The main source of education statistics is the annual school census carried out by the Statistics Branch of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. This census has been carried out for about two decades. It covers the schools in the country and collects information on schools, teachers, pupils, physical resources etc. Besides, information on educational institutions such as Pirivenas and Teacher Training Colleges are also collected Statistics Branch, Ministry of Education : Tel: + 94 11 2785566 http://www.statistics.gov.lk/images/bg.gif); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat;">School Census  

• Preliminary report of School Census
  • 2008
  " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/PreliminaryReport-2008.pdf">2008
  • 2007
  " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Preliminary%20report%20-%202007.pdf">2007
  • 2006
  " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/SUMMARY%20TABLES%202006.pdf">2006
  • 2005
  " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/censusS%202005.pdf">2005
  • 2003
  " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/census2003pdf.pdf">2003
  • 2002
  " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/census2002.pdf">2002

http://www.statistics.gov.lk/images/bg.gif); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat;">Key Statistics  

• All" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/edustat-2002.pdf">All school, pupils and teachers by province - 2002

• Schools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/school_university.pdf">Schools and Universities

• Performance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/performance.pdf">Performance of candidates - GCE (O/L), GCE(A/L) and Admissions to Universities

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table_1.pdf">Number of schools, pupils, teachers and pupil teacher ratios 1993-1997

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table_2.pdf">Number of government schools by status, 1993 - 1997

• Pupil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table_3.pdf">Pupil teacher ratio by category of teachers in government schools 1993 - 1997

• Pupils" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table_4.pdf">Pupils by type of cycle in government schools - 1997

http://www.statistics.gov.lk/images/bg.gif); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat;">District Level Statistics  

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table%201.pdf">Number of schools by type of school and district: 1972 - 2002

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table%201(a).pdf">Number of functioning schools by medium and district: 1998 - 2001

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table%202.pdf">Number of government schools by grade and district, 1972-2002

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table%203.pdf">Number of pupils in schools by type of school classified and district, 1972-2002

• Number" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.lk/education/Table%204.pdf">Number of teachers in schools by type of schools classified and district,1972-2002