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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 ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 28 January 2007 - 23 April 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa: Dullas Alahapperuma: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 April 2010 - 12 January 2015 Niroshan Perera: United National Party: 12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015 Maithripala Sirisena: Sagala Ratnayaka: 1 May 2018 - 26 October 2018 Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The National Cadet Corps (NCC; Sinhala: ජාතික ශිෂ්යභට බලකාය, romanized: jātika śiṣyabhaṭa balakāya) is a youth organisation in Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, which operates in schools, and normally includes Army, Navy and Air Force sections. The corp is open for secondary school ...
The Ministry of Education [4] (Sinhala: අධ්යාපන අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: கல்வி அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Sri Lanka.
First Muslim Boys' School in Sri Lanka 15 November 1884 Sri Lanka Muslim Society Western: Colombo: Colombo: Colombo: National: Kiriella Central College 1885 Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura Ratnapura Kiriella National Southlands College, Galle: Girls' High School: 1885 [e] Wesleyan Methodist Mission: Southern: Galle: Galle: Galle: National [10] [115 ...
Jayathma Wickramanayake was born in the coastal town of Bentota in Sri Lanka.She graduated with a bachelor's degree in science from the University of Colombo. [3] While at university, Wickramanayake became the runner-up in the first competition organized by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Youth Affairs to select emerging young leaders in the country.
The school has many notable alumni (a.k.a. Rajans) including the first President of Sri Lanka William Gopallawa, A. E. Goonesinha, T.B Kehelgamuwa, Chamara Kapugedera, Sudarshana Pathirana and others. A land area of 220,000 square metres (54 acres) is owned by the school spreading over half of the Dharmaraja hill. [7]
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 ...