School Census Preliminary Reports 2200116 Ministry of Education Sri Lanka
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School Census Preliminary Reports 2200116 Ministry Of Education Sri Lanka Prepared By: Statistics Branch PREFACE Accurate and updated information is an essential tool in decision making related to policy formulation. The Statistics Branch of the Ministry of Education has been carried out annual school censusesfor the past five decades, which has become the major source of education information. Information gathered is expected to help the planners to diagnose past trends, strengths and weaknesses and to use as a basis for the development and quality improvement of the existing education system. This major annual task has been successfully carried out with active corporation and contribution of various officers at all levels in the general education system. My appreciation goes to the officers of the Provincial Department of Education, Zonal Education office, Divisional Education office and the Principals of all the schools for their corporation given to make this process successful. The contribution given by the Principals of Private Schools and Headsof SpecialSchools, Teacher Training Colleges, National Colleges of Education and Pirivenas also greatly appreciated This publication has been organized and prepared by the Statistics Branch of this Ministry. I wish to thank them for their hard work in bringing out this publication. I hope the information given in this publication would be of immense use to policy makers, planners in education and the researchersin educational pursuits S.U Wijerathna Additional Secretary (Policy Planning &Performance Review) Ministry of Education "lsurupaya" Battaramulla. 81h December 2016 Contents Page No. Prefa ce i Contents ii Li s t of Ta bl es iii -iv Li s t of Fi gures v Ba s i c i nforma ti on i n Government s chool s (Summa ry) 01 Introducti on 02 Admi ni s tra ti ve s ys tem of educa ti on 02 Preliminary findings of Annual School Census - 2016 03 Information about government schools 03 Functi ona l gra de wi s e compa ri s on of ba s i c i nforma ti on 03 Compa ri s on of ba s i c i nforma ti on by type of s chool 04 School s by functi ona l gra de 05 School s by medi um of i ns tructi on 06 School s by s i ze of s tudent popul a ti on 06 Student information 07 Students by medi um of s tudy 07 Teacher information 08 Tea chers by ma j or qua l i ficati on ca tegory 08 Gros s s tudent tea cher ra ti os i n government s chool s 09 Student tea cher ra ti o by va ri ous types s chool 09 Student tea cher ra ti o i n 1 tea cher a nd 2 tea cher s chool s 10 Student tea cher ra ti o by a ppoi ntment ca tegory of tea chers 10 Gra de one new a dmi s s i ons 11 Admi s s i ons to Gra de one by gender a nd medi um of s tudy 11 Ta bl es i n deta i l s 11-42 Appendi x 43-64 ii List of Tables Page No. 1.1: Di s tri cts , Educa ti on Zones a nd Educa ti on Di vi s ions by provi nce 02 1.2: Sch ools, Students, Teach ers and Grade 1 a d missions b y fu nctional grad e of s ch ool 03 1.3: Typ e of Sch ools b y No. of Sch ools, Stud ents and Teachers 04 1.4: Sch ools b y fu n ctional grade a nd p rovince 05 1.5: Nu mb e r a nd Pe rcen tage of Schools b y n umber of te achers 05 1.6: Sch ools b y me dium of instru ction an d p rovince 06 1.7:Sch ools b y s ize of s tuden ts p opulation a nd p rovin ce 06 1.8: Sch ools b y me dium of stud y an d p rovince 07 1.9: Te a ch ers b y major q ualification ca tegory & p rovi nce 08 1.10: STR b y fu n cti onal grade, s ex of s tuden t an d medium of instru ction 09 1.11: No. of 1 te a ch er an d 2 te ach er in s chools b y s tudent te acher ra tio 10 1.12: s tud e nt Teacher ra tio (STR) b y p rovin ce 10 1.13 Gra d e 1 a dmissions b y me dium, gen der an d p rovince 11 Schools Ta bl e 1 - Functi oni ng government s chool s by functi ona l gra de a nd di s tri ct 12 Ta bl e 2 - Functi oni ng s chool s by s ex of s tudents , medi um of i ns tructi on a nd di s tri ct 13-14 Ta bl e 3 -Government s chool s by functi ona l gra de s pa n 15 Ta bl e 4 - Functi oni ng s chool s by medi um of i ns tructi on, s ex of s tudents a nd functi ona l gra de 16 Ta bl e 5 - Student by gender medi um of s tudy a nd functi ona l gra de of s chool s 16 Ta bl e 6 - Na ti ona l a nd Provi nci a l School s a nd thei r s tu dent enrol ment by Di s tri ct -2016 17 Ta bl e 7 - Student by gender, medi um of s tudy a nd di s tri ct 18 Ta bl e 8 - Students by s chool gra de a nd Di s tri ct 19-20 Ta bl e 9 - Government s chool s a nd thei r s tudents enrol ment by functi ona l gra de a nd di s tri ct 21 Ta bl e 10 - School s by s i ze of s tudents popul a ti on a nd di s tri ct 22 Ta bl e 11 -School s by functi ona l gra de, s ex of s tudents , a nd s i ze of s tudents popul a ti on 23 Ta bl e 12 -School s by medi um of i ns tructi on a nd s i ze of s tudents popul a ti on 24 Teachers Ta bl e 13 -Tea chers by ca tegory of a ppoi ntment a nd di s tri ct 25 Ta bl e 14 -Government s chool s a nd tea chers by functi ona l gra de of s chool a nd di s tri ct 26 Ta bl e 15 -Government s chool s by s i ze of tea chers popul a ti on a nd di s tri ct 27 Gross pupil teacher ratio Ta bl e 16 -Gros s pupi l tea cher ra ti os by ca tegory of tea cher a nd di s tri ct 28 Ta bl e 17 -Gros s pupi l tea cher ra ti os by functi ona l gra de of s chool , type of s chool a nd di s tri ct 29 Ta bl e 18 -Gros s pupi l tea cher ra ti os by medi um of i ns tructi on of s chool a nd di s tri ct 30 Ta bl e 19 -School s by gros s pupi l tea cher ra ti o a nd di s tri ct 31 iii Ta bl e 20 -School s by functi ona l gra de, Type of s chool s a nd gros s pupi l 32 tea cher ra ti o group Ta bl e 21 -School s by medi um of i ns tructi on a nd gros s pupi l tea cher ra ti o group 33 Ta bl e 22 -School s by gros s pupi l tea cher ra ti o a nd number of tea chers i n s chool 34 Grade one new admissions Ta bl e 23 - Gra de one new a dmi s s i ons by gender, medi um of s tudy a nd di s tri ct 35 Ta bl e 24 - Gra de one new a dmi s s i ons by gender, functi ona l gra de of s chool a nd di s tri ct 36 Ta bl e 25 -School s by functi ona l gra de, s ex of s tudents a nd s i ze of gra de one a dmi s s ions 37 Ta bl e 26 -School s by medi um of i ns tructi on a nd s i ze of gra de one new a dmi s s i ons 38 Ta bl e 27 -School s by s i ze of gra de one new a dmi s s ions a nd di strict 39 Ta bl e 28 -Pri va te s chool s a nd thei r s tudents a nd tea chers 40 Ta bl e 29 -Pi ri vena s a nd thei r s tudents a nd tea chers 41 Ta bl e 30 -Tea cher Tra i ni ng Col l eges (TTCs ) a nd Na ti ona l Col l eges of Educa ti on(NCs OE) 42 4 List of Figures Page No 1.1: Distribution of school information by type 04 1.2: Schools by size of student population 07 1.3: Student by medium of study 08 1.4: Percentage of teachers by appointment category 09 1.5:Grade 1 new admission by gender and 11 province 5 Basic Information in Government Schools, 2016 Schools Students All Schools 10,162 All Students 4,143,330 1AB Schools 1,016 1AB Schools 1,626,565 1C Schools 1,805 1C Schools 1,034,743 Type 2 Schools 3,408 Type 2 Schools 826,255 Type 3 Schools 3,933 Type 3 Schools 655,767 Medium of instruction Gender Sinhala only 6,338 Male students 2,052,188 Tamil only 2,989 Female students 2,091,142 Sinhala & Tamil 66 Sinhala & English 554 Primary Tamil & English 168 (Grade 1-5 & Special Education) 1,717,092 Sinhala,Tamil & English 47 Junior Secondary (Grade 6-9) 1,314,381 Student Population Senior Secondary 1-50 students 1,455 (Grade 10-11) 619,105 51-100 students 1,543 Collegiate 101-150 students 1,176 (Grade 12-13) 492,752 151-200 students 965 201-500 students 2,693 Teachers 501-1000 students 1,380 1001-1500 students 416 All Teachers 232,555 1501-2000 students 211 Graduate teachers 99,724 2001-3000 students 202 Trained teachers 127,857 3001-4000 students 74 Untrained teachers 2,426 4001 students & above 47 Trainee teachers 1,887 Other teachers 661 Teachers by Schools School Type by Teachers 1 Teacher schools 27 1AB Schools 76,012 2 Teacher schools 108 1C Schools 60,001 3-9 Teacher schools 3,013 Type 2 Schools 61,586 10-25 Teacher schools 4,373 Type 3 Schools 34,956 26-50 Teacher schools 1,748 51-100 Teacher schools 669 Student teacher ratio 18 101 Teacher& above 224 Students/ Graduate teacher ratio 42 Student/ trained teacher ratio 32 National Schools 353 Student/Untrained teacher ratio 833 Provincial Schools 9,809 Student teacher ratio 1AB Schools 21 Grade 1 Admissions 317,895 1C Schools 17 1AB Schools 45,991 Type 2 Schools 13 1C Schools 68,175 Type 3 Schools 19 Type 2 Schools 79,243 Boys schools 22 Type 3 Schools 124,486 Girls schools 24 Mixed schools 17 Introduction The Ministry of Education has conducted an uninterrupted series of annual school censuses for the last 50 years and this has become the major data source of education data in the country.