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Education > Participation > School enrollment Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & United Kingdom

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  • Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Primary > Private > % of total primary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • Secondary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Secondary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Secondary > Private > % of total secondary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • Tertiary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Tertiary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
STAT Sri Lanka United Kingdom HISTORY
Primary > % net 99.48%
Ranked 4th.
99.59%
Ranked 3rd. About the same as Sri Lanka

Primary > Female > % gross 101.53%
Ranked 74th.
106.4%
Ranked 47th. 5% more than Sri Lanka

Primary > Female > % net 99.83%
Ranked 1st. About the same as United Kingdom
99.69%
Ranked 4th.

Primary > Male > % gross 101.32%
Ranked 87th.
106.46%
Ranked 59th. 5% more than Sri Lanka

Primary > Male > % net 99.14%
Ranked 9th.
99.5%
Ranked 5th. About the same as Sri Lanka

Primary > Private > % of total primary 0.0
Ranked 128th.
4.98%
Ranked 84th.

Secondary > % gross 87%
Ranked 66th.
98.99%
Ranked 26th. 14% more than Sri Lanka

Secondary > Female > % gross 87.76%
Ranked 68th.
100.19%
Ranked 25th. 14% more than Sri Lanka

Secondary > Male > % gross 86.28%
Ranked 67th.
97.85%
Ranked 29th. 13% more than Sri Lanka

Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 2%
Ranked 95th.
25.95%
Ranked 28th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka

Tertiary > % gross 4.68%
Ranked 79th.
57.42%
Ranked 26th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka

Tertiary > Female > % gross 2.1%
Ranked 61st.
67.27%
Ranked 22nd. 32 times more than Sri Lanka

Tertiary > Male > % gross 4.42%
Ranked 57th.
48%
Ranked 28th. 11 times more than Sri Lanka

SOURCES: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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