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Added by Jopie, at 16 September 2016
Opening Hours
- Monday 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Tuesday 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Wednesday 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Thursday 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Friday 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
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14 Reviews
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09 April 2018
Best International School in Srilanka
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21 February 2018
Best private school in country.
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09 January 2018
A great school for children who need to be challenged and a need to excel.
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20 December 2017
Good and quality service
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17 November 2017
Guaranteed that it is the best school in the country. The standard of Education is higher than international standards with great discipline and almost all graduates from this school leave to some of the worlds best universities. More facilities than anywhere else and entire system is made to help students succeed. Can’t say the same for any other international school in Colombo.
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01 November 2017
Expensive but excellent school with all facilities and questionable discipline.
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18 October 2017
Best school i have ever been to
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16 August 2017
Best school in Sri Lanka, my school I am in year 6. My brother also goes to this school
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05 August 2017
Best International School in Colombo.It"s amazing
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13 March 2017
By 1950 some of the recommendations of the Kannangara report had been implemented but many believed that the opportunities for educational equality were inadequate. So the state took up the recommendation of the White Paper on education (1950), to trifurcate education at grade 8, when compulsory education ended. One of the three streams was the academic. These, in keeping with this policy, Government Girls' College, Castle Street (currently known as Devi Balika Vidyalaya) was set up with classes from grade 9 to 12, catering to academically gifted girls. The Department of Education further intended this new school to be a centre of excellence in science education, an area of knowledge for which there was great demand after World War II. But not long after, it became clear that trifurcation of education was not the answer to our problems. But by then the vision for Devi as a school for academically gifted girls, specially strong in science, had taken hold.
In establishing this Government Girls' College, the guidance and support received from late Mr. T.D.Jayasuriya as the Director of Education was admirable. This prestigious educational institution – Government Girls' College was founded on the 15th January, 1953, at Castle Street, Borella, constructed with pre fabricated material, with 53 students and 5 teachers. From the very beginning the importance of extra curricular activities was recognized though the emphasis was on academic pursuits. Girl Guiding, dancing (Kandyan, Indian and country dancing), music, sports and drama were introduced at the inception itself where by the hidden talents of many a students were discovered and channeled towards personality building.
Mrs. Wimala de Silva (Late Deshabandu Dr. (Mrs.) Wimala de Silva) was its founder principal. With the enthusiasm of a young and energetic staff and above all with the unstinting help of her husband - Dr. S.L. de Silva particularly in developing science teaching, she started this great voyage.
More than half a century has elapsed. Sri Lanka has been gifted with thousands of patriotic, talented and skilled daughters dedicated to duty and service to their motherland, who brought fame to their school in return.response / report this review -
03 February 2017
I am in the school,its brilliantly organized!
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23 November 2016
Went there time back and got to say the place is really good and not very different to studies around the world. Much better than Elizabeth Moir.
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25 September 2016
I think the children in are school are going to love their first year at British school (new ones).
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23 September 2016
Best international school in srilanka.
love bsc so much.response / report this review
