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Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils& Local Government National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka 534/2, 7th Floor,”Nipunatha piyasa”,Elvitigala Mw,Narahenpita,Colombo 05. Tel No: +94112595679/80 Fax No: +94112595679 e-mail: [email protected]: www.nhrdc.gov.lk
Guidance
Mr. Dinesh Weerakkody (Chairman-NHRDC) Dr. K.A. Lalithadheera (Director-NHRDC)
Overall Supervision
Ms. J.A.C.P Jayasinghe (Assistant Director (Development)-NHRDC) Mr. S. Thanigaseelan (Assistant Director (Research)-NHRDC)
Analysis and Presentation
Mr. R.D.C.S. Rajapaksha (Research officer- NHRDC)
Data Sources Annual Report 2018, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Annual Performance Report 2017, Ministry of Education Reviewing of Performance at Grade five Scholarship Examination-
2018, Department of Examinations Performance of Candidates (G.C.E (O.L) Examination 2018),
Department of Examinations UGC Statistics 2018, University Grant Commission of Sri Lanka Labour Market Information Bulletin Volume – 1/2018, Volume-2/2017,Volume -
2/2016,Volume-2/2015,Volume-2/2014,Volume-2/2013, Volume-2/2012, Tertiary andVocational Education Commission
Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2019, Central Bank of Sri Lanka https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/sites/default/files/cbslweb_documents/publications/annual_report/20
18/en/7_Chapter_03.pdf https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/sites/default/files/cbslweb_documents/statistics/otherpub/ess_2019_e.
pdf https://www.ugc.ac.lk/downloads/statistics/stat_2018/Chapter6.pdf https://doenets.lk/documents/statistics/G.C.E.(O.L.)2018.pdf https://doenets.lk/documents/statistics/Grade_5_scholar_ship_2018.pdf http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/images/publications/2018/apr_e.pdf
ISBN 978-955-7694-12-2
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Introduction
In this bulletin it is focus on General Education, Technical, Vocational Education & Training and Higher
Education.
General Education
The education system in Sri Lanka is comprised with three levels namely General Education, University
Education and Vocational Education. General Education comprises with primary and secondary
education while the university education and vocational education come under tertiary education.
Technical education and vocational training is another segment of the education. Education is one of the
most important elements of economic performance in the modern world.
This is an introduction, giving the country context, an overview of the current education system on
General Education grade 1 - 13. By the year 2018 the total numbers of schools are 11,039. Out of this
amount 10,174 (92%) are government schools while the balance comprise with 106 private schools and
759 Pirivenas. The total student enrollment in schools is 4,412,695. Over 4.2 million students in
government schools (4,213,729) while having the balance at Privenas (60,440), private schools (138,526).
New admission to grade one in government schools in the year 2018 is 327,764 (See table number 1 under
General Education).
Tertiary Education – Technical, Vocational Education and Training
Technical, Vocational Education and Training is coming under the Tertiary education system in Sri Lanka.
Tertiary Education refers to any type of education pursued beyond the high school level. This includes
diplomas, undergraduate and graduate certificates, and associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral
degrees and commonly referred to as postsecondary education.
The National Vocational Qualifications Framework which was developed by the Tertiary and Vocational
Education Commission (TVEC) makes provision for technical and vocational education and training in Sri
Lanka in line with the economic and social development of the country with an international standard. This
framework is consist with the national competency standards which was identified by the industry sector
stakeholders. The competency standards include relevant technical and employability competencies. The
system consist of seven NVQ levels awarded by the TVEC and University of Vocational Technology
(UNIVOTEC). Certification of 1 – 6 levels (up to diploma level) courses are carried out by the training
institutions and accredited by the TVEC. Certification at level 7 (degree level) is carried out by the
UNIVOTEC.
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TVEC statistics has shown the students enrollment in the public sector training institutes are 109,634 for
the 1st half of the year 2018 and students enrollment in private sector institutes are 49,057 for year 2017.
(See table number 2, 3 under Technical, Vocational Education and Training). The total No. of NVQ
certificates issued both public and private sector training institutes is around 65,212 in the year 2017 and
28,826 for 1st half of year 2018 (See table number 5 under Technical, Vocational Education and Training).
Tertiary Education - Higher Education
Higher education, also referred as tertiary education occurs most commonly universities or degree-granting
institutions. Higher education sector is one of the most powerful sector of education in Sri Lanka and it
will inspire the country’s value, ethics and social institutions so that Sri Lanka becomes celebrated as an
enlightened and peaceful multi-ethic, multi-religious and multi-cultural society.
Reference to table number 8 under General Education, in the year 2018, around 328,464 all candidates sat
for the G.C.E. (O/L) examination but out of them about 267,111 of all candidates sat for G.C.E (A/L) and
only 167,907 (62.86%) all candidates eligible to enter into the state universities. Around 31,451 (19.28 %)
all students only have a chance to enter into national university system in Sri Lanka in academic year
2017/18. Also in year 2018, 31376 number of students were graduated. (See table number 1 under Higher
Education).
In this bulletin it includes important statistics related with General Education, TVET and Higher education
sectors. All the data were collected based on the secondary data sources available in the website, Central
Bank Annual reports of Sri Lanka and University Statistics of University Grant Commission etc.
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Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 3
General Education ................................................................................................................................ 6
CHAPTER 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 7
1. Salient Features of General Education ............................................................................................ 7
2. Classification of schools by Year.................................................................................................... 8
3. Number of Teachers in government schools by year ...................................................................... 8
4. Distribution of the Number of candidates who obtained marks above (in Grade 5 Scholarshipexaminations 2014-2018) district cut off by province ........................................................................ 9
5. Performance of School Candidates (First Attempt) (G.C.E (O/L) Examinations 2013-2018) byyear .................................................................................................................................................... 10
6. Performance of School candidates (G.C.E (O/L) Examinations 2014-2018) by province ........... 11
7. Summary of student’s performance by year ................................................................................. 12
8. Dropout students of G.C.E (O/L), G.C.E (A/L) and Qualify for enter to Universities by year .... 13
9. Total Expenditure on general education by year........................................................................... 14
Technical, Vocational Education and Training ............................................................................... 15
CHAPTER 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 16
1. Recruitments and Completions in selected Public Sector Training Organizations by year .......... 16
2. Training Performance of TVEC Registered Public Sector Training Institutions in each year ..... 17
3. Training Performance of TVEC Registered Private Sector Training Institutions in each year .... 18
4. Recruitments and Completions in selected Public sector Training Organizations by Province(2014 to 2018(1st half)) ..................................................................................................................... 19
5. Number of NVQ certificates issued by Training Provider ............................................................ 20
6. NVQ Certificates Issued by Industry Sector since 31st December 2014 up to 30th June 2018 ... 21
7. Number of NVQ Certificate Recipients to Training Provider by Gender in each year ................ 22
8. Total Expenditure on Technical, Vocational Education and Training Sector by year .................. 23
Higher Education ................................................................................................................................ 24
CHAPTER 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 25
1. Summary of Universities and Higher Education Institutes (a) (2014 – 2018) ............................... 25
2. Students admission to Universities and Higher Educational Institutes by Province in eachacademic year.................................................................................................................................... 26
3. Eligibility, Admission and Enrollment of Students for Universities and Higher EducationalInstitutes (a) (Academic Year 2013/14 - 2017/18) ............................................................................. 27
4. Expenditure on Higher Education by each Year ........................................................................... 29
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Gen
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2. Classification of schools by Year
IndicatorYear
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018(c)No. of Government schools 10,012 10,121 10,144 10,162 10,194 10,174
Schools by type
1AB Schools 868 959 1,004 1,016 1,029 1,044
1C Schools 1,910 1,852 1,801 1,805 1,818 1,845
Type 2 Schools 3,730 3,603 3,462 3,408 3,288 3,227
Type 3 Schools 3,504 3,707 3,877 3,933 4,059 4,058
No. of Private and Special Schools 103 103 103 105 106 106
No. of Private Schools (a) 78 78 78 80 80 80
No. of Special Schools (b) 25 25 25 25 26 26
No. of Pirivenas 734 747 749 754 753 759
Total No. of Schools 10,849 10,971 10,996 11,021 11,053 11,039Source: Annual Performance Report 2017, Ministry of Education
, Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2019, CBSL, Annual Report 2018, CBSL Note: (a) International Schools are not included(b) Children with special needs (blind, dumb, etc.)(c) Provisional
1AB: Schools with classes from Grade 1 to 13 or Grade 6 to 13 that have the three subject streams such as the G.C.E. (A/L) Science stream, Commerce stream and Technology Subject Stream. (The Technology SubjectStream is conducted in selected schools)
1C: Schools with classes from Grade 1 to 13 or Grade 6 to 13 and with both G.C.E (A/L) Commerce stream and Arts stream or one subject stream (The Technology Subject Stream is conducted in selected schools)
Type 2: Schools with classes from Grade 1 to 13 or Grade 6 to 13 that have classes up to G.C.E (O/L)
Type 3: Primary and Junior Schools with Grades from 1 to 5 or 8
3. Number of Teachers in government schools by year
Indicator Year
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018(a)No. of Teachers in Government Schools 226,983 232,993 236,988 235,999 241,018 247,334(b)
By Gender
Female 163,860 168,642 172,536 172,000 176,530 -
Male 63,123 64,351 64,462 63,999 64,688 -
Source: Annual Performance Report 2017, Ministry of Education , Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2019, CBSL Note: (a) Provisional(b) Teachers in functioning and temporary closed schools
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4. Distribute of Number of Candidates who obtained marks above (in Grade 5Scholarship examinations 2014-2018) district cut off by Province
Province
Year
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Western 8,425 10.18 8,251 9.86 7,651 9.06 7,619 8.97 8,910 10.34
Central 3,014 6.91 2,834 6.59 3,116 7.01 2,950 6.50 3,308 7.28
Southern 4,649 11.36 4,337 10.42 4,623 10.57 4,732 10.82 5,176 11.68
Northern 2,064 11.00 2,148 11.38 2,025 10.49 2,226 10.93 2,236 12.02
Eastern 2,380 8.52 2,500 7.99 2,649 8.01 2,599 7.94 2,578 8.06
North Western 4,389 11.37 4,149 10.51 4,268 10.58 4,805 11.56 5,172 12.19
North Central 2,134 9.72 2,197 9.69 2,367 10.17 2,391 9.63 2,617 10.45
Uva 2,050 9.14 2,172 9.72 2,417 10.45 2,274 9.45 2,493 10.65
Sabaragamuwa 3,630 11.84 3,265 10.64 3,530 11.03 3,567 10.85 3,654 11.15
Island 32,735 9.99 31,583 9.55 32,646 9.5 33,163 9.46 36,144 10.32Source: Reviewing of Performance at Grade five Scholarship Examination-2018, Department of Examinations Note: Percentage is calculated based on the number sat of each Province
Figure 1-4: Percentage Number of candidates who obtained marks above (in Grade 5 Scholarship examinations) district cut off by province in each year
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5. Performance of School Candidates (First Attempt) (G.C.E (O/L) Examinations 2013-2018) by year
Item Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
No. Sat (5 or More subjects) 264,772 257,322 273,224 286,251 296,812 296,029
Qualified for (A/L) Number 176,534 177,612 189,428 200,208 216,815 222,281% 66.67 69.02 69.33 69.94 73.05 75.09
Obtained 9 "A" passes Number 5,737 5,271 6,102 8,224 9,960 9,261
% 2.17 2.05 2.23 2.87 3.36 3.13Failed in All subjects (Appeared for 6 or more subjects)
Number 9,444 8,147 8,698 8,900 7,308 5,917
% 3.57 3.17 3.18 3.11 2.46 2.00Source: Performance of Candidates (G.C.E (O/L) Examination 2018), Department of Examinations
Figure 1-5I: Percentage number of Students Qualified for (A/L)
Figure 1-5II: Comparison between percentage numbers of students who obtained 9 “A” passes with percentage number of students who failed in all subjects in each year
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7. Summary of School Student’s performance by year
Indicators
Year
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Student Performance (p)
Student Performance at the grade 5 scholarship examination
No of students appeared for the grade 5 scholarship examination 322,455 327,648 333,672 343,757 350,462
Percentage of students obtained 70 marks out of 200 marks 78.96 78.96 76.33 75.67 69.40
Student Performance at the G.C.E (O/L) Examination
No of students appeared for the G.C.E (O/L) examination (First Attempt) 264,772 257,322 273,410 286,251 296,812
Percentage of students eligible for G.C.E (A/L) 66.67 69.02 69.33 69.94 73.05Passed percentage
Mathematics 57.23 56.7 55.18 62.81 67.24Science 67.53 60.58 68.02 66.33 73.46English 47.86 45.08 45.4 47.9 51.12
Student performance at the G.C.E (A/L) examination
No of students appeared for the G.C.E (A/L) examination 209,906 207,304 210,340 211,865 206,630
Percentage of students eligible for the university entrance
Bio Science stream 49.8(v) 50.3 53.3 53.26 55.71Physical Science stream 47.1 46.6 48.6 53.35 54.05Commerce stream 57.6 64.0 67.9 69.64 71.17Arts stream 66 68.9 65.9 70.28 73.82Engineering Technology Subject stream X X 50.1 55.58 57.74Bio System Technology Subject stream X X 60.7 60.16 61.79Other subject streams 48.9 47.42 39.0 39.36 40.83
Source: Annual Performance Report 2017, Ministry of Education Note: (p)Based on the Examination results data of Sri Lanka Department of Examinations(v) As per the results of candidates those appeared for the examination for the first and second times.X - not applicable
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8.Dr
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s of G
.C.E
(O/L
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for e
nter
to U
nive
rsiti
es b
y ye
ar
Yea
r of
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fo
r G
.C.E
(A
/L)
Yea
r of
un
iver
sity
ad
mitt
ed
Aca
dem
ic
Yea
r
All
Scho
ol
Can
dida
tes
sat (
5 or
m
ore
subj
ects
)for
th
e G
CE
(O
/L)
(one
or
mor
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an
one
atte
mpt
)
All
Can
dida
tes
Sat
for
th
e G
CE
(O
/L)
Scho
ol
Can
dida
tes
sat
for
th
e G
CE
(A
/L)
All
Can
dida
tes
Sat
for
the
GC
E
(A/L
)
Scho
ol
drop
out
O/L
drop
out
O/L
all
Scho
ol
Can
dida
tes
elig
ible
to
Ent
er
Uni
vers
ity
Scho
ol
cand
idat
es E
ligib
le
to E
nter
U
nive
rsit
y
(%)
All
Can
dida
tes
Qua
lifyi
ng
to E
nter
U
nive
rsity
All
cand
idat
es e
ligib
le
to E
nter
U
nive
rsit
y %
Scho
ol
drop
out
A/L
drop
out
A/L
all
New
ad
mis
sion
s for
ba
sic
degr
ees
drop
out
qu
alify
to
univ
ersi
ty
Adm
issi
on
as a
pe
rcen
tage
of
elig
ible
ab
cd
(a-c
)(b
-d)
e(e
/c*1
00)
f(f
/d*1
00)
(c-e
)(d
-f)
g(f
-g)
(g/f*
100)
2013
2014
2013
/14
287,
040
308,
054
209,
906
241,
629
77,1
3466
,425
122,
913
58.5
614
3,74
059
.49
86,9
93
97,8
8925
,200
11
8,54
017
.53
2014
2015
2014
/15
277,
414
298,
549
207,
304
247,
376
70,1
1051
,173
126,
971
61.2
514
9,57
260
.46
80,3
33
97,8
0425
,643
12
3,92
917
.14
2015
2016
2015
/16
290,
929
314,
635
210,
340
255,
191
80,5
8959
,444
131,
137
62.3
515
5,55
060
.95
79,2
03
99,6
4129
,055
12
6,49
518
.68
2016
2017
2016
/17
286,
251*
293,
218
211,
865
258,
193
74,3
8635
,025
134,
238
63.3
616
0,52
062
.17
97,6
7397
,673
30,6
6812
9,85
219
.10
2017
2018
2017
/18
312,
464
326,
424
206,
630
253,
330
105,
834
73,0
9413
6,42
166
.02
163,
104
64.3
870
,209
90,2
2631
,451
131,
653
19.2
8
2018
2019
2018
/19
308,
843
328,
464
218,
191
267,
111
90,6
5261
,353
141,
172
64.7
016
7,90
762
.86
77,0
1999
,204
Sour
ce: E
cono
mic
and
Soc
ial S
tatis
tics o
f Sri
Lan
ka 2
019,
CBS
L
Not
e: S
ome
of th
e ca
lcul
atio
ns w
ere
done
by
NH
RDC
*Num
ber o
f all
stud
ents
sat f
or G
.C.E
(O/L
) bas
ed o
n N
ew sy
llabu
s
Statistical Bulletin On Education 2019 13
-
Figure 1- 8: Comparison between percentage numbers of all candidates eligible to enter universities with actual percentage number of admissions to universities out of eligible students in each year
9. Total Expenditure on general education by year
Rs '000
Expenditure
Year
2015 2016 2017 2018
(Revised Budget)
2019 (Estimates)
Recurrent 43,773,402 48,346,782 51,940,824 62,277,310 60,500,000
Capital 15,677,668 15,480,475 27,575,301 42,519,460 44,500,000
Total 59,451,070 63,827,257 79,516,125 104,796,770 105,000,000 Source: Budget Estimate - 2017, 2018, 2019 Ministry of Finance
Note: Above expenditures are based on expenditure of Ministry of Education, expenditure of Department of Examination and expenditure of Department of Educational Publications
Figure 1-9: Comparison between recurrent and capital Expenditure on General Education
59.49 60.46 60.95 62.1764.38 62.86
17.53 17.14 18.68 19.1 19.28
010203040506070
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Perc
enta
ge(%
)
Year
Percentage of all candidates eligible to Enter University (f/d*100)
Actual percentage of candidates addmitted to Universities out of all eligible (g/f*100)
43,773,402 48,346,782
51,940,824
62,277,310 60,500,000
15,677,668 15,480,475 27,575,301
42,519,460 44,500,000
-
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
2015 2016 2017 2018 (RevisedBudget)
2019 (Estimates)
Expe
nditu
re(R
s'000
)
Recurrent Capital
National Human Resources Development Council of Srilanka14
-
Tech
nica
l, Vo
catio
nal E
duca
tion
and
T rai
ning
Statistical Bulletin On Education 2019 15
-
CHAP
TER
2 1.
Recr
uitm
ents
and
Com
plet
ions
in se
lect
ed P
ublic
Sec
tor T
rain
ing
Org
aniza
tions
by
year
Inst
itute
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
(1st
half)
No. Recruited
No. Completed
No. Recruited
No. Completed
No. Recruited
No. Completed
No. Recruited
No. Completed
No. Recruited
No. Completed
No. Recruited
No. Completed
Tot
alT
otal
Tot
alT
otal
Tot
alT
otal
Tot
alT
otal
Tot
alT
otal
Tot
alT
otal
Voc
atio
nal T
rain
ing
Aut
horit
y (V
TA)
28,4
9724
,583
2876
022
114
28,7
4524
,141
31,5
8525
,874
36,6
9530
,056
20,8
6313
,918
Nat
iona
l App
rent
ice
& In
dust
rial T
rain
ing
Aut
horit
y (N
AIT
A)
13,7
6710
,158
2144
314
600
22,5
5514
,317
31,9
0720
,495
32,6
6822
,937
17,1
508,
389
Dep
artm
ent o
f Tec
hnic
al E
duca
tion
&Tr
aini
ng (D
TET)
22,7
3615
,484
2286
324
687
19,8
6415
,516
26,5
9117
,389
39,9
1022
,197
31,6
6310
,053
Nat
iona
l You
th S
ervi
ce C
ounc
il (N
YSC
)19
,617
14,2
3819
374
1463
118
,953
14,4
0721
,000
15,6
9122
,726
16,4
7723
,548
16,4
32N
atio
nal I
nstit
ute
of B
usin
ess M
anag
emen
t (N
IBM
)10
,067
8,70
094
5364
228,
404
3,54
05,
898
628
8,04
92,
277
3,68
91,
204
Nat
iona
l You
th C
orps
(NY
C)
9,55
86,
079
1031
182
837,
697
5,22
612
,354
7,79
514
,178
9,92
624
012
0C
eylo
n G
erm
an T
echn
ical
Tra
inin
g In
stitu
te (C
GTT
I)4,
516
2,88
739
4021
864,
025
3,61
760
036
03,
949
2,12
7-
207
Uni
vers
ity o
f Voc
atio
nal T
echn
olog
y (U
NIV
OTE
C)
341
1543
865
799
414
592
921,
213
323
1,18
381
Sri L
anka
Inst
itute
of T
extil
e &
App
arel
(SLI
TA)
424
262
867
559
835
334
1,06
970
11,
204
343
428
75G
em &
Jew
elle
ry R
esea
rch
and
Trai
ning
Inst
itute
(GJR
TI)
599
369
674
527
757
651
1,20
061
470
042
4O
cean
Uni
vers
ity (O
CU
)/NIF
NE
5344
1309
973
918
267
1,05
258
157
515
81,
440
838
Sri L
anka
Por
t Aut
horit
y (S
LPA
)66
866
858
6758
671,
847
1,84
732
970
Sri L
anka
Inst
itute
of P
rintin
g (S
LIO
P)81
134
994
260
11,
113
347
901
363
1,08
436
3U
nive
rsity
Col
lege
s (U
C)
840
1189
01,
714
710
2,52
826
0C
onst
ruct
ion
Indu
stry
Dev
elop
men
t Aut
horit
y (C
IDA
)52
521,
176
1,17
613
390
Nat
iona
l Des
ign
Cen
tre (N
DC
)53
4474
073
5573
-In
stitu
te fo
r Con
stru
ctio
n Tr
aini
ng a
nd D
evel
opm
ent
(IC
TAD
)1,
305
1,13
4
Sri L
anka
Inst
itute
of A
dvan
ced
Tech
nolo
gica
l Edu
catio
n (S
LIA
TE)
5,99
63,
299
Tot
al11
2,56
984
,766
127,
271
102,
157
117,
321
84,5
5214
0,04
291
,796
165,
238
108,
563
109,
634
55,3
90So
urce
: Lab
our M
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
- Vol
ume2
/201
2, V
olum
e2/2
013,
Vol
ume2
/201
4, V
olum
e2/2
015,
Vol
ume2
/201
6, V
olum
e2/2
017,
Vol
ume1
/201
8, T
VEC
N
ote:
Com
plet
ion
incl
ude
the
inta
ke o
f pre
viou
s yea
rs fo
r cou
rses
of d
iffer
ent d
urat
ion.
*o
n th
e jo
b tr
aini
ng a
nd in
-pla
nt tr
aini
ng o
f NAI
TA a
re n
ot in
clud
ed.
Both
full
time
and
part
tim
e co
urse
s are
incl
uded
.
National Human Resources Development Council of Srilanka16
-
2.Tr
aini
ng P
erfo
rman
ce o
f TVE
C Re
gist
ered
Pub
lic S
ecto
r Tra
inin
g In
stitu
tions
in e
ach
year
Fiel
d of
Stu
dy20
1420
15*2
016
*201
7*2
018(
1st h
alf)
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Info
rmat
ion
Com
mun
icat
ion
and
Mul
timed
ia
Tech
nolo
gy25
346
2092
422
881
1807
023
,635
14,7
6427
,513
18,2
1418
,760
12,1
27
Lang
uage
s10
254
7648
7740
5694
12,1
297,
634
16,7
6111
,722
12,5
749,
742
Bui
ldin
g an
d C
onst
ruct
ion
1098
811
352
1202
386
6124
,380
18,4
5626
,841
18,2
0020
,150
4,98
4A
utom
obile
Rep
air a
nd M
aint
enan
ce96
7261
6910
651
7535
6,81
54,
629
13,6
317,
490
7,89
12,
740
Elec
trica
l, El
ectro
nics
and
Tel
ecom
mun
icat
ion
7291
6525
7271
5505
7,37
64,
934
9,47
66,
023
7,96
72,
290
Text
ile a
nd G
arm
ents
7514
5771
7650
5326
8,19
15,
947
9,35
56,
559
5,34
33,
575
Pers
onal
and
Com
mun
ity D
evel
opm
ent
1795
014
512
1648
611
952
20,0
1913
,863
23,6
8217
,945
8,02
65,
928
Met
al a
nd L
ight
Eng
inee
ring
6479
4872
4429
3866
3,82
52,
936
4,19
52,
940
3,02
81,
248
Fina
nce
Ban
king
and
Man
agem
ent
6223
5133
5032
2383
3,87
81,
675
4,92
91,
947
5,13
71,
599
Hot
el a
nd T
ouris
m48
0130
2447
9631
574,
335
2,82
04,
929
3,33
83,
020
1,78
7H
uman
Res
ourc
e M
anag
emen
t45
036
955
648
41,
640
577
1,56
288
01,
041
631
Offi
ce M
anag
emen
t22
9116
5916
4910
712,
312
1,30
93,
136
1,96
51,
717
579
Ref
riger
atio
n an
d A
ir C
ondi
tioni
ng20
8513
7620
2015
082,
027
1,31
82,
162
1,49
81,
617
421
Woo
d R
elat
ed22
8615
7620
1012
681,
727
1,26
01,
854
1,56
91,
146
495
Food
Tec
hnol
ogy
849
597
1294
995
1,29
684
21,
649
1,16
61,
553
1,03
7Pr
intin
g an
d Pa
ckag
ing
812
561
721
361
1578
735
681
453
215
135
Agr
icul
ture
Pla
ntat
ion
and
Live
stoc
k64
549
686
058
74,
538
3,46
01,
676
1,05
72,
020
1,01
9G
em a
nd Je
wel
lery
954
658
975
753
1,07
592
81,
552
841
918
535
Med
ical
and
Hea
lth S
cien
ce60
763
262
755
759
172
1,25
454
020
817
9H
eavy
veh
icle
Ope
ratio
ns13
3513
4426
320
056
942
01
21
1Tr
aine
r Tra
inin
g77
651
860
550
713
311
488
547
919
60
Art
Des
ign
and
Med
ia21
3715
5524
5313
501,
043
611
2,82
91,
867
1,69
31,
176
Leat
hera
nd F
ootw
ear
202
162
301
184
317
238
258
205
2,71
41,
792
Mec
hatro
nics
Tec
hnol
ogy
319
231
405
335
383
114
587
247
498
170
Mar
ine
and
Nau
tical
Sci
ence
872
583
1238
596
1,06
559
951
618
41,
261
809
Rub
ber a
nd P
last
ic18
126
427
718
2Fi
sher
ies a
nd A
quac
ultu
re43
022
380
180
179
282
21O
ther
4133
3910
2324
1635
4,93
61,
457
3,11
71,
046
640
368
Tot
al12
7,27
1 10
2,15
7 11
7,32
1 84
,552
14
0,04
291
,796
165,
238
108,
563
109,
634
55,3
90So
urce
: Lab
ourM
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
-Vol
ume2
/201
2, V
olum
e 2/
2013
, Vol
ume
2/20
14, V
olum
e2/
2015
, Vol
ume
2/20
16 ,V
olum
e 2/
2017
,Vol
ume
1/20
18,T
VEC
Not
e: C
ompl
etio
ns in
clud
e in
inta
ke o
f pre
viou
s yea
rs fo
r cou
rses
of d
iffer
ent d
urat
ion.
Both
full
time
and
part
tim
e co
urse
s are
incl
uded
.*E
xcep
t in-
plan
t tra
inin
g an
d on
the
job
trai
ning
in N
AITA
Statistical Bulletin On Education 2019 17
-
3.Tr
aini
ng P
erfo
rman
ce o
f TVE
C Re
gist
ered
Priv
ate
Sect
or T
rain
ing
Inst
itutio
ns in
eac
h ye
ar
Fiel
d of
Stu
dy20
1320
1420
15(1
)20
16(2
)20
17(3
)R
ecru
ited
Com
plet
edR
ecru
ited
Com
plet
edR
ecru
ited
Com
plet
edR
ecru
ited
Com
plet
edR
ecru
ited
Com
plet
ed
Info
rmat
ion
Com
mun
icat
ion
and
Mul
timed
ia T
echn
olog
y12
,545
8,02
611
684
7570
11,8
417,
570
15,3
4111
,112
8,29
56,
073
Lang
uage
s2,
531
1,81
414
4410
2385
455
52,
189
1,75
01,
838
1,48
3B
uild
ing
and
Con
stru
ctio
n1,
518
892
4110
2559
2,62
01,
574
2,69
11,
949
3,93
53,
190
Aut
omob
ile R
epai
r and
Mai
nten
ance
351
280
1183
479
1,18
737
881
258
61,
875
1,65
1El
ectri
cal,
Elec
troni
cs a
nd T
elec
omm
unic
atio
n1,
235
739
742
408
820
522
1,01
061
743
738
8Te
xtile
and
Gar
men
ts68
953
010
5473
086
747
81,
234
872
1,21
884
3Pe
rson
al a
nd C
omm
unity
Dev
elop
men
t1,
854
1,55
845
9222
554,
224
2,97
04,
884
3,66
05,
609
4,22
1M
etal
and
Lig
ht E
ngin
eerin
g68
745
079
754
226
912
729
121
744
631
0Fi
nanc
e B
anki
ng a
nd M
anag
emen
t1,
062
862
3741
1485
2,80
11,
037
3,43
72,
377
1,30
193
6H
otel
and
Tou
rism
403
234
589
302
2,92
72,
387
1,33
994
096
471
0H
uman
Res
ourc
e M
anag
emen
t1,
177
6254
7142
5,36
03,
347
691
441
6,94
55,
457
Offi
ce M
anag
emen
t32
417
332
823
480
962
715
063
217
178
Ref
riger
atio
n an
d A
ir C
ondi
tioni
ng55
735
465
130
139
624
125
223
527
323
7W
ood
Rel
ated
7358
148
122
151
8746
2562
40Fo
od T
echn
olog
y64
648
076
565
796
981
055
150
640
333
6Pr
intin
g an
d Pa
ckag
ing
132
9211
977
6513
179
158
4633
Agr
icul
ture
Pla
ntat
ion
and
Live
stoc
k12
910
047
040
812
111
110
581
199
159
Gem
and
Jew
elle
ry39
2872
5736
2353
4521
16M
edic
al a
nd H
ealth
Sci
ence
1,43
192
523
3414
306,
727
1,02
51,
699
1,15
83,
759
2,79
3H
eavy
veh
icle
Ope
ratio
ns1,
300
1,11
814
2816
361,
179
1,09
21,
635
1,59
72,
808
2,67
6Tr
aine
r Tra
inin
g11
,701
1,34
027
719
549
634
229
522
231
616
6A
rt D
esig
n an
d M
edia
1,65
91,
105
4921
2550
1,50
574
23,
142
2,37
287
152
9Le
athe
r and
Foo
twea
r90
9021
2137
136
658
354
4M
arin
e an
d N
autic
al S
cien
ce25
2027
324
042
301,
384
1,27
22,
480
2,42
5Fi
sher
ies a
nd A
quac
ultu
re14
616
725
120
139
3998
97A
viat
ion
and
Aer
onau
tics
4726
306
173
468
390
390
357
Mec
hatro
nics
Tec
hnol
ogy
139
1445
4597
35R
ubbe
r and
Pla
stic
Oth
er1,
389
965
3404
2959
9,11
84,
817
4,11
83,
515
4,25
23,
872
Tot
al43
,693
22,4
6251
055
2852
356
,100
31,4
8348
,722
36,8
4649
,057
39,1
14So
urce
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our M
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
- Vol
ume2
/201
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olum
e 2/
2013
, Vol
ume
2/20
14, V
olum
e 2/
2015
, Vol
ume
2/20
16, V
olum
e 2/
2017
, TVE
C N
ote:
The
abo
ve n
umbe
rs a
re b
ased
on
train
ing
perfo
rman
ce o
f TVE
C re
giste
red
priv
ate
insti
tutio
ns in
diff
eren
t sec
tors
. Bo
th fu
ll-tim
e an
d pa
rt ti
me
cour
ses a
re in
clud
ed.
(1)D
ata
from
273
of 6
40 re
giste
red
priv
ate
sect
or tr
aini
ng in
stitu
tes.
(2)D
ata
from
332
of 4
46 re
giste
red
priv
ate
sect
or tr
aini
ng in
stitu
te(3
) Dat
a fro
m 2
51 o
f 486
regi
stere
d pr
ivat
e se
ctor
trai
ning
insti
tute
s.
National Human Resources Development Council of Srilanka18
-
4.Re
crui
tmen
ts a
nd C
ompl
etio
ns in
sele
cted
Pub
lic se
ctor
Tra
inin
g O
rgan
izatio
ns b
y Pr
ovin
ce (2
014
to 2
018(
1st h
alf))
Prov
ince
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
(1st
half)
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Rec
ruite
dC
ompl
eted
Wes
tern
4755
835
931
46,6
5232
,768
42,5
6425
,236
46,7
5528
,989
31,5
9316
,648
Sout
hern
1659
013
671
16,7
2611
,546
21,0
8415
,044
24,4
8016
,299
15,1
057,
339
Cen
tral
1455
611
769
13,1
379,
695
15,5
8810
,122
16,3
7010
,555
12,6
906,
983
East
ern
1229
194
9410
,373
7,53
613
,594
9,39
417
,072
11,3
2413
,104
6,50
2N
orth
Wes
tern
9875
8597
7,87
35,
722
13,1
088,
729
17,8
9411
,676
10,1
505,
366
Saba
raga
muw
a81
2171
405,
948
4,84
19,
085
6,23
711
,874
7,74
86,
865
3,16
0N
orth
ern
6670
5692
6,52
44,
659
10,4
067,
199
11,7
938,
901
8,22
43,
909
Nor
th C
entra
l55
7847
534,
941
3,78
77,
958
5,52
610
,002
7,23
76,
513
2,94
4U
va60
3251
105,
147
3,99
86,
655
4,30
98,
998
5,83
45,
390
2,53
9T
otal
127,
271
102,
157
117,
321
84,5
5214
0,04
291
,796
165,
238
108,
563
109,
634
55,3
90So
urce
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our M
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
- Vol
ume2
/201
2, V
olum
e 2/
2013
, Vol
ume
2/20
14, V
olum
e 2/
2015
, Vol
ume
2/20
16, V
olum
e 2/
2017
, Vol
ume
1/20
18 ,
TVEC
Not
e: *
Expe
ct in
pla
nt tr
aini
ng a
nd o
n th
e jo
b tra
inin
g in
NAI
TA.
Both
full
time
and
part
time
cour
ses a
re in
clud
ed.
Fig
ure
2-4:
Rec
ruitm
ents
and
Com
plet
ions
in se
lect
ed P
ublic
sect
or T
rain
ing
Org
aniz
atio
ns b
y Pr
ovin
ce in
eac
h ye
ar
47558
35931
46,652
32,768
42,564
25,236
46,755
28,989
31,593
16,648
16590
13671
16,726
11,546
21,084
15,044
24,480
16,299
15,105
7,339
14556
11769
13,137
9,695
15,588
10,122
16,370
10,555
12,690
6,983
12291
9494
10,373
7,536
13,594
9,394
17,072
11,324
13,104
6,502
9875
8597
7,873
5,722
13,108
8,729
17,894
11,676
10,150
5,366
8121
7140
5,948
4,841
9,085
6,237
11,874
7,748
6,865
3,160
6670
5692
6,524
4,659
10,406
7,199
11,793
8,901
8,224
3,909
5578
4753
4,941
3,787
7,958
5,526
10,002
7,237
6,513
2,944
6032
5110
5,147
3,998
6,655
4,309
8,998
5,834
5,390
2,539
050
0010
000
1500
020
000
2500
030
000
3500
040
000
4500
050
000
Recr
uite
dCo
mpl
eted
Recr
uite
dCo
mpl
eted
Recr
uite
dCo
mpl
eted
Recr
uite
dCo
mpl
eted
Recr
uite
dCo
mpl
eted
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
(1st
hal
f)
Number
Year
Statistical Bulletin On Education 2019 19
-
5.N
umbe
r of N
VQ c
ertif
icat
es is
sued
by
Trai
ning
Pro
vide
r
Inst
itute
Yea
r20
1420
1520
1620
1720
18(1
stha
lf)D
TET
3481
4171
4169
6104
4131
NA
ITA
6196
1178
711
182
8798
6843
VTA
7711
1048
417
517
2389
011
841
NY
SC72
012
4419
5712
1957
5Pr
ivat
e10
438
1646
212
192
2520
154
36T
otal
2854
644
148
4701
765
212
2882
6So
urce
: Lab
our M
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
- Vol
ume
1/20
18, T
VEC
N
ote:
NVQ
reci
pien
t may
obt
ain
mor
e th
an o
ne c
ertif
icat
e.
Fig
ure
2-5:
NVQ
cer
tific
ates
issu
ed b
y tr
aini
ng p
rovi
der i
n ea
ch y
ear
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
(1st
hal
f)Ye
arDT
ET34
8141
7141
6961
0441
31NA
ITA
6196
1178
711
182
8798
6843
VTA
7711
1048
417
517
2389
011
841
NYSC
720
1244
1957
1219
575
Priv
ate
1043
816
462
1219
225
201
5436
0
5000
1000
0
1500
0
2000
0
2500
0
3000
0
Number of NVQ certificates
National Human Resources Development Council of Srilanka20
-
6.N
VQ C
ertif
icat
es Is
sued
by
Indu
stry
Sec
tor s
ince
31s
t Dec
embe
r 201
4 up
to 3
0th
June
201
8
Indu
stry
Sec
tor
Up
to 3
1st D
ecem
ber
2014
Up
to 3
1st D
ecem
ber
2015
Up
to 3
1st D
ecem
ber
2016
Up
to 3
1st D
ecem
ber
2017
Up
to 3
0th
June
201
8
CB
TR
PLT
otal
CB
TR
PLT
otal
CB
TR
PLT
otal
CB
TE
BT
RPL
Tot
alC
BT
EB
TR
PLT
otal
Agr
icul
ture
Hun
ting
and
Fore
stry
4210
114
332
913
045
964
520
284
71,
795
624
72,
048
2,15
46
556
2,71
6
Bas
ic C
ompe
tenc
ies t
o W
ork/
Soft
Skill
3792
140
3932
9384
307
9691
11,9
3130
812
,239
23,0
9930
823
,407
23,5
4530
823
,853
Con
stru
ctio
n63
2529
8293
078,
406
4,80
813
,214
10,9
566,
610
17,5
6616
,768
145
7,34
224
,255
19,4
512,
650
7,64
629
,747
Educ
atio
n39
516
055
552
821
874
674
572
31,
468
888
1,15
92,
047
935
1,58
22,
517
Elec
trici
ty, G
as st
eam
and
hot
W
ater
supp
ly10
470
2542
1301
213
148
4168
1731
617
,357
5,49
222
,849
21,5
1629
7,15
328
,698
23,2
6538
8,01
831
,321
Hea
lth a
nd so
cial
wor
k77
846
824
1202
145
1347
1,59
235
31,
945
2,22
725
393
2,64
52,
873
2642
93,
328
Hot
els a
nd R
esta
uran
ts64
515
179
613
7837
617
542,
593
595
3,18
84,
458
411
760
5,62
95,
482
484
856
6,82
2
Man
ufac
turin
g27
645
5701
3334
633
432
7491
4092
341
,282
8,81
250
,094
49,4
3033
110
,056
59,8
1754
,040
411
10,5
7765
,028
Oth
er C
omm
unity
, Soc
ial a
nd
Pers
onal
serv
ice
activ
ities
1589
233
6919
261
2001
054
0625
416
24,3
096,
864
31,1
7330
,491
7,66
938
,160
32,8
008,
136
40,9
36
Rea
l Est
ate
Ren
ting
and
Bus
ines
s Act
iviti
es23
417
3147
2656
432
826
4547
3737
343
,638
5,85
649
,494
56,9
5071
7,34
264
,363
62,9
5181
7,91
170
,943
Tran
spor
t, st
orag
e an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n64
220
284
6948
955
888
851
939
152
1,06
71,
219
233
1,26
31,
496
Who
lesa
le a
nd R
etai
l Tra
de:
Rep
air o
f Mot
or V
ehic
les a
nd
Pers
onal
and
Hou
seho
ld
Goo
ds
1142
319
0513
328
1383
028
7316
703
17,3
243,
322
20,6
4621
,073
351
3,78
425
,208
22,9
7246
33,
989
27,4
24
Fish
ing
690
6992
9294
94
Fina
ncia
l int
erm
edia
tion
121
121
310
310
Gra
nd T
otal
1008
8820
464
1213
5213
4542
3095
816
5500
172,
529
39,9
8821
2,51
722
9,06
01,
369
47,2
8027
7,70
925
1,10
54,
159
51,2
7130
6,53
5So
urce
: Lab
our M
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
- Vol
ume2
/201
2, V
olum
e 2/
2013
, Vol
ume
2/20
14, V
olum
e 2/
2015
, Vol
ume
2/20
16, V
olum
e 2/
2017
, Vol
ume
1/20
18, T
VEC
Not
e: C
umul
ativ
e co
unts
giv
en in
eac
h ye
ar
CBT
- C
ompe
tenc
y Ba
sed
Trai
ning
RP
L - R
ecog
nitio
n of
Pri
or L
earn
ing
EBT
- Ent
erpr
ise
Base
d Tr
aini
ng
Statistical Bulletin On Education 2019 21
-
7.N
umbe
r of N
VQ C
ertif
icat
e Re
cipi
ents
to T
rain
ing
Prov
ider
by
Gen
der i
n ea
ch y
ear
Inst
itute
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
(1st
hal
f)M
ale
Fem
ale
Tot
alM
ale
Fem
ale
Tot
alM
ale
Fem
ale
Tot
alM
ale
Fem
ale
Tot
alM
ale
Fem
ale
Tot
alD
TET
1838
1310
3148
2293
1322
3615
2309
1116
3425
3841
1473
5314
2459
1194
3653
NA
ITA
4063
1373
5436
7233
3261
1049
466
3333
3699
6951
7427
5279
2648
6314
2662
89V
TA41
8419
1761
0158
0128
0986
1089
8652
8514
271
1295
970
7120
030
5976
3857
9833
NY
SC29
432
261
634
967
610
2553
111
1916
5043
066
110
9117
537
454
9Pr
ivat
e38
7154
2592
9678
9268
9814
790
5216
5199
1041
512
198
1072
422
922
2290
2392
4682
Tot
al14
250
1034
724
597
2356
814
966
3853
423
675
1605
539
730
3460
222
681
5728
315
763
9243
2500
6So
urce
: Lab
our M
arke
t Inf
orm
atio
n Bu
lletin
- Vol
ume2
/201
2, V
olum
e 2/
2013
, Vol
ume
2/20
14, V
olum
e 2/
2015
, Vol
ume
2/20
16, V
olum
e 2/
2017
, Vol
ume
1/20
18, T
VEC
Fig
ure
2-7:
Num
ber o
f NVQ
Cer
tific
ate
Rec
ipie
nts b
y Tr
aini
ng P
rovi
der b
y ea
ch y
ear
Mal
eFe
mal
eTo
tal
Mal
eFe
mal
eTo
tal
Mal
eFe
mal
eTo
tal
Mal
eFe
mal
eTo
tal
Mal
eFe
mal
eTo
tal
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
(1st
hal
f)DT
ET18
3813
1031
4822
9313
2236
1523
0911
1634
2538
4114
7353
1424
5911
9436
53NA
ITA
4063
1373
5436
7233
3261
1049
466
3333
3699
6951
7427
5279
2648
6314
2662
89VT
A41
8419
1761
0158
0128
0986
1089
8652
8514
271
1295
970
7120
030
5976
3857
9833
NYSC
294
322
616
349
676
1025
531
1119
1650
430
661
1091
175
374
549
Priv
ate
3871
5425
9296
7892
6898
1479
052
1651
9910
415
1219
810
724
2292
222
9023
9246
82
0
5000
1000
0
1500
0
2000
0
2500
0
Number of Recipents
National Human Resources Development Council of Srilanka22
-
8.To
tal E
xpen
ditu
re o
n Te
chni
cal,
Voca
tiona
l Edu
catio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng S
ecto
r by
year
Rs
'000
Exp
end
itu
re
Yea
r
2015
20
16
2017
20
18
(Rev
ised
B
ud
get)
20
19 (
Est
imat
e)
Rec
urre
nt
4,4
46,8
71
5,35
4,33
7 7,
425,
069
9,11
0,53
3 9,
256,
537
Cap
ital
3,9
20,4
28
4,71
6,99
5 6,
401,
659
9,97
4,32
2 7,
623,
650
To
tal
8,36
7,29
9 10
,071
,332
13
,826
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19
,084
,855
16
,880
,187
So
urce
: Bud
get E
stim
ate
- 201
7, 2
018,
201
9 M
inis
try
of F
inan
ce
Not
e: e
xpen
ditu
res o
f 201
5, 2
016
are
base
d on
exp
endi
ture
of M
inis
try
of S
kills
Dev
elop
men
t and
Voc
atio
nal T
rain
ing
of B
udge
t Est
imat
e -2
017,
2018
and
expe
nditu
re o
f yea
r 201
7, 2
018,
201
9 ar
e ba
sed
on e
xpen
ditu
re o
f DTE
T an
d ex
pend
iture
of 1
5,8,
7,5
sub
head
ings
und
er d
evel
opm
ent a
ctiv
ities
and
13,
9 su
b he
adin
gs o
f ope
ratio
nal a
ctiv
ities
of M
inis
try
of N
atio
nal P
olic
ies,
Econ
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Affa
irs,
Rese
ttlem
ent &
Reh
abili
tatio
n, N
orth
ern
Prov
ince
Dev
elop
men
t, Vo
catio
nal
Trai
ning
& S
kills
Dev
elop
men
t and
You
th A
ffair
s of B
udge
t Est
imat
e 20
19
Fig
ure
2-8:
Com
pari
son
betw
een
recu
rren
t and
cap
ital E
xpen
ditu
re o
n Te
chni
cal,
Voca
tiona
l Edu
catio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng
4,44
6,87
15,
354,
337
7,42
5,06
99,
110,
533
9,25
6,53
7
3,92
0,42
84,
716,
995
6,40
1,65
9
9,97
4,32
2
7,62
3,65
0
0
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2016
2017
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ised
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et)
2019
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imat
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Year
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Recu
rren
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l
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High
er E
duca
tion
National Human Resources Development Council of Srilanka24
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CHAPTER 3 1. Summary of Universities and Higher Education Institutes (a) (2014 – 2018)
ItemYear
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018(b)No. of Universities 15 15 15 15 15
No of other Higher Institutions (c) 18 18 18 19 19
No of Students (Undergraduates) 104,455 109,182 110,287 116,296 122,767
University 80,222 83,778 84,451 88,527 94,681Institutes 3,317 3,307 3,290 3,423 3,633Open University 20,916 22,097 22,546 24,346 24,453
No of Lecturers 5,024 5,199 5,440 5,669 5,940University 4,502 4,661 4,863 5,095 5,327Institutes 234 242 268 270 293Open University 288 296 309 304 320
New admissions for basic Degrees (d) 25,200 25,676 29,083 30,668 31,451
No of Graduates (e) 29,243 29,545 28,808 26,015 31,376Arts & Oriental Studies 14,651 16,387 14,082 10,305 14,310Commerce & Mgt. Studies 5,982 5,152 5,630 5,648 6,355Law L.L.B 496 337 414 627 706Science (f) 2,740 2,711 3,027 3,142 3,211Engineering (Eng.) 1,438 1,344 1,617 1,713 1,979Medicine 1,209 1,145 1,135 1,176 1,174Dental Surgery 68 79 91 148 148Agriculture 867 710 799 742 995Veterinary Science 57 69 73 79 106Architecture & Quantity Surveying 214 77 224 355 410Computer Science/ IT/ICT/MIT 947 1,043 946 1,153 1,056Indigenous Medicine 175 227 169 186 186Paramedical Studies 399 264 601 741 740
Source: Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2019, CBSL
Note: (a).Information given here is with regard to the University and higher education institutes established under the Universities Act. In addition, there are universities established under various other acts of parliament, such as Buddhasravaka Bhikshu University, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University and University of Vocational Technology. (b).Provisional (c).Includes postgraduate institutes and higher educational institutions which are under UGC. Out of these institutions only 4 institutions namely institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo School of computing, Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute and Swamy Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies admit students for undergraduate programmes under the UGC intake. (d).Excluding the Open University of Sri Lanka and external degree courses (e).Incudes External & Open University also. (f).From 2007 onwards, Food Science graduates are included under B.Sc. Science
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2. Students admission to Universities and Higher Educational Institutes by Province in eachacademic year
Province Academic Year
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Western 6863 6869 7571 8248 8432 Central 2512 2548 2770 3224 3232 Southern 4047 4042 3898 4525 4346 Northern 1567 1589 1851 2039 2105 Eastern 1676 1667 2086 2307 2340 North Western 2457 2520 2761 3142 3308 North Central 1294 1327 1472 1554 1699 Uva 1388 1380 1558 1770 1813 Sabaragamuwa 2376 2401 2574 2887 2866
Special Additional Intake(a) 1020 1333 2542 972 1310
Total 25200 25676 29083 30668 31451 Source: Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2019, CBSL
Note: Information given herein are only with regard to universities and Higher Educational Institutes Established under the Universities Act.
(a) Special and Additional Intake refers to the students admitted on the basis of special categories such as blind and differently abled, excelled in field other than studies, armed forces, foreign, teachers etc. and additional intake, for special subjects such as Japanese, English, History ect. Where district has not been taken into account for selection.
Figure 3-2: Students admission to Universities and Higher Educational Institutes by Province in each year
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Central UvaSabaraga
muwa
SpecialAddition
alIntake(a)
Academic Year 2013/14 6863 2512 4047 1567 1676 2457 1294 1388 2376 1020Academic Year 2014/15 6869 2548 4042 1589 1667 2520 1327 1380 2401 1333Academic Year 2015/16 7571 2770 3898 1851 2086 2761 1472 1558 2574 2542Academic Year 2016/17 8248 3224 4525 2039 2307 3142 1554 1770 2887 972Academic Year 2017/18 8432 3232 4346 2105 2340 3308 1699 1813 2866 1310
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, Adm
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Uni
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and
Hig
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14 -
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Item
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ear
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/14
2014
/15
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2016
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2017
/18
Eligible (b)
Admitted
%
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Admitted
%
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Admitted
%
Eligible (b)
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%
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%
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s 68
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8,
227
12
68,5
65
8,61
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Fig
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3-3:
Adm
itted
per
cent
age
out o
f elig
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stud
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4.Ex
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iture
on
Hig
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Y
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14
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DP
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Mil
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tal
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