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The preliminary round of the Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad competition is a two-hour theory paper on Astronomy and Astrophysics. [2] It usually consists of 20-30 multiple choice questions and five structured essay type questions. The competition is conducted in three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English.
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The Sri Lankan Ordinary Level (O-level) formerly called Senior School Certificate (SSC), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification in Sri Lanka, conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is based on the Cambridge University Ordinary Level qualification.
Chandre Dharma-wardana is a Sri Lankan-born academic and scientist. A former president of Vidyodaya Campus (now the University of Sri Jayewardenepura), he is currently [when?] a professor of theoretical physics at the Université de Montréal. He has retired and continues as a principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada.
The site donated by the government for the eshtablishment of the school in 1972. Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya [6] was inaugurated on 1 January 1973, as Stanmore Crescent Primary School with five teachers and 149 students under the guidance of Wimala Liyanage, the founding principal.
As it is a national school, the college is funded by the Ministry of Education. The ministry appoints a principal, the head of the administration. The principal is assisted by Vice principals and academic staff. Like other Sri Lankan colleges, the school is divided into three sections named primary, middle and upper school.
The state accepted the recommendation of the White Paper on education (1950), to split education at grade 8, when compulsory education ended. One of the three streams was academic. In keeping with this policy, Government Girls' College, Castle Street (Devi Balika Vidyalaya) began to offer classes from grade 9 to 12, catering to academically ...
A land area of 220,000 square metres (54 acres) is owned by the school spreading over half of the Dharmaraja hill. [7] Dharmaraja has one of the oldest scout troops in the world, the 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group, which was established in 1913. [8] [9] [10] It is one of the first Sri Lankan schools to start playing cricket.