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Most of the schools in Sri Lanka are maintained by the government as a part of the free education. Currently (as of 2021) there are 10,155 government schools (373 national schools and 9,782 provincial schools) [ 20 ] with a student population of 4.2 million and 235,924 teachers, 736 Pirivenas and also 104 private schools with 127,968 students.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-schools & Primary Education, School Infrastructure & Education Services 12 August 2020 - 09 May 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa [9] Ranil Wickremesinghe: United National Party: Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment 4 November 2022 - 24 September 2024
The Jaffna Catholic English School was established in 1850 by Monsignor Orazio Bettacchini, an Italian Roman Catholic missionary. [4] [5] The school was later renamed Jaffna Boys' Seminary. [4] [5] The school was registered as a High School in 1881 and renamed St. Patrick's College on 10 January 1881.
The Overseas School of Colombo is a multinational English medium international school located in Pelawatte near Battaramulla, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. [1] The school offers IB programs from Pre-K through to 12th grade in Sri Lanka. OSC is accredited by the Council of International Schools and the Middle States Association of Colleges and ...
Government Schools in Sri Lanka are schools controlled by the government (central or provincial). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Scholarship Examination (also known as the Grade 5 exam) is a highly competitive Sri Lankan examination first introduced in 1947, [1] conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is optional for students to undertake it during the final year of primary school (Grade 5; usually aged 9–10). Based on the ...
In 2015, the school won the Kandy District Girls under 19 schools basketball Championship. [3] In 2017, Under-14 hockey team won the ‘Golden Star’ award at the 17th Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Carnival 2017. [4] In 2020, Ruchini Niwarthana won third Place of Sri Lankan Biology Olympiad 2020. [5]
[1] [6] [8] [9] The school transferred to the Vembadi site in 1825. [6] The school was renamed Jaffna Central School in 1834 by the then principal Rev. Dr. Peter Percival. [6] [10] In the same year a separate girls school was established which was renamed Vembadi Girls' High School in 1897.