Abstract
"ENGINEER", established in 1973 by The Institution of Engineers, is a Journal for dissemination of Engineering knowledge, published quarterly.Cover DescriptionCover images show a schematic diagram of a Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity (PSH) facility and one of the promising sites for PSH in Sri Lanka. The latter image was obtained from the publicly available JICA report on “Development Planning on Optimal Power Generation for Peak Demand in Sri Lanka”. The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka acknowledges JICA for the image.If you are interested in contributing an Original Technical Paper based on research by the author(s) (intended for Section I) or an Original Article of Professional or Technical interest related to Engineering. (Section II) to this journal please go through the publication checklist which can be downloaded from here.
Highlights
Colombo District consists of 402 functioning government schools, with a total student population of 374,995 [1]
The total number of destination zones were equal to 13 Divisional Secretariat Divisions (DSDs) in Colombo District
The number of school age children who live in each DSD of the study area and the number of students that can be accommodated by the government schools located in those DSDs have been analysed separately in order to identify the imbalance of resource distribution in education system which has resulted in the need travelling longer distances to fulfil the educational needs of the children
Summary
Colombo District consists of 402 functioning government schools, with a total student population of 374,995 [1]. Apart from the government schools, there are some private and international schools located in the district which consist of 68,828 students. Distance to school is one of the major factors considered when it comes to the enrolment of students for any government school in the country. If the popularity of the schools is measured based on the student population or grade 5 scholarship examination cut-off marks, majority of the popular schools are located in Colombo district. High attraction of school trips for these popular schools located in Colombo district has resulted in longer travel distances using several transport modes for school trips which has affected the traffic congestion on roads in peak hours
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