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Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena is a leading Catholic girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Located in the neighbourhood of Kotahena , the convent school educates girls from Kindergarten to age 19. The convent includes an auditorium , libraries, ICT and Science laboratories, Basketball and Netball courts and gyms.
St. Paul's Girls' School is one of the oldest schools for girls, and is situated in Milagiriya, Colombo. The school was founded on 14 January 1887 as a Parish school affiliated to St. Paul's Church with 24 students and four teachers, with Stella Coban (1887 – 1892) as the first principal. [ 1 ]
The Colombo National Museum, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in Colombo and the largest in Sri Lanka.Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance to Sri Lanka, such as the regalia of the Kandyan monarchs, as well as many other exhibits relating the country's cultural and natural heritage.
Ladies' College is a private girls' school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded on behalf of the Church Missionary Society by Lilian Nixon in 1900. The school is managed by the Anglican Church of Ceylon, and falls under the Diocese of Colombo.
Before other landmarks were built, some claim that the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque was recognised as the landmark of Colombo by sailors approaching the port. In 1975 the mosque, with the assistance of the Haji Omar Trust, [3] purchased a number of the adjoining properties and commenced building an expansion to the mosque to increase its capacity to ...
In 1918, Sri Lankan Girl Guide Association joined hands with the London Association. The first 'Anual General Meeting' was held in 1919. In 1921 Ranger companies were opened in Kandy and Colombo. The first Guide company in Colombo was opened at Methodist College. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell came to Sri Lanka to visit it.
The school was inaugurated on 1 January 1973 as Stanmore Crescent Primary School and renamed in December 1973 as Sirimavo Bandaranaike Primary Girls School in honor of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. From a primary school, the school developed into a secondary school and finally to a national school within seventeen years.
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