UNIT	EASTERN PROVINCE	AMPARA	BATTICALOA	TRINCOMALEE
Education  - 2006
Educational zones	Nos	12	6	3	3
Educational divisions	Nos	42	18	13	11
Handicapped children	Nos	6,620	2,919	2,206	1,495
Non formal centres	Nos	56	30	11	15
Student enrollment in Grade I	Nos	29,977	11,750	11,806	6,421
Functional Schools by Category - 2006
National school	Nos	27	9	9	9
Provincial school	Nos	981	384	323	274
Functioning school	Nos	974	390	323	261
I AB	Nos	57	24	19	15
I C	Nos	155	57	44	54
Type 2	Nos	366	165	100	101
Type 3	Nos	396	144	160	91
Temporarily closed school	Nos	35	5	10	20
I AB	Nos	-	-	-	-
I C	Nos	2	-	1	1
Type 2	Nos	8	-	2	6
Type 3	Nos	25	4	7	14
Functioning school medium	Nos	974	390	323	261
Tamil medium	Nos	711	204	318	189
Sinhala medium	Nos	240	175	-	65
Sinhala & English  medium	Nos	1	1	-	-
Sinhala & Tamil  medium	Nos	1	-	-	1
Tamil  & English medium	Nos	21	10	5	6
Functioning schools by gender	Nos	974	390	323	261
Boys	Nos	20	4	5	11
Girls	Nos	25	7	5	13
Mixed	Nos	929	379	313	237
Teachers & Students  - 2006
Principals	Nos	758	319	235	204
Teachers (total)	Nos	13,843	6,172	4,226	3,445
Students (total)	Nos	378,157	157,332	123,045	97,780
Pupil - teachers ratio	Pupil/Teachers	23.6	21.6	25.5	23.7
Students (Tamil medium)	Nos	300,264	100,313	123,045	76,906
Students (Sinhala medium)	Nos	77,893	57,019	-	20,874
University admission - 2005	Nos	897	446	261	190
Educational Attainment - 2005
No schooling	%	13.8	n. a	n. a	n. a
Primary	%	37.9	n. a	n. a	n. a
Secondary	%	31.3	n. a	n. a	n. a
Post secondary	%	17.0	n. a	n. a	n. a
Source: Ministry of Education, Eastern Province, Economic & Social Statistics, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
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