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Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya, established in 1942 and it is the largest co-educational institution and the most populated suburban school in Sri Lanka. [citation needed] The school is situated on a land donated by Anagarika Dharmapala, whom the school is named after. The school was upgraded to National school status in 1991. [1]
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 ...
Devi Balika Vidyalaya is a public national girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Girls are admitted at grade six, based on the results of an island-wide scholarship examination . Like other national schools it is controlled by the central government , as opposed to a provincial council.
In recent years, the exam has become extremely competitive and even traumatic for many high school students in Sri Lanka. For the academic year 2013, out of 55,241 candidates who applied for university admission, only 43.8% gained access to state universities through the University Grants Commission (UGC), despite meeting the minimum admission ...
The school was established in 1917 by Celestina Dias as the Buddhist Girls College in a house called 'The Firs' in Turret Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was the desire of Dias to train the school girls according to the Buddhist moral values and principles.
Methodist College, founded in 1866 is a girls school in Colombo, managed by the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. Leading number one girls schools in Sri Lanka. The school currently maintains a student body of 1800 and approximately 75 teachers. The institution conducts 3 streams of classes in Sinhala, Tamil and English with English as a second ...
Malabe Boys' School: 1AB 4500 200 Sri Jayawardhenepura Kotte Kaduwela Bomiriya National School, Bomiriya 1AB 3864 178 Sri Jayawardhenepura Kotte Kaduwela Sri Subhuthi National School, Battaramulla 1AB 1125 100 Sri Jayawardhenepura Kotte Kolonnawa Sri Rajasinghe Central College, Mulleriyawa 1AB 1255 101 Sri Jayawardhenepura Kotte Kolonnawa
St. Joseph's College is a selective-entry Roman Catholic school in Sri Lanka.It was founded in 1896 by French Missionaries led by Rev. Father Christophe Ernest Bonjean.The college has over 4,000 enrolled students with a staff of over 450 as of 2023.