Educational Indicators 1980

YEAR		1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008*	2009 *
Economic & Finance
*Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP 1**
	Education *2	2.89	2.82	3.34	3.41	2.88	3.02	2.84	2.57	2.30	2.90	2.41	2.65	2.13
	University Education	0.41	0.40	0.37	0.47	0.45	0.49	0.44	0.42	0.41	0.50	0.43	0.38	0.31

Expenditure as a Percentage of Government Expenditure
	Education *2	7.06	7.72	10.62	10.42	10.05	10.12	10.23	9.82	8.74	10.43	9.98	11.46	9.61
	University Education	1.00	1.09	1.16	1.45	1.59	1.66	1.57	1.59	1.57	1.80	1.78	1.62	1.42

Per Capita Cost (Rs.)
	General Education	448	951	2,023	4,285	6,436	7,453	8,329	8,504	8,710	12,668	15,082	21,460	21,127
	University Education	14,976	32,332	37,544	90,863	111,926	129,853	127,237	126,261	134,326	185,057	203,011	207,228	196,685

The Share (Percentage) going for Capital Investments
	Education *2	14.69	15.63	11.94	16.87	19.44	14.72	11.56	11.47	7.13	15.35	9.03	12.67	8.94
	University Education	53.77	53.91	26.06	22.01	25.02	23.24	16.98	16.81	17.72	27.94	22.34	25.43	23.39

Participation
Age-specific Enrolment Ratios (per 100)
	General Education (Age 5 – 19 yrs)	63.02	68.42	72.20	67.21	64.60	80.45	76.25	73.73	71.77	72.26	69.10	71.47	70.06	70.23
	University Education (Age 20 – 24 yrs)	1.2	1.1	1.6	1.7	2.3	2.8	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.8	4.1

Operational
Student - Teacher Ratio
	General Education	24.9	25.6	23.1	21.8	21.9	21.6	21.0	21.3	20.8	21.0	18.7	18.9	18.5	18.5
	University Education	11.8	8.9	13.9	11.1	14.1	14.5	14.2	14.5	15.3	14.6	15.5	15.0	15.8	16.2

New Admissions (No.)
	General Education	364,552	372,105	387,314	342,386	331,643	330,385	325,667	315,606	302,027	318,089	327,601	334,641	330,448	326,364*5
	University Education	4,959	5,630	7,152	9,245	11,805	11,962	12,144	25,471*3	13,396	14,520	16,598	17,196	20,069	20,846

Progression to University from GCE (A/L)
	Percentage Eligible for University Admissions	43.1	43.7	45.2	44.9	49.66	43.35	49.97	43.92	43.56	55.88	58.21	59.48	61.27	62.78
	Admission as a Percentage of Eligible	16.35	31.56	20.74	15.59	16.08	16.26	13.25	14.13	14.34	13.00	13.97	14.34	16.53	16.01

*Graduate Output (No.) 4**
	First Degree	3,296	3,078	4,476	4,206	9,374	8,224	9,027	12,436	15,413	12,545	16,812	16,837	19,755
	Postgraduate	430	302	307	1,048	2,169	1,643	1,996	3,796	5,158	4,589	3,071	3,838	4,665

Institutional Development
	No. of Universities	8	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15
	No. of Faculties	26	29	32	36	55	61	66	68	68	77	78	79	79	79
	No. of Departments	n.a	193	229	275	337	370	374	372	375	411	425	451	451	458
	No. of Institutes	5	5	8	9	11	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	17	17
	No. of Employees	4,954	6,480	7,687	8,541	11,486	12,112	12,634	12,390	12,417	13,269	13,859	14,119	14,535	15,415
	No. of Teachers	1,443	2,051	2,040	2,808	3,241	3,268	3,390	3,487	3,525	3,770	4,016	4,313	4,452	4,735

Notes :
(1)	* Provisional.
(2)	*1 GDP on Current Factor Cost prices.
(3)	*2 Education includes General Education and Higher Education including University Education.
(4)	*3 In year 2003, two batches of undergraduates who qualified at the GCE (A/L) examinations conducted in 2001 August and 2002 April were admitted.
(5)	*4 From 2003 onwards, Graduate Output includes graduates who followed Internal and External Degree programmes of Universities, Open University and Higher Educational Institutes.
(6)	*5 This excludes schools in Mullaitivu and Killinochchi Districts and some schools of Mannar and Vavuniya Districts due to war situation.

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