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The school was founded in 1838 by the Diocese of Ceylon as Kottanchina Seminary. St. Benedict's College, the oldest Roman Catholic school in Sri Lanka, was inaugurated in 1865 by Silvestro Benedictine monks. The school consisted of a few classrooms and small staff at first. In 1868, the De La Salle Brothers assumed administration of the college.
The Overseas School of Colombo is a multinational English medium international school located in Pelawatte near Battaramulla, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. [1] The school offers IB programs from Pre-K through to 12th grade in Sri Lanka. OSC is accredited by the Council of International Schools and the Middle States Association of Colleges and ...
economist. Signature. Tharman Shanmugaratnam[ a] (born 25 February 1957), also known mononymously as Tharman, is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023. Prior to his presidency, Tharman served as Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023, Chairman of the Monetary ...
Seethadevi Girls' College (Sinhala: සීතාදේවි බාලිකා විද්යාලය) is a girls' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka. M. D. Kamalawathi was the first principal of the girls' college. [1] It is a provincial school funded by the central government providing primary and secondary education. [2] [3]
Hillwood College is an independent private girls' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka founded by British Anglican missionaries of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society in 1890. [2] The school is situated in the Kandy Lake round (Victoria Drive). The school is managed by the Church of Ceylon and falls under the Diocese of Kurunegala .
The National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka, based in Maharagama, was established in 1986 under the provisions of the National Institute of Education Act No. 28 of 1985. The aim of the institute is to "provide leadership for the development of general education with quality, equity and relevance in a pluralistic society".
Buddhist Ladies' College is a private girls' primary and secondary school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school was established by Mohandas De Mel on May 20, 1954. [ 1] It is one of the leading government-approved schools in Colombo. [ 2] The first principal of the school was Clara Motwani. [ 3] The current principal is Padmaseeli Lyanage.
The Sri Lankan Advanced Level ( A-level) formerly called Higher School Certificate (HSC), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification exam in Sri Lanka, similar to the British Advanced Level, conducted annually by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is usually taken by students during the final two ...