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It was 1867 which laid the foundation to the school in Sri Lanka, the Roman Catholic English School, in Kurunegala. It was initiated by the parish priest of Kurunegala church, Francis Saviour. There were 28 boys and 19 girls enrolled on the first year with two teachers. The medium of the language was only English.
Mother M. Josephine Bastide took charge of the new community in November 1870. The first building of the school was located where the Kurunegala Post Office stands today. Classes began in this building. Sisters lived in two houses, one was then known as Daniel’s House. By 1871, classes in both English and Sinhala medium were begun.
Wayamba Royal College (Sinhala: වයඹ රාජකීය විද්යාලය; also known as Royal College Wayamba) is a national school in Kurunegala, established in February 1993 in Sri Lanka. [1] Current students of the school are known as Wayamba Royalists. [2] [3]
The objective in the establishment of the school was to provide more opportunities for youth from rural communities, away from overcrowded and competitive popular schools. The college opened with six teachers and fourteen students. With 175 teachers and 4600 students, it is the largest school in North Western Province. [3] [non-primary source ...
In 1965, the number of requests to admit children into the Royal College Primary had become excessive. Thus the Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla took the initiative to build a new school in Cinnamon Gardens on the lines of Royal College, Colombo. [4] In 1967, Minister Iriyagolla began the ground work for establishing the school.