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Out-of-School Children in Sri Lanka: Country Study
A 2.3 Schooling status of children in sampled households
The study found that of the 702 children in the sample households aged 5–16 years, 43.0 percent
were attending school, 6.6 percent had never enrolled and 50.4 percent had dropped out; 46.0
percent of girls and 66.5 percent of boys were out of school (Table A7). Of the 207 children aged
5–10 years, 68.4 percent were attending school, 15.5 percent had never enrolled and 16.4
percent had dropped out; 21.6 percent of girls and 38.5 percent of boys were out of school. Of the
300 children aged 11–14 years, 45.7 percent were attending school, 3.7 percent had never
enrolled and 50.7 percent had dropped out; 46.2 percent of girls and 61.9 percent of boys were
out of school. Never enrolled was highest in the 5–10 years age groups and dropped out was
highest in the 15–16 years age group; girls were more likely than boys to be in school at all age
levels.
Table A7: Schooling status of children
5–10 years 11–14 years 15 –16 years Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
MALE
In school 59 61.5 59 38.1 8 6.4 126 33.5
Never enrolled 18 18.8 8 5.2 2 1.6 28 7.4
Dropped out 19 19.8 88 56.8 115 92.0 222 59.0
Total 96 100.0 155 100.0 125 100.0 376 100.0
FEMALE
In school 82 73.9 78 53.8 16 22.9 176 54.0
Never enrolled 14 12.6 3 2.1 1 1.4 18 5.5
Dropped out 15 13.5 64 44.1 53 75.7 132 40.5
Total 111 100.0 145 100.0 70 100.0 326 100.0
TOTAL
In school 141 68.1 137 45.7 24 12.3 302 43.0
Never enrolled 32 15.5 11 3.7 3 1.5 46 6.6
Dropped out 34 16.4 152 50.7 168 86.2 354 50.4
Total 207 100.0 300 100.0 195 100.0 702 100.0
Of all children in the 316 households, boys were more likely than girls to be out of school (Figure A2).
Figure A2: Percentage of boys and girls by schooling status
Male
Female
33.5
40.5
59.0
54.0
7.4
5.5
In School Never enrolled Dropped out
In School Never enrolled Dropped out
95