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Sri Lankan values |
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Sri Lanka having a high literacy rate in
South Asia |
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Sri Lanka leads with adult literacy rate: Sri Lanka
has a rich culture in education. Sri Lanka has the highest literacy rate in
South Asia. Approximately 50% of the students who have completed their
higher education like to perform higher education.
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Literacy Rate |
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Sri Lanka |
92 |
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China |
81 |
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Malaysia |
87 |
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Indonesia |
87 |
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India |
57 |
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Pakistan |
43 |
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Bangladesh |
41 |
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Source: BOI Sri Lanka publication, 2003 |
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Literacy rate (% aged 15 and older)
2007/2008 |
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Singapore |
92.5 |
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China |
90.9 |
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Sri
Lanka |
90.7 |
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Indonesia |
90.4 |
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Viet
Nam |
90.3 |
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Myanmar |
89.9 |
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Malaysia |
88.7 |
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Cambodia |
73.6 |
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India |
61.0 |
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Pakistan |
49.9 |
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Bangladesh |
47.5 |
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Bhutan |
47.0 |
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Source: UNDP1
2008 |
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Sri Lanka leads South Asian countries in
Education Index |
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Latest Education Index analysis published by UNDP
source for 2007/2008 described that the Education Index of Sri Lanka is
0.814 leading other South Asian countries, as given by the graph.
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Sri Lanka leading South Asian countries in
Human Development |
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Sri Lanka’s position is much higher than other South Asian
countries in
Human Development as per the analysis done by United Nation Development
Program resources2 which is presented in the following graph.
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures a country's
achievements in three areas of human development viz: longevity, knowledge &
a decent standard of living. A combination of adult literacy and the
combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio is used as a
measure of knowledge. The human development index trends have been published
by UNDP1 . |
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Human Development Indicator 2007/2008 |
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HDI
2003 |
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Country |
Rank |
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Country |
Rank |
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China |
81 |
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Sri
Lanka |
89 |
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Sri
Lanka |
99 |
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China |
96 |
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Vietnam |
105 |
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Vietnam |
109 |
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Indonesia |
107 |
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Indonesia |
110 |
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India |
128 |
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India |
124 |
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Cambodia |
131 |
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Pakistan |
138 |
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Myanmar |
132 |
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Bangladesh |
145 |
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Pakistan |
136 |
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Bangladesh |
140 |
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Nepal |
142 |
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Source: UNDP1 |
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1 UNDP, ‘Human Development
Index rankings 2007/2008’, Statistics of the Human Development Report, UNDP
(United Nation Development Program), 2008 |
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