Saturday, September 13, 2008

University Education In Sri Lanka


Education in Sri Lanka




Education In Sri Lanka schooling is compulsory for children from 5 to 15 years of age. Free education to the university level is provided by the state. In the late 1980s, Sri Lanka had about 10,200 elementary and secondary schools, of which most were government institutions. The state schools were staffed by about 140,100 teachers and contained more than 3.8 million pupils. The University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Colombo, founded as the University of Ceylon in 1942 and renamed in 1978, is one of the country's major institutions of higher education. In the late 1980s more than 34,000 students were enrolled in the country's ten universities.Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island republic in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar. Lying between the two nations is a chain of tiny islands known as Adam's Bridge. Sri Lanka is somewhat pear-shaped, with its apex in the north. The greatest length from north to south is about 440 km (about 273 mi); the greatest width is about 220 km (about 137 mi). The total area of Sri Lanka is 65,610 sq km (25,332 sq mi). The administrative capital and largest city of Sri Lanka is Colombo.Sri Lanka's coast, particularly the west, south, and southeast, is palm-fringed and indented by lagoons and inlets. The more rugged northeastern coast contains Trincomalee Harbor, considered one of the best natural harbors in the world. On the southwestern coast other harbors include the largely artificial one at Colombo and one at Galle.


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