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Census of Government Schools 2008

Sri Lanka, 2008
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LKA_2008_CGS_v01_M
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Statistics Division, Minstry of Education
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    Survey ID number

    LKA_2008_CGS_v01_M

    Title

    Census of Government Schools 2008

    Country
    Name Country code
    Sri Lanka LKA
    Study type

    Administrative Records, Education (ad/edu]

    Series Information

    The Census of Schools has been conducted, since 1960. This census is the the fourty sixth one in a series of censuses conducted annually. This census provides valuable information about goverment school and teachers to policy makers, planners and researchers..

    The questionnaire is filled by Principals of the schools and it contains following parts.

    - Identification information about the school
    - Details about the school children
    - Details about the disabled students
    - Physical facilities
    - Non academic staff
    - Details about the teachers
    Abstract

    The Ministry of Education has conducted an uninterrupted series of annual school census for well over four decades.
    The main objective of the census is to collect following information

    • Information about the schools
    • Students
    • Teachers
    • Non-academic staff
    • Physical facilities
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]

    Unit of Analysis

    School
    Student
    Teacher

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

    Version Date

    2009-10-12

    Version Notes

    v1.0 - This is the first version of the microdata set created for the use of DPD for archiving purposes.

    When issuing the dataset to other institutions new versions should be created and the Version Notes DDI's updated accordingly.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the School Census - 2008 includes:

    Part 1 : Identification Information
    Part 2 : Students by medium
    Part 3 : Students by birth year
    Part 4 : Students who failed in the year 2007
    Part 5 : Students in grade 1
    Part 6 : A/L Science Students
    Part 7 : Students by grade according to the subjects study ( Religion, Technical subjects and Easthetic )
    Part 8A : Disabled students
    Part 8B : Disabled students by birth year
    Part 9 : Student by race and religion
    Part 10A : Students who obtained grade 5 scholarship grants
    Part 10B : Students in grade 6
    Part 11 : Examination Reults ( Year 2007 )
                     - Grade 5
                     - G. C. E. (O/L)
                     - G. C. E. (A/L)
      Part 12 : Health and Nutrition programmes in the school
      Part 13 : Physical resources
                       - Toilet facilities
                       - Science Laboratories ( Grade 6-11 )
                       - Science Laboratories ( A/L Students )
                       - Library
                       - Resources of the Library and the Educational Resources Centre 
                       - School Land
                       - Computer in the Scshool
        Part 14 : Allocations for Qualitative Improvents in 2007 
        Part 15 : Transfered, Resigned and Retired Teachers in 2007
        Part 16 : Non Academic Staff Members Details
    
         Deatils of Teachers
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    EDUCATION [6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National Coverage - Government Schools

    Universe

    All Government Schools

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Statistics Division, Minstry of Education Government of Sri Lanka
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Government of Sri Lanka
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Role
    Department of Census and Statistics Data Processing

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Used the same questionnaire used in 2007 Census.

    The schedule of the School Census - 2008 includes following parts:

    Part 1 : Identification Information
    Part 2 : Students by medium
    Part 3 : Students by birth year
    Part 4 : Students who failed in the year 2007
    Part 5 : Students in grade 1
    Part 6 : A/L Science Students
    Part 7 : Students by grade bysubjects studied ( Religion, Technical subjects and Easthetic )
    Part 8A : Disabled students
    Part 8B : Disabled students by birth year
    Part 9 : Student by race and religion
    Part 10A : Students who obtained grade 5 scholarship grants
    Part 10B : Students in grade 6
    Part 11 : Examination Reults ( Year 2007 )
                     - Grade 5
                     - G. C. E. (O/L)
                     - G. C. E. (A/L)
      Part 12 : Health and Nutrition programmes in the school
      Part 13 : Physical resources
                       - Toilet facilities
                       - Science Laboratories ( Grade 6-11 )
                       - Science Laboratories ( A/L Students )
                       - Library
                       - Resources of the Library and the Educational Resources Centre 
                       - School Land
                       - Computer in the Scshool
        Part 14 : Allccations for Qualitative Improvents in 2007 
        Part 15 : Transfered, Resigned and Retired Teachers in 2007
        Part 16 : Non Academic Staff Members Details
    
         Deatils of Teachers

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2008-06-01 2008-06-01
    Data Collection Notes

    The questionnaires are handed over to the Divisional Directors.
    Divisional Directors distributed the questionnaires to the schools in their divisions
    Divisional Director collects the filled questionnaires and handed over to the Zonal office.
    Data enntry is done by the Zonal office and data file is mailed to the Ststistical Branch of Ministry of Education.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Manual data editing and coding is done by the zonal offices.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    Additional Secretary Planning Ministry of Education www.moe.gov.lk
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes The degree of confidentiality of this microdata set is determined by the Access Authority. Please refer to the Access Authority for further details.
    Access conditions

    Please contact the Access Authority for Access Terms and Conditions.

    Citation requirements

    "Department of Census and Statistics, Census of Government Schools 2008, Version 1.0 of the public use dataset. ( October 2009 )"

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The Department of Census and Statistics and the Ministry of Education will bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.

    Copyright

    (C) 2009, Ministry of Education

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Statistics Division Ministry of Education www.moe.gov.lk
    Microdata Library World Bank microdatalib@worldbank.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_LKA_2008_CGS_v01_M_WB

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Department of Census and Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning Documentation
    Ministry of Education Government of Sri Lanka Data Collection
    Date of Metadata Production

    2009-10-12

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0 ( October 2009 ).
    Version 2.0 (August, 2013).DDI and ID numbers edited by World Bank for World Bank Microdata Library.

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