New school admissions

New admissions to government schools by province and district, by medium and sex. Annual, 2021–2025.

Published by the Ministry of Education; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

Year

Column

2025

34 provinces and districts × 12 columns

	Sinhala Medium - Male	Sinhala Medium - Female	Sinhala Medium - Total	Tamil Medium - Male	Tamil Medium - Female	Tamil Medium - Total	English Medium - Male	English Medium - Female	English Medium - Total	All Students - Male	All Students - Female	All Students - Total
Western	23,149	22,047	45,196	2,787	3,069	5,856	0	0	0	25,936	25,116	51,052
Colombo	8,132	7,638	15,770	1,067	1,165	2,232	0	0	0	9,199	8,803	18,002
Gampaha	9,113	8,985	18,098	696	704	1,400	0	0	0	9,809	9,689	19,498
Kalutara	5,904	5,424	11,328	1,024	1,200	2,224	0	0	0	6,928	6,624	13,552
Central	10,801	10,518	21,319	6,176	5,942	12,118	0	0	0	16,977	16,460	33,437
Kandy	6,120	5,987	12,129	2,353	2,265	4,618	0	0	0	8,486	8,261	16,747
Matale	2,783	2,666	5,449	672	674	1,346	0	0	0	3,455	3,340	6,795
Nuwara Eliya	1,898	1,865	3,741	3,151	3,003	6,154	0	0	0	5,036	4,859	9,895
Southern	17,121	16,127	33,248	567	543	1,110	65	52	117	17,753	16,722	34,475
Galle	6,764	6,560	13,324	172	167	339	65	52	117	7,001	6,779	13,780
Matara	5,270	4,869	10,139	304	281	585	0	0	0	5,574	5,150	10,724
Hambantota	5,087	4,698	9,785	91	95	186	0	0	0	5,178	4,793	9,971
Northern	222	209	431	7,903	7,725	15,628	0	0	0	8,125	7,934	16,059
Jaffna	0	0	0	3,824	3,718	7,542	0	0	0	3,824	3,718	7,542
Kilinochchi	0	5	5	1,029	1,040	2,069	0	0	0	1,029	1,045	2,074
Mannar	139	109	248	1,178	1,169	2,347	0	0	0	1,317	1,278	2,595
Vavuniya	0	0	0	1,013	986	1,999	0	0	0	1,013	986	1,999
Mullaitivu	83	95	178	859	812	1,671	0	0	0	942	907	1,849
Eastern	2,943	2,845	5,788	13,352	12,692	26,044	0	0	0	16,295	15,537	31,832
Batticaloa	0	1	41	5,329	5,104	10,433	0	0	0	5,340	5,134	10,474
Ampara	2,116	2,050	4,126	4,562	4,399	8,961	0	0	0	6,667	6,420	13,087
Trincomalee	827	794	1,621	3,461	3,189	6,650	0	0	0	4,288	3,983	8,271
North western	14,221	13,644	27,865	3,093	3,127	6,220	0	0	0	17,314	16,771	34,085
Kurunegala	10,158	9,732	19,890	1,152	1,227	2,379	0	0	0	11,310	10,959	22,269
Puttalam	4,063	3,912	7,975	1,941	1,900	3,841	0	0	0	6,004	5,812	11,816
North central	9,115	8,810	17,925	1,312	1,314	2,626	0	0	0	10,427	10,124	20,551
Anuradhapura	6,314	6,038	12,352	848	835	1,683	0	0	0	7,162	6,873	14,035
Polonnaruwa	2,801	2,772	5,573	464	479	943	0	0	0	3,265	3,251	6,516
Uva	8,344	8,095	16,439	1,887	1,707	3,594	0	0	0	10,231	9,802	20,033
Badulla	4,307	4,297	8,604	1,668	1,522	3,190	0	0	0	5,975	5,819	11,794
Moneragala	4,037	3,798	7,835	219	185	404	0	0	0	4,256	3,983	8,239
Sabaragamuwa	10,797	10,517	21,314	1,732	1,711	3,443	0	0	0	12,529	12,228	24,757
Ratnapura	6,708	6,498	13,206	858	827	1,685	0	0	0	7,566	7,325	14,891
Kegalle	4,089	4,019	8,108	874	884	1,758	0	0	0	4,963	4,903	9,866
Total	96,713	92,812	189,525	38,809	37,830	76,639	65	52	117	135,587	130,694	266,281