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Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental right, the constitution mentions that 'the complete eradication of illiteracy and the assurance to all persons of the right to universal and equal access to education at all levels" in its section on directive principles of state policy ...
The Ceylon national cricket team, later Sri Lanka national cricket team, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket since its first international representative match in 1927. Before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status on 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka had ...
It is the oldest cricket match series in the central province and the second oldest in Sri Lanka, having been played since 1893. [11] [12] The Battle of the Blues (Matara) has been played between St. Thomas' College, Matara, and St. Servatius' College Matara since 1900. [13] [14] [15] Over the years, many other Big Matches have been established.
Cricket was played at the school from its beginning. The annual cricket match against the school's traditional rival, Kingswood College, Kandy is the longest cricket match series in the central province, Sri Lanka. [41] Out of those outings so far, Rajans lead the tally with 37 [42] [43] wins against 19 by Kingswood while 53 matches ending in a ...
Host Bangladesh and Sri Lanka start their three-match Twenty20 cricket series on Monday with the upcoming World Cup on everyone's mind. “We’ll get eight to 11 matches before the World Cup and ...
The following is a list of schools in Sri Lanka grouped by province. There are 10,155 government schools (373 national schools and 9,782 provincial schools) and also 104 private schools. List of schools in Central Province
S. Thomas' Preparatory School (abbreviated as STPS) is a private, Anglican, multi-ethnic, primary and secondary day school for boys aged 5 to 16 years, located in Kollupitiya in the Colombo District of the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The school was founded on 17 May 1938 as a branch preparatory school of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.
H. L. B. Gomes (M.A.), who was an old boy, a teacher and vice-principal (during Mr M. E. C. Fernando's reign as principal), was appointed as principal in 1989. In his time, the school became one of the 15 National Schools in Sri Lanka. A new auditorium with the latest facilities and a computer department were introduced. Amongst other ...