The Ministry of Education, together with the Central Provincial Council, held a cornerstone ceremony for a new girls’ school that is to be set up in the Digana-Rajawella area in Kandy, recently. It is to be constructed under the ‘Green Smart School’ concept and would be provided with modern facilities.

The project’s concept is the brainchild of Central Province Governor Attorney-at-Law Lalith U. Gamage. The Governor, together with Ministers Keheliya Rambukwella, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, and Wasantha Yapa Bandara, took part in the ceremony and laid the foundation stones for the school.

The school is being set up with the objective of reducing the competition for entering students to city schools. The school will be a trilingual one, with state-of-the-art facilities that include a hostel, playground, auditorium, swimming pool, library, and a laboratory.

The school is scheduled to open for Grades 6 to 11 in the first phase of the project, and classes up to G.C.E. (A/L) during the second phase of the project. A separate aptitude test will be conducted for students who pass their Grade 5 Scholarship Examination.

Furthermore, students, in general, will be selected through an open competitive examination system. The school will be open to students from all education zones in the province.

It is expected to maintain this model school with a new aspect to adapt to a competitive educational environment.

It is also planned to run this school in accordance with the model of Ranabima Royal Boys’ College in Gannoruwa, Kandy. Governor Gamage has instructed the implementation of this type of school in the other two districts of the Central Province for the future as well.