Annual Report 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

1 | DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVESNo.Table: 1.35 > Welfare Expenditure in Primary andSecondary Education (Rs. Mn)Investment 2008 2009 2010Text Book 2,000 2,196 2,200Nutrition programme 1,650 2,251 2,275Uniforms 1,260 1,260 1,260Bursaries and Scholarships 184 184 185Total 5,094 5,891 5,920Source: Department of National BudgetTable: 1.36 > Performance of Students at GCE O/Land A/L – 2005 and 2009Year 2005 2010GCE A/L102,854 142,415(qualified for University Entrance)GCE O/L (qualified for GCE A/L) 146,862 182,630Source: Department of ExaminationChart 1.42 > Student intake to National Universities 2005-201025000200001500010000500002005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Source: University Grants CommissionDistribution of School UniformsAround 3.9 million students wereprovided with school uniforms in2010 covering all 9,662 schools. Robematerials were also distributed among35,451 student monks in 448 approvedPirivenas located throughout theisland. The possibility of developingeducation based industries such asuniform preparation is considered.Infrastructure Development inSecondary SchoolsGovernment has launched a specialprogramme to upgrade at least onesecondary school in each of the325 administrative divisions to afully fledged school. All necessaryinfrastructures including laboratory,ICT, multimedia, home science, sports,water supply, sanitation facilities andhuman resources will be provided tothe selected schools. This will minimizethe high demand for national schoolslocated in urban areas. Constructionwork on 63 schools is on-going at acost of Rs 1,322 million.Human Resource DevelopmentA significant increase in the numberof teachers in schools was witnessedfrom 2005 to 2010. This has resultedin improving the student teacher ratiofrom 21:1 in 2005 to 18:1 in 2010. About3,238 new appointments were madeto Sri Lanka Teachers Service in 2010while 410 English medium teacherswere appointed to National Schools.Another 174 graduate teachers wereappointed through competitiveexamination. Also 235 officers havebeen recruited to the Sri LankaTeacher Educators’ Service to improvethe governance of school network.Moreover, 200 Sri Lanka Education88