Education, Training, Religious and Culture Statistics Including Mass
Communication Statistics
Education statistics presented in this chapter were obtained from Office of the Permanent Secretary,
Vocational Educational Commission and Commission on Higher Education, 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.
Elementary level undergoes at least six years of elementary education as a compulsory
education. Elementary education puts emphasis on basic literacy and numeracy skills and cultivate
desirable behavior in students.
