Performance Report â 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Performance Report â 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Performance Report â 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
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The following is a summary <strong>of</strong> the tasksundertaken by the Housing & UrbanDevelopment Sector <strong>of</strong> the Department -Ten project Proposals were appraised toensure the vision <strong>of</strong> the government.Observations on 11 cabinet memor<strong>and</strong>awere submitted.Several meetings were organized by theDepartment <strong>of</strong> National <strong>Planning</strong> withline agencies <strong>and</strong> the Departmentparticipated in eight meetings to discussissues.Table 25 Housing & Urban Development-Tasks undertaken by NPDSector Submitted ObservationsProject CabinetProposals Memor<strong>and</strong>aNos.Urban09 11Nos.DevelopmentHousing 01 09With a view to achieving the above targets,ten new projects proposals were approved<strong>and</strong> observations submitted on twenty cabinetmemor<strong>and</strong>a.Several meetings were organized by theDepartment <strong>of</strong> National <strong>Planning</strong> withline agencies <strong>and</strong> participated intenmeetings to discuss issues regarding thehousing <strong>and</strong> urban development sector.Contributed to prepare the Annual <strong>Report</strong>2009 <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> <strong>and</strong><strong>Planning</strong>.Human Resources DivisionGeneral EducationSri Lanka is one <strong>of</strong> the leaders in achievinghuman development st<strong>and</strong>ards. The maineducation indicators <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka are farahead <strong>of</strong> the averages for countries atcomparable levels <strong>of</strong> income. Thoseindicators are even comparable with thecountries that have sophisticated educationfacilities.Further Sri Lanka is to become a KnowledgeHub in the region.. Development <strong>of</strong> moderneducation <strong>and</strong> knowledge systems isfundamental to transforming Sri Lanka into aKnowledge Hub. As the country is geared totake <strong>of</strong>f <strong>and</strong> advance as a fast growingmiddle-income country, it is criticallyimportant that Sri Lanka has the humancapital needed to compete in the moderneconomies.Table 26 Education StatisticsNo. <strong>of</strong> Schools1AB1CType 2Type 3No. <strong>of</strong> studentsMaleFemaleCategory 2009/<strong>2010</strong>9,4106921,9514,0462,7213,860,1761,913,1101,947,066No. <strong>of</strong> Teachers 213,694Student/Teacher Ratio 18GEC O/L pass rate(qualified for 58.79%GCE A/L)GEC A/L pass rate(qualified for 61.03%University Entrance)Grade one new admissions 326,3641 AB - School having Advanced Level Science stream classes1 C - School having Advanced Level Arts <strong>and</strong> /or Commercestreams but no Science streamType 2 - Schools having classes only up to grade 11Type 3 - Schools having classes only up to grade 8168
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