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Table 01A (Education, whole)
Education (General)(University)  (2009-2010)
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Item 2009 2010a)
A. General Education
1. Schools   (a+b) 10,205 10,492
a.Government schools 9,410b) 9,675
o/w National schools 334 340
b.Other schools 795 817
Private schools c)  98 98
Pirivena 697 719
2. Students  (x1,000) 4,038 4,112
3. New admissions  (x1,000) d) 330 332
4. Teachers  (x1,000) 226 228
5. Student / Teacher ratio (Govt. schools) 18 18
6. Total govt. expenditure on education (Billion Rs. ) e) (a+b) 100.5 104.2
a.Current expenditure 82.4 85.2
b.Capital expenditure 18.1 19.0
B. University education
1. Universities  15 15
2. Students  f) 68,768 66,305
3. Lecturers  4,735 4,918
4. Number graduating f)  (a+ ・・ +g) 13,952 n.a
a. Arts and Oriental Studies 4,830 n.a
b. Commerce & Management studies 2,705 n.a
c. Law 425 n.a
d. Engineering 1,157 n.a
e. Medicine 943 n.a
f.  Science 2,504 n.a
g. Other   1,388 n.a
5. New admissions for basic degrees f) 20,846 21,547
© 2011 KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Ministry of Education  University Grants Commission
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Key:
a) Provisional
b) All govt. schools in Mullativu and Kilinochchi districts and some govt. schools in Mannar
    and Vavuniya districts were temporarily closed at the census date due to the war
c) Private schools approved by the govt. and schools for children with special needs
    (This figure excludes International schools which are registered under the Companies Act)
d) Govt. schools only
e) Includes govt. expenditure on higher education
f) In all Universities, excluding the Open University of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2011(y)/10(m)/30(d)
Chief Editor:
   Prof. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka