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Educational Indicators 1980 - 2008

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YEAR 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008*
Economic & Finance
Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP ‡
Education+ 2.89 2.82 3.34 3.41 2.88 3.02 2.84 2.57 2.30 2.90 2.41 2.54
University Education 0.41 0.40 0.37 0.47 0.45 0.49 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.50 0.43 0.37
Expenditure as a Percentage of Government Expenditure
Education+ 7.06 7.72 10.62 10.42 10.05 10.12 10.23 9.82 8.74 10.43 9.98 10.97
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
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 19,549
University Education 14,976 32,332 37,544 90,863 111,926 129,853 127,237 126,261 134,326 185,057 203,011 206,812
The Share (Percentage) going for Capital Investments
Education+ 14.69 15.63 11.94 16.87 19.44 14.72 11.56 11.47 7.13 15.35 9.03 13.22
University Education 53.77 53.91 26.06 22.01 25.02 23.24 16.98 16.81 17.72 27.94 22.34 25.54
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 72.49 73.77 69.55 71.47 71.50
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
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 19.0
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 15.9
New Admissions (No.)
General Education ('000) 365 372 387 342 332 330 326 316 302 318 328 332 330
University Education 4959 5630 7152 9245 11805 11962 12144 25471** 13396 14520 16598 17196 20069
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
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
Graduate Output(No.) ++
First Degree 3296 3078 4476 4206 9374 8224 9027 12436 15413 12067 16812 16837
Postgraduate 430 302 307 1048 2169 1643 1996 3796 5158 3401 3071 4343
Institutional Development
No. of Universities 8 9 9 9 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 15
No. of Faculties 26 29 32 36 55 61 66 68 68 77 78 78 79
No. of Departments n.a 193 229 275 337 370 374 372 375 411 425 449 451
13 13 13 14 16 16 16 17
No. of Employees 4954 6480 7687 8541 11486 12112 12634 12390 12417 12447 13859 14119 14537
No. of Teachers 1443 2051 2040 2808 3241 3268 3390 3487 3525 3770 4016 4313 4452
Notes :
(1) * Provisional.
(2) + Education includes General Education and Higher Education including University Education.
(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.
(4) ‡ GDP on Current Factor Cost prices.
(5) ++ From 2003 onwards, Graduate Output includes graduates who followed Internal & External Degree programmes of Universities, Open University and Higher Educational Institutes.
 

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