A development plan for schools in Colombo city

Abstract

-his study deals v/ith the growth of education iii woiornho city and the present situation in J,V v.. <; city with regards co educational facilities with a vi s csocosing a sramev/ork for the development of schools in. the context of an overall- development plan for Colombo* --vChapter I describes the pattern of change in education in Sri-Lanka ever the past few decades.It also describes how the city population has changed through the years 13/1 :e 1971. in this context a short history of the growth of schools in Colombo city is given.In addition the earn components of the present structure of education and bha existing number of schools both government and private have also been considered. Chapter II deals with the need for school places based or* population projections for the Colombo Municipal Council area .This chapter is mainly concerned with the magnitude of the problem in terms of additional number of school places and teachers required.