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The Tamil language is spoken by native Sri Lankan Tamils and is also spoken by Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and by most Sri Lankan Moors. Tamil speakers number around 4.8 million (29% of the population), making it the second largest language in Sri Lanka. There are more than 40,000 speakers of the Sri Lankan Malay language.
Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya, established in 1940 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]
The school today. In 1935 the Jaffna Hindu College started admitting girls. [4] On 10 September 1943 the Board of Management of Jaffna Hindu College and Affiliated Schools established a separate girls school - Jaffna Hindu Ladies College. [4]
Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament (1989–1994) Cabinet Minister (1965–1970, 1977–1988 & 2001–2004) member of parliament (Colombo 1965–1970 & 1977–2004 –2010), Mayor of Colombo (1960–1962) Wapchie Marikar Abdul Rahman: member of Legislative Council of Ceylon: Mahadevan Sathasivam: international cricket player (1944–1949) Jeffrey ...
Royal Institute International School is a private sector educational institute in Sri Lanka, providing primary and secondary education. [1] In addition to the Royal Institute main school at Havelock Town, Colombo, there are branch schools in Nugegoda, Maharagama, and Gampaha which provide mixed education. Additionally, there is a girls ...
The Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo is located in Wewala, Horana. Established in 1996 it conducts courses in the field of performing arts and mass media . It was established by a notification of the Sri Lanka government gazette (Extraordinary ) No 928/1 dated June 20, 1996.
Zahira College (commonly known as Zahira) (Sinhala: සහිරා විදුහල, Tamil: சாஹிரா கல்லுரி) is an Islamic school in Maradana, Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1892 as Al Madrasathul Zahira by Islamic lawyer and educationalist, M. C. Siddi Lebbe, with the patronage of Ahmed Orabi Pasha of Egypt.
Drawing and Design were among the first courses to be taught there. Approximately five decades later, on 1 October 1949, the Department of Arts and Aesthetics shifted its locality from Horton Place to Heywood College. [5] The restructuring of the university system in Sri Lanka affiliated the institute with the University of Kelaniya in 1980.