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Sri Lanka's population had an adult literacy rate of 96.3% in 2015, which is above average by world and regional standards. Computer literacy in 2017 28.3% and phone users in 2017 105%, website users 32% in 2017. [note 1] Education plays a major part in the life and culture of the country, which dates back to 543 BC.
2024: 33: 76: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka [18] Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions: 2,525,650: 2024: 65: 166: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka [18] Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions: 20,432,582: 2024: 46: 172: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka [18] e-Government ...
Poverty in Sri Lanka is 24.8% of the population as of July 1, 2024 [1] Sri Lanka's life expectancy and literacy rate are nearly on par with those of developed countries, and even top [vague] the rankings for the South Asia region.
Category: Education in Sri Lanka by province. 2 languages. ... This page was last edited on 27 February 2024, at 14:14 (UTC).
The combined North Eastern Province occupied one third of Sri Lanka. The thought of the Tamil Tigers controlling this province, directly or indirectly, alarmed them greatly. On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the JVP filed three separate petitions with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka requesting a separate Provincial ...
In 1969, the Northern Province, which was largely populated by Tamils and comprised 7% [6] of the country's population, provided 27.5% of the entrants to science-based courses in Sri Lankan universities. By 1974, this was reduced to 7%. [5]
[7] 604,540 Sri Lankans were living aboard for more than six months but were intending to return to Sri Lanka, mostly in the Gulf states (373,050 61.7%). [ 13 ] The overall literacy rate for those aged 10 and over was 95.7% but amongst those living in the estate sector it was only 86.1%. [ 14 ]