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Sri Lanka

History & Background, Constitution & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education

BASIC DATA
Official Country Name:	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Region:	East & South Asia
Population:	19,238,575
Language(s):	Sinhala, Tamil, English
Literacy Rate:	90.2%
Academic Year:	January-December
Number of Primary Schools:	9,554
Compulsory Schooling:	9 years
Public Expenditure on Education:	3.4%
Foreign Students in National Universities:	55
Educational Enrollment:	Primary: 1,843,848
	Secondary: 2,314,054
	Higher: 63,660
Educational EnrollmentRate:	Primary: 109%
	Secondary: 75%
Teachers:	Primary: 66,339
	Secondary: 103,572
	Higher: 2,636
Student-Teacher Ratio:	Primary: 28:1
	Secondary: 22:1
Female Enrollment Rate:	Primary: 108%
	Secondary: 78%