All you need to know about education in Sri Lanka
A selection of websites from our database is provided below concerning the following topics:
- Springe zu: Overviews of the education system in Sri Lanka
- Springe zu: Educational reports on and education statistics for Sri Lanka
You will find further websites and literature on Sri Lanka here:
- Websites on Sri Lanka
- Literature on Sri Lanka
(German Education Research Portal)
Overviews of the education system in Sri Lanka
Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) - Unesco Education Profiles 
Egypt; Ethiopia; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium [...]
The PEER portal is obviously the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). [...]
Educational reports on and education statistics for Sri Lanka
Education Statistics Sri Lanka 
Sri Lanka
This site offers links to 4 statistical tables about numbers of schools, pupils and teachers. Furthermore, there are pdf-files with the preliminary results of the school census (130 KB), school and university statistics (12 KB) and the performance of candidates plus admissions to universities.
Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) - Unesco Education Profiles 
Egypt; Ethiopia; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium [...]
The PEER portal is obviously the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). [...]
Landeskundliche Informationsseite: Sri Lanka 
Sri Lanka
The area orientation website (Landeskundiche Informationsseite/ LIS) on Sri Lanka is one out of more than 30 profiles provided by the preparatory institution for development co-operation (V-EZ) of the InWEnt together with four partner institutions. Structured texts have been elaborated as an information source for experts who prepare [...]
International Human Development Indicators - Country Profiles 
international; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia [...]
This page provides a country list with fact sheets on the Human Development Index (HDI). The index focuses on three measurable dimensions of human development: health, education and standard of living. The fact sheets are [...]
Ministry of education - Government of Sri Lanka 
Sri Lanka
The homepage of the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka provides timely information on the field of education as well as statistical data on the state school system (governmental schools, students, teachers) for the years 2002 and 2003. Moreover clearly structured full texts are provided on the following topics: 1. Historical overview [...]
Education Encyclopedia: Global Education Reference 
Yemen; Sudan; Suriname; Zambia; Eswatini; Eswatini; Zimbabwe; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania [...]
The site of the US American Directory of State Universities offers an online encyclopedia on education. The chapter "Global Education References" delivers statistical data and texts on education systems in different [...]
News worldwide
- For the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: New dossier on education in the Philippines, this year's Guest of Honour
- Mobile phone use in schools in the USA, Great Britain, Ireland and Italy (DLF 09.09.25) [courtesy translation]
- OECD published its report "Education at a Glance 2025"
- The African Union Moves to Harmonize Learning Assessments through a New Continental Framework (Unesco 30.07.25)