PARLIAMENT

302/2024

Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,—To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)

(a) Will she separately inform this House of the number of —

(i) grade one students admitted annually to government and private schools;

(ii) students admitted as per (i) above over the last five years;

(iii) school and private students who sat for and passed the G.C.E. (O/L) and G.C.E. (A/L) examination in the past three years; and

(iv) students who qualified for and gained admission to government universities from the above G.C.E. (A/L) candidates?

(b) Will she also inform this House of the —

(i) steps taken for students who qualified for university admission but did not secure entry;

(ii) number of such students who enrolled in private universities in Sri Lanka;

(iii) number of students went overseas for higher education and annual estimated cost in SLR and USD for students studying at foreign universities over the past five years, separately; and

(iv) total allocation for education and its percentage of Gross Domestic Product over the past five years, separately?

(c) If not, why?