Teachers

Government school teachers by district and category of appointment. Annual, 2021–2025.

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

Year

Column

2025

34 provinces and districts × 5 kinds of teacher

	Graduate Trained	Graduate	Trained	Untrained	Other	Total
Western	25,413	7,673	12,016	204	12	45,318
Colombo	9,777	2,635	4,577	84	5	17,078
Gampaha	9,326	2,968	4,226	62	3	16,585
Kalutara	6,310	2,070	3,213	58	4	11,655
Central	15,547	3,997	13,070	428	18	33,060
Kandy	9,075	1,919	5,578	132	5	16,709
Matale	2,720	1,087	2,619	50	1	6,477
Nuwara Eliya	3,752	991	4,873	246	12	9,874
Southern	13,113	7,078	10,347	174	10	30,722
Galle	5,252	2,780	3,920	79	1	12,032
Matara	4,629	2,261	3,357	42	4	10,293
Hambantota	3,232	2,037	3,070	53	5	8,397
Northern	9,710	1,295	6,870	229	4	18,108
Jaffna	5,969	450	2,194	73	2	8,688
Kilinochchi	1,022	194	891	33	0	2,140
Mannar	848	255	1,207	33	0	2,343
Vavuniya	1,096	184	1,495	48	2	2,825
Mullaitivu	775	212	1,083	42	0	2,112
Eastern	10,276	2,865	9,651	398	13	23,203
Batticaloa	3,620	1,035	2,558	110	4	7,327
Ampara	4,475	1,178	4,471	120	4	10,248
Trincomalee	2,181	652	2,622	168	5	5,628
North western	12,880	7,228	9,703	181	9	30,001
Kurunegala	9,663	4,710	6,240	94	6	20,713
Puttalam	3,217	2,518	3,463	87	3	9,288
North central	7,137	3,556	6,412	118	6	17,229
Anuradhapura	5,429	2,379	4,422	84	6	12,320
Polonnaruwa	1,708	1,177	1,990	34	0	4,909
Uva	8,627	2,904	8,458	188	11	20,188
Badulla	5,804	1,737	5,871	138	11	13,561
Moneragala	2,823	1,167	2,587	50	0	6,627
Sabaragamuwa	11,331	4,220	8,769	156	4	24,480
Ratnapura	5,783	2,209	5,065	81	3	13,141
Kegalle	5,548	2,011	3,704	75	1	11,339
Total	114,034	40,816	85,296	2,076	87	242,309