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Census of Private Schools - 2004

Sri Lanka, 2004
Reference ID
LKA-MOE-CPS-2004-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
  • Data Dictionary
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
LKA-MOE-CPS-2004-v1.0
Title
Census of Private Schools - 2004
Country
Name Country code
Sri Lanka LKA
Series Information
The Census of Private Schools has been conducted, since 1996. This census is the the ninth one in a series of censuses conducted annually. This census provides valuable information about private schools 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
- Deatils about students by subjects and the grade of study
- Details about the teachers
Abstract
The Ministry of Education has conducted an uninterrupted series of annual private school census for well over four decades.
The main objective of the census is to collect following information
- Information about the schools
- Students
- Teachers
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
2009-06-22
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 Private School Census - 2004 includes:

Part 1 : Identification Information
Part 2 : Students in school by 1st June 2004
Part 3 : Students by birth year
Part 4A : Disabled students
Part 4B : Disabled students by birth year
Part 5 : Students by grade according to the subjects study ( Religion, Technical subjects and Easthetic )

Deatils of Teachers
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
EDUCATION [6] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Coverage - Private Schools
Universe
All Private 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
2004-06-01 2004-06-01
Data Collection Mode
Mail Questionnaire [mail]
Data Collection Notes
The questionnaires are posted to the Principals of the private colleges.
The Principals are responsible for filling of the questionnaire and posted back to the Ministry of Education
Data enntry is done by the Statistical unit of the Ministry

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The schedule of the Private School Census - 2004 includes following parts:

Part 1 : Identification Information
Part 2 : Students in school by 1st June 2004
Part 3 : Students by birth year
Part 4A : Disabled students
Part 4B : Disabled students by birth year
Part 5 : Students by grade according to the subjects study ( Religion, Technical subjects and Easthetic )

Deatils of Teachers

Data Processing

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

1. Data entry is done by Statistical Branch of the MOE.
2. Merge the data entry files
3.. Produce final tables .

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 Private Schools 2004, Version 1.0 of the public use dataset. ( June 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-CPS-2004-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
2009-06-29
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( June 2009 ).
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