Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy

Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy
Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy
Location
	Kandy; Sri Lanka
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Charithayen Nuwana Bebale Sinhala; - "Wisdom shines through character"
Established	02 July, 1942
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	Old Girls
Website	pushpadanagirlscollege.com/

Located in the World Heritage city of Kandy, Pushpadana Girls' College is one of Sri Lanka's finest public Buddhist girls' schools.

History Timeline

2 July 1942 - School was established as an 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. Hocky 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

Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Chess
Cricket

Tae-kwon-doo
Karate
Volleyball
Netball
Football

Table Tennis
Swimming
Hockey

Clubs and Societies

Buddhist Association
English Medium Unit (EMU)
Information and Communication Technology Club
Astronomical Society
Cadets Troop
Science Society
Debaters' Council
Environment Nature club
Law Cirle

English Literary Association
Interact Club
Media Unit
Photographic Association
Red Cross Society
St. John's Ambulance Service Society
Student Parliament
UN Circle
Writers' Club

Girl Guiding Group
Sinhala Literary Association
Eastern Band
Western Band
Stamps Society
Social sciences unit
Aquarium club
Drug abuse Club
Foreign language Unit

Facilities

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 Techonology

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.

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