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Census of Pirivena Colleges - 2006

Sri Lanka, 2006
Reference ID
LKA-MOE-CPC-2006-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Ministry of Education
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Last modified
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  • Study Description
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  • Identification
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  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Data Processing
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
LKA-MOE-CPC-2006-v1.0
Title
Census of Pirivena Colleges - 2006
Country
Name Country code
Sri Lanka LKA
Series Information
The Census of Pirivenas has been conducted, since 1960. This census is the the fourty fourth one in a series of censuses conducted annually. This census provides valuable information about Pirivenas and teachers to policy makers, planners and researchers..

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

- Identification information about the Pirivena
- Details about the Pirivena Pupils
- Details about the Pirivena Pupils by Age
- Basic Needs
- Details about the teachers
Abstract
The Ministry of Education has conducted an uninterrupted series of annual pirivena census for well over four decades.
The main objective of the census is to collect following information
- Identification information about the Pirivena
- Details about the Pirivena Pupils
- Details about the Pirivena Pupils by Age
- Basic Needs
- Details about the teachers
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Pirivena
Student
Teacher

Version

Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2009-07-02
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 Pirivena Census - 2006 includes:

Part 1 : Identification Information
Part 2 : Student Population
Part 3 : Students by Age
Part 4 : Basic Needs
Part 5 : Details of the Teachers
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
EDUCATION [6] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Coverage - Pirivena Schools
Universe
All Pirivena Schools

Producers and sponsors

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

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2006-07-01 2006-07-01
Data Collection Mode
Mail Questionnaire [mail]
Data Collection Notes
The questionnaire is posted to all the pirivenas by Statistical Unit of the Ministry of Education.
Principals of the pirivenas are responsible for filling the questionnaire and return to the Statistical Unit of the Ministry.
Data enntry is done by the the Ststistical Branch of Ministry of Education.

Data Processing

Data Editing
Manual data editing and coding is done by the statistical unit of the ministry.
Other Processing
Data processing included the following steps.

1. Accepting the filled questionnaires by Statistical Branch of the MOE.
2. Do the data entry.
2. Run edit program.
3. Produce error reports
4. Correction of errors.
5. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
6. Merge the data files
7.. Produce final tables on clean data .

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Statistics Division Ministry of Education mail.moe.gov.lk www.moe.gov.lk
Confidentiality
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
"Ministry of Education, Census of Pirivenas 2006, Version 1.0 of the public use dataset. ( July 2009 )"
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Additional Secretary Planning Ministry of Education mail.moe.gov.lk www.moe.gov.lk

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-MOE-CPC-2006-v1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Department of Census and Statistics DCS Ministry of Finance and Planning Documentation
Ministry of Education MOE Government of Sri Lanka Data Collection
Date of Metadata Production
2009-07-02
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( July 2009 ).
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