Ranabima Royal College
| Ranabima Royal College රණබිම රාජකීය විද්යාලය | |
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| Coordinates | 7°16′45.20″N 80°35′38.20″E / 7.2792222°N 80.5939444°E |
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| School type | Public provincial 1AB |
| Founded | 2 March 1996 |
| School district | Kandy Education Zone |
| Authority | Central Provincial Council |
| School number | 0401063 |
| Grades | 6-13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 10-18 |
| School roll | 1,280 |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue, bottle green and golden yellow |
| Alumni | Old Royalist |
| Website | ranabimaroyal |
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Ranabima Royal College (Sinhala: රණබිම රාජකීය විද්යාලය; also known as Royal College or Ranabima) is a provincial school in Gannoruwa near Kandy, Sri Lanka.[2] The school is surrounded by Gannoruwa and Hanthana Mountains, and is situated on the bank of the Mahaweli river. Dividos sanctuary is located just beside the school, as are the Royal Botanical Gardens and University of Peradeniya. The agricultural research facilities of the Department of Agriculture are also located beside the school. The school is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the town of Peradeniya via the New Colombo–Kandy highway and approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away from city of Kandy.
History
Ranabima Royal College was founded by W. M. P. B. Dissanayake, former Chief Minister of Central Province, and Palitha Elkaduwa, former Secretary of the Department of Education, Central Province.[3] The school was officially opened by Central Provincial Governor Stanley Thilakarathne on 2 March 1996.[3] The school's first principal was S. M. Keerthirathne and it had 16 academic staff. School initially had 320 students - 240 on Sinhala medium students and 80 on Tamil medium.[3] The schools' students first sat for the ordinary level and advanced level examinations in year 2000 and 2003 respectively.[3]
Entrance examination
The entrance examination for Ranabima Royal College is a highly competitive examination which is conducted by the Central province education department where only the students from central province can participate. This is the only way in which students can get the admission for Ranabima Royal College.
Examination consists of three subjects:
- Mathematics
- Sinhala/Tamil
- General knowledge
Societies and clubs
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Wildlife Foundation
Wildlife Foundation (WLF) of Ranabima Royal College was started in 1999 with the guidance of C.G. Alagalla. The main purpose of the society was to improve the students' knowledge about Nature while exploring the richest biodiversity of Sri Lanka. The members of the first committee converted the society in to one of the leading school nature clubs of the island. In the year 2002 WLF had organized their inaugural inter school exploration contest Esprite de Nature at the Dividos mountain range.[4] In 2008, they held their inaugural Explorational Camp at Ranabima Royal College. M.C Senarathne is holding the President ship at this time.
Esprit de Nature Trophy winners
- 2002 – St. Anthony's College-Kandy (Hillwood College-Kandy)
- 2003 – St.Thomas College-Mathale (Hillwood College-Kandy)
- 2005 – St.Thomas College-Mathale (St.Joseph Balika Vidyalaya-Kegalle)
- 2006 – Kingswood College-Kandy (Girls'High School-Kandy)
- 2007 – Nalanda College-Colombo (Girls'High School-Kandy)
- 2011 – Thurstan College-Colombo (Girls'High School-Kandy)
Astronomical and Space Science Society
A3S of RRC is one of the leading societies in the college as well as in its field. It dominates from other schools[citation needed] considerably because of its wide knowledge in the field of astronomy and its widely known activities. With this society the main target is to develop astronomical knowledge among students, regardless of what society or what school they are in. The club tries to promote astronomy in innovative ways and provide students a more practical approach to the subject of astronomy.
Astro Night 2009 – The Imperial Odyssey 2009
The Astronomical Society successfully completed the annual quiz competition and the observation camp which was held 9 October 2009. Hon. Tikiri Kobbakaduwa was the chief guest.
Sports
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See also
References
- ^ http://www.kandyzon.sch.lk/schbasic.php - Zonal Education Office - Kandy
- ^ "Province - Central" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
- ^ a b c d "History". http://ranabimaroyal.weebly.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ http://ranabimawildlife.blogspot.com/ - Ranabima Royal College Wild Life Foundation Blog