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Kingswood College, Kandy. Secondary education in Sri Lanka is provided by a diverse selection of educational options: National schools, with funding and criteria by the national Ministry of Education. 1AB - offering GCE A-levels in all major fields of study; 1C - offering all except Sciences GCE A-levels; 2 - offering only GCE O-levels; 3 ...
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 ...
Ranabima Royal College was founded by W. M. P. B. Dissanayake, former Chief Minister of Central Province, and Palitha Elkaduwa, former Secretary of the Department of Education, Central Province. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The school was officially opened by Central Provincial Governor Stanley Thilakarathne on 2 March 1996, [ 4 ] the day of commemoration ...
Seethadevi Girls' College (Sinhala: සීතාදේවි බාලිකා විද්යාලය) is a girls' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka. M. D. Kamalawathi was the first principal of the girls' college. [1] It is a provincial school funded by the central government providing primary and secondary education. [2] [3]
Sri Rahula College (Sinhala: ශ්රී රාහුල විද්යාලය) is a mixed National school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka founded by Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in 1890. It offers primary and secondary education for more than 2,000 students from grade 1 to 13.
Nugawela Central College (Sinhala: නුගවෙල මධ්ය විද්යාලය) is a public, mixed government school located in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. The school was founded on 4 January 1944 as part of the Central Schools initiative introduced by Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara , it serves over 6,500 students from grade 6 to ...
Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy, is a semi-government fee-levying Roman Catholic girls' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The convent was established by Sister Mary of St. Magdalence de Pazzi Walsh and Sister Mary of St. Constance in February 1889.
Kingswood College maintains close ties with their home-town rival school, Dharmaraja College, with whom they play the annual Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter, also known as Battle of the Maroons, [37] [38] which is the one of the oldest annual cricket match in Sri Lanka and the oldest in Kandy region.