Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy

Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy
Location
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Information
Type Public
Motto චරිතයෙන් නුවන බැබළේ Sinhala
- "Wisdom shines through character"
Established July 2, 1942 (1942-07-02)
Founder Sri Pushpadana Samithiya
Principal E.W.L.K Egodawela
Staff 130
Grades Classes 6 - 13
Gender Girls
Age 11 to 18
Enrollment 2000
Colour(s)

Yellow, Grey & Maroon

            
Alumni List of Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy alumni
Website pushpadanagirlscollege.com/

Pushpadana Girls' College is public girls' schools located in the World Heritage city of Kandy. It is one of Sri Lanka's finest public Buddhist girls schools in central province.

History timeline

  • 2 July 1942 - School was established as a Learning Institution for Buddhist girls around Kandy by "Sri Pushpadana Samithiya" housed in Trincomalee Street of Kandy city.
  • 22 June 1953 - School became a government school under the first principal of the school Mrs. S.A. Wijetillekesiri.
  • After being a major government school, school was shifted to the present day premises with 11 staff of teachers and 400 students.
  • From 3 May 1954 to 28 November 1958 - Mrs. W.M.M de Silva was appointed as the principal of the school. Under her period, the school gets the four school houses with school's first sportsmeet. The school also introduced a new school uniform and started scouting in the school during this period.
  • From 1 January 1959 to 1 September 1961 - Mrs. Hema S. Jayasinghe became the school's principal. During her period, the school gets enormous development through education as well as improving facilities. The establishment of Buddha shrine and teachers-parents union and starting advanced levels and also held the school's first prize giving are the major developments under her period.
  • From 13 December 1961 to 30 July 1963 - Mrs. Vishaka Gunethilake became the principal. The school's motto has been made as "Charithayen Nuwana Bebale", meaning "Wisdom shines through character", and school anthem vocalized for the first time. The school also started Dharma schools which is held in every Sunday.
  • From 31 July 1963 to 1 May 1965 - Mrs. Rathwatte Gnanasekaram became the principal. During her period, extra-curriculars started.
  • From 1 May 1965 to 8 September 1980 - Mrs. Hema de Seram became the principal. She started Western music band, an Eastern music band of the school. Hockey started as a major sport.

The college today

There are about 2000 students, 130 teachers in the present. Therevada Buddhism has largely been an integral part of the school's education system, as it is in all Sri Lankan Buddhist public schools. Students are divided among four houses. The housing system is primarily used for sporting events. The houses are Chithra, Gothami, Sangamittha and Yashodara.

Education

The students for the school are selected mainly through grade 5 scholarship programme. Grades are from 6 to 13. The school provides all A/L disciplines from Science stream to newly introduced Technology Stream.

Sports

Clubs and societies

Facilities

School's board
School's main hall

Pushpadana Girls' College is equipped with some of the best facilities available to Sri Lankan students.

Facilities at Pushpadana Girls' College consist of -

  • Chemistry, Physics and Biology laboratories
  • Hostel
  • Library
  • Recreational Art facilities (Eastern & Western Music, Dancing, Art and drama)
  • Co-operative shop
  • Canteen
  • Environment room
  • IT laboratories
  • Shrine room
  • Basketball court
  • Lab for Technology

Code of conduct and uniform

The school expects and encourages students to follow traditional Sinhalese and Buddhist values. The school uniform consists of a single piece white frock that should not be shorter than knee length. The dress has a collar-neck, a belt that runs around the waist and a pleated skirt. Students with hair shorter than jaw length should pin a bow made of black ribbons to their hair. Students with longer hair should arrange their hair in two plaits, with a black ribbon tied to the end of each plait. Brown shoes are worn by the students with white socks.

The school song and flag

The school song is sung by both Sinhala and English languages.


Houses

The students are divided into four Houses:

  •      – Sangamiththa
  •      – Yasodhara
  •      – Chithra
  •      – Gothami

The house names are derived from Buddhist history. The houses compete annually in all major games to win the respective inter-house games and competitions.

References

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