Curriculum/Sri Lanka

Literacy Rate	90.2 %
Illiterate Population	1.2 million

1995 figures estimated by UNESCO in 1998.

Scope of Training Manuals
Content Areas	Level I (Basic Level)
Content Areas	I.1	I.2	I.3
A. Vocational Skills	I A.1 1 Dress-making and Agricultural Carpentry Tools	I A.2 5 Making Simple Furniture etc.	I A.3 9 Preparing Nutritious Meals
B. Mother Tongue (language)	I B.1 2 Learning about Self; Songs; Poems	I B.2 6 Address a Letter; Reading Name Boards	I B.3 10 Sending a Fax; Writing a Letter
C. Number (mathematics)	I C.1 3 1 to 1,000; Measures	I C.2 7 Financial Transactions	I C.3 11 Time and Learning the Calendar
D. Environment	I D.1 4 Personal and Family Health	I D.2 8 First Aid; Exploring the Environment	I D.3 12 Our Village City, Living in Harmony

Scope of Training Manuals
Content Areas	Level II (Middle Level)		Level III (Self-Learning Level)
Content Areas	II.1	II.2	III
A. Vocational Skills	II A.1 13 Learning Vocational Skills	II A.2 17 Learning Specific Vocational Skills	III A 21 Repair & Maintenance of Tools & Equipment
B. Mother Tongue (language)	II B.1 14 Information on Jobs	II B.2 18 Newspaper Reports	III B 22 Filling out Forms
C. Number (mathematics)	II C.1 15 1,000 to 10,000; Distances	II C.2 19 Weights; Fractions	III C 23 Business Correspondence
D. Environment	II D.1 16 Leading a Healthy Life	II D.2 20 Learning About Sri Lanka	III D 24 Resources of Sri Lanka

Source :

"Teachers' Handbook for Literacy Clasees," Non-Formal Sector, Ministry of Education, 1989.

*	Adopted by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in 1999.

"Way to Literacy," Basic and Middle Levels, NFE Branch, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 1989.

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