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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	2 July 1942; 82 years ago
Founder	Sri Pushpadana Samithiya
Principal	No principal
Staff	130
Grades	Classes 6 - 13
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	2,000
Colour(s)	Gold,Gray, Maroon
Website	pushpadanagirlscollege.com

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Pushpadana Girls' College is public girls' schools located in Kandy.

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 2,000 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.

Facilities

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

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.

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