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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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.
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 school library was set up in 1982 with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Library Services Board. In 1996, a program titled "Library Week" was inaugurated during the "Reading Month". Library facilities are provided to all the pupils of the school and there are two libraries separately; one for Primary Grades and other for seniors.
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia (abbreviated as STC), is a fee-levying Anglican selective entry boys' private school in Sri Lanka.Started as a private school by James Chapman, the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in 1851, it was founded as a college and cathedral for the new Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon, modelled on British Public school tradition.