Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Gampaha

Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya Gampaha
Location
Gampaha
Sri LankaSri Lanka
Coordinates 7°05′21.8″N 80°00′05.9″E / 7.089389°N 80.001639°E / 7.089389; 80.001639Coordinates: 7°05′21.8″N 80°00′05.9″E / 7.089389°N 80.001639°E / 7.089389; 80.001639
Information
Type National
Motto

"කරෝථ බුද්ධසාසනං"


Karotha Buddasaasanan
("Behave according to buddhism")
Established 17 December 1947
Founder Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, D.D Karunarathna
Principal Mrs. H.A.H Jayawardana
Grades Class 6 - 13
Gender Girls
Age range 11 to 19
Enrollment 3000 +
Color(s)

Green and Gold

        
Affiliation Buddhist
Alumni Old Rathnavalians
Website rathnavali.lk

Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya (Sinhala: රත්නාවලී බාලිකා විද්‍යාලය), is a leading government Buddhist national school for girls in Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Students are admitted to grade six on the basis of results of The Scholarship Examination in Sri Lanka.

History

There was a significant Buddhist reawakening with the arrival of sir Henry Steel Olcot. Buddhist schools were established throughout the country to promote Buddhist education across with the prevailing missionary system. In 1881 there was a Buddhist reawakening as a result of the start of the newspapers Sarasavi Sandaresa in 1880 and The Buddhist in 1881. After that, the expansion of school education came under the Buddhist Theosophical Society. Mr. D.D. Karunarathna laid the foundation stone for the school on 26 July 1945. After completing the construction work of the buildings of Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya, Mr. D.D. Karunarathna handed over the school to the Buddhist Theosophical Society. Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya was opened on 17 December 1947 with 60 students, a staff consist of two teachers under the management of Mrs. Denagama who was the first principal of Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya.On the same day, both primary and secondary education were started as the constructions of the two buildings were completed.

Vision

To produce a generation of virtuous and dignified young ladies by brightening up their latent potentials through education.

Mission

To provide the society with an excellent, disciplined, dedicated, dynamic and respectable younger generation, capable of performing a great service to the nation through competency - based learning, based on the objectives of national education.

Houses

There are 4 houses in Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya which resemble 4 main ancient reputable feminine characters in Sri Lankan history.

  • Gothami -     
  • Mahamaya -     
  • Sangamiththa -     
  • Vishaka -     

Extra-curricular

Sports

Clubs and societies

  • Agricultural Unit
  • Art Circle
  • Astronomical Association
  • Biology Association
  • Buddhist Society
  • Chemistry Association
  • Commerce Society
  • Dancing Circle
  • English Literary Association
  • Environmental Society
  • French Language Society
  • Girl Guides Association
  • Health Club
  • Information and Communication Technology Society
  • Japanese Language Society
  • Library Readers' Society
  • Media Unit
  • Oratory & Debating Society
  • Oriental Music Society
  • Photographic Unit
  • Political Science Society
  • Red Cross Unit
  • Science Society
  • Scrabble Society
  • Sinhala Language and Literary Unit
  • St. John Ambulance Brigade
  • Tamil Literary Association
  • UNESCO Society
  • Western Music Society
  • Young Inventors Club
  • Green team

Notable alumni

Name Notability Reference
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