Education, Training, Religious and Culture Statistics Including Mass
Communication Statistics
Education statistics presented in this chapter were obtained from Commission on Higher
Education and Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education.
The National Education Scheme for the year
1951
, education was provided as primary
education, secondary education, pre-university and higher vocational education, higher and university
education. Primary education was compulsory comprised
4
years of study. Secondary education was
divided into
2
sub-levels: lower secondary education and upper secondary education. Lower secondary
education consisted of general stream, special stream and vocational stream, each stream taking
3
years.
Upper secondary education consisted of special stream and vocational stream. Pre-university education
required
2
years of study in subjects which were necessary for university study. Higher vocational
education consisted of instruction and training in higher vocational courses for future career or for study
in the university. By the way, the education was provided for special education, adult education and
higher education in addition.
The National Education Scheme for the year
1960
, educational system was changed from the
former time. The elementary education taking
7
years was divided into
2
sub-levels: lower elementary
taking
4
years and upper elementary taking
3
years. Secondary education was divided into general
stream and vocational stream. General stream had
2
sub-levels, the beginning level lasted
3
years and
the end level lasted
2
years. Vocational stream also had
2
sub-levels, the beginning and the end. Each
level might be arranged for
1
,
2
or
3
years. It depends on the characteristics of each vocation.
The National Education Scheme for the year
1977
, the prescribed level of education is divided
into
4
levels namely pre-school education, elementary education taking
6
years, secondary education as
divided into
2
levels: lower and upper secondary level with taking
3
years each, and higher education.
The National Education Scheme for the year
1992
provides the learners with the opportunity
to develop themselves through continuous and life-long education in the forms of formal and non-
formal school systems.
The formal education consists of four levels: pre-elementary, elementary, secondary and higher
levels.
Pre-elementary level offers a two-year course in public school and a three-year course in
private school. Pre-elementary education aims to nurture and prepare physical, mental, intellectual and
emotional skills to students for their further movement on to the elementary education.
