - 689 689 - - 656 656 - - - - - - 958 958 - - 947 947 - - 871 871 - -
Batticaloa - 1,674 - - - 1,776 - - 1,886 1,886 - - 2,362 2,242 - - 2,362 2,362 - - 2,203 2,203 - - 1,989 1,989 - - 1,918 1,918 - - 1,771 1,771 - - 3,236 3,226 - 10 1,987 1,987 - - 1,972 1,972 - - 1,908 1,908 - - 1,889 1,889 - - 2,743 2,743 - - 2,743 2,743 - - 2,749 2,749 - - 3,245 3,245 - 0 3,612 3,612 - - 3,662 3,662 - - - - - - 3,645 3,645 - - 3,635 3,635 - - 3,723 3,723 - -
Ampara - 1,993 - 4 - 2,214 - - 2,479 2,479 - - 2,977 2,514 - - 2,977 2,977 - - 3,084 3,078 - 6 2,926 2,917 - 9 2,941 2,928 - 13 2,969 2,954 - 15 4,084 4,065 - 19 3,603 3,598 - 5 3,830 3,822 - 8 3,806 3,794 - 12 3,724 3,703 - 21 4,331 4,315 - 16 5,014 4,997 - 17 4,632 4,611 - 21 5,636 5,614 - 22 6,610 6,588 - 22 6,765 6,738 - 27 - - - 26 6,310 6,281 - 29 6,066 6,037 - 29 6,112 6,076 - 36
Trincomalee - 1,331 - 4 - 1,488 - - 1,637 1,637 - - 1,872 1,666 - - 1,872 1,867 - 5 1,934 1,930 - 4 1,891 1,889 - 2 1,854 1,844 - 10 1,827 1,813 - 14 1,785 1,785 - - 2,014 1,992 - 22 1,950 1,929 - 21 1,946 1,929 - 17 1,943 1,929 - 14 2,359 2,344 - 15 2,361 2,345 - 16 2,632 2,615 - 17 3,076 3,059 - 17 3,784 3,769 - 15 3,680 3,662 - 18 - - - 18 3,536 3,522 - 14 3,493 3,478 - 15 3,576 3,558 - 18
Kurunegala - 7,722 - 214 - 8,131 - 203 9,146 8,952 2 192 13,267 11,209 - 179 13,088 12,918 - 170 13,686 13,491 2 193 13,195 12,943 - 252 12,904 12,612 - 292 12,954 12,609 - 345 5,799 5,750 - 49 14,410 14,002 - 408 14,488 14,090 - 398 14,219 13,733 - 486 14,318 13,809 - 509 14,656 14,174 - 482 18,221 17,715 - 506 17,372 16,855 - 517 18,050 17,515 - 535 19,156 18,621 - 535 19,023 18,445 21 557 - - 31 574 18,695 18,066 21 608 18,464 17,827 23 614 18,952 18,354 - 598
Puttalam - 4,366 - 25 - 4,639 - 9 4,750 4,741 - 9 3,133 3,347 - 4 3,129 3,125 - 4 4,353 4,343 - 10 4,088 4,070 - 18 4,005 3,986 - 19 4,065 4,046 - 19 13,522 13,176 - 346 4,497 4,466 - 31 4,736 4,706 - 30 4,539 4,485 - 54 4,492 4,435 - 57 4,701 4,645 - 56 5,894 5,836 - 58 5,714 5,655 - 59 5,624 5,564 - 60 5,831 5,773 - 58 5,974 5,887 20 67 - - 20 60 6,052 5,972 20 60 5,985 5,903 21 61 6,103 6,010 32 61
Anuradhapura - 3,451 - 16 - 3,601 - 16 4,000 3,984 - 16 3,971 4,058 - 13 3,958 3,955 - 3 5,621 5,606 - 15 5,399 5,361 - 38 5,207 5,162 - 45 5,432 5,385 - 47 2,282 2,243 - 39 6,299 6,225 - 74 6,532 6,465 - 67 6,221 6,135 - 86 6,212 6,115 - 97 6,488 6,386 - 102 8,486 8,383 - 103 8,486 8,378 - 108 8,969 8,837 - 132 9,393 9,252 - 141 9,384 9,201 16 167 - - 16 168 9,379 9,187 15 177 9,070 8,870 17 183 9,443 9,234 19 190
Polonnaruwa - 1,216 - 13 - 1,463 - 16 1,725 1,711 - 14 4,859 1,785 - 8 4,851 4,836 - 15 2,072 2,055 - 17 1,919 1,893 - 26 1,957 1,924 - 33 2,128 2,089 - 39 2,393 2,371 - 22 2,605 2,555 - 50 2,818 2,772 - 46 2,675 2,624 - 51 2,674 2,624 - 50 2,828 2,778 - 50 3,404 3,352 - 52 3,310 3,251 - 59 3,520 3,454 - 66 3,654 3,593 - 61 3,505 3,434 - 71 - - - 69 3,463 3,387 - 76 3,399 3,324 - 75 3,695 3,604 18 73
Badulla - 2,995 - 59 - 3,203 - 61 3,972 3,700 222 50 4,700 5,379 62 49 4,589 4,544 - 45 5,134 4,900 193 41 6,358 6,161 100 97 6,048 5,832 106 110 6,234 6,006 106 122 7,260 7,109 - 151 6,632 6,499 - 133 7,129 6,883 126 120 7,137 6,871 131 135 7,358 7,105 120 133 7,695 7,441 125 129 9,453 9,180 120 153 9,326 9,040 136 150 9,876 9,594 129 153 10,204 9,914 130 160 10,594 10,300 128 166 - - 128 174 10,523 10,208 129 186 10,038 9,718 135 185 10,064 9,744 140 180
Moneragala - 1,246 - 10 - 1,427 - 2 1,558 1,547 8 3 2,105 1,623 - - 2,105 2,097 - 8 2,078 2,065 - 13 2,042 2,028 - 14 1,980 1,959 - 21 2,099 2,078 - 21 6,370 6,177 77 116 2,861 2,697 117 47 2,956 2,915 - 41 2,829 2,778 - 51 3,016 2,957 - 59 3,187 3,128 - 59 3,703 3,638 - 65 3,524 3,462 - 62 3,748 3,674 - 74 4,624 4,548 - 76 4,581 4,499 - 82 - - - 86 4,423 4,333 - 90 4,463 4,374 - 89 4,374 4,286 - 88
Ratnapura - 4,271 - 102 - 4,436 - 97 4,919 4,710 121 88 6,287 5,267 - 96 6,191 6,099 - 92 6,938 6,805 51 82 6,485 6,378 - 107 6,566 6,446 - 120 6,933 6,802 - 131 515 499 16 - 7,697 7,519 - 178 7,951 7,780 - 171 7,859 7,676 - 183 7,769 7,586 - 183 7,963 7,777 - 186 10,060 9,869 - 191 9,853 9,656 - 197 9,689 9,489 - 200 10,014 9,805 - 209 10,290 10,065 13 212 - - 11 212 10,312 10,079 9 224 10,151 9,900 10 241 10,693 10,439 12 242
Kegalle - 5,771 - 124 - 6,142 - 122 6,829 6,635 85 109 7,755 7,010 - 92 7,663 7,563 - 100 7,826 7,666 57 103 7,515 7,367 12 136 7,128 6,963 15 150 7,089 6,922 9 158 7,366 7,244 - 122 7,951 7,774 9 168 7,758 7,583 9 166 7,732 7,534 8 190 7,770 7,579 - 191 7,774 7,590 - 184 10,143 9,959 - 184 9,897 9,706 - 191 9,917 9,719 - 198 10,279 10,075 - 204 10,335 10,118 - 217 - - 8 223 10,132 9,900 8 224 9,642 9,418 7 217 9,878 9,654 8 216
Sri Lanka 104,043 99,067 3,129 1,847 110,563 105,950 2,982 1,631 117,740 113,379 2,919 1,442 139,431 119,591 2,137 1,430 135,864 134,393 - 1,471 141,186 136,714 2,887 1,585 135,869 131,656 2,346 1,867 133,810 129,210 2,417 2,183 134,299 129,480 2,393 2,426 140,194 135,517 2,333 2,344 147,892 142,240 2,862 2,790 149,029 143,398 2,877 2,754 142,785 136,458 3,088 3,239 147,578 141,202 3,062 3,314 153,243 146,997 3,060 3,186 184,822 178,333 3,069 3,420 176,173 169,667 3,099 3,407 182,756 175,813 3,280 3,663 193,736 186,728 3,254 3,754 195,175 187,579 3,574 4,022 195,388 187,571 3,677 4,140 193,865 185,842 3,774 4,249 187,539 179,589 3,652 4,298 194,823 186,435 4,054 4,334
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Statistical Abstract, Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Key:
Pirivena is a Temple School for Buddhist Monks.
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