27 schools in SL...

Vavuniya, Badulla, Kegalle and Ratnapura Districts recorded a high number of schools each with 1 to 15 students. At present, there are 250 schools with 15 students or less, and 522 schools with less than 30 students each. Kegalle, Ratnapura, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Kandy, Badulla, Jaffna and Nuwara Eliya Districts top the list of schools with less than 100 students each.

The Report said that 38.7% of the total schools in the country have classes only up to Grade 5 or 8.

Sri Lanka has a total of 10,162 schools with a student population of 4.1 million. Female student population ( 2.09 million) is slightly higher than male students (2.05 million). The average Teacher:Student ratio is 1:18. The Census Report stated that 18 new schools have been opened after June 2015.

Of the total number of students 3,034,305 (73.2%) are in the Sinhala medium, 1,028,032 (24.8%) study in the Tamil medium and 80,993 (2%) in the English medium. Of the English medium students, majority are in the Western Province, followed by Central and NorthWestern Provinces.

The country has 353 National schools with the highest in Colombo, Kandy, Galle and Kurunegala Districts. Although National schools represent a mere 3.5% of all schools, almost 16% of students are in these schools, the report said.

At present, there are 105 private schools, of which, 36 are fee-levying, 44 non-fee-levying and 25 special education schools. A total of 136,407 students and 6,872 teachers are in private schools, mostly located in Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara Districts.