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Ranabima Royal College

Coordinates: 7°16′45.20″N 80°35′38.20″E / 7.2792222°N 80.5939444°E / 7.2792222; 80.5939444
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Ranabima Royal College
රණබිම රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය
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Gannoruwa

Peradeniya, Kandy District
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Central Province

Sri Lanka
Coordinates7°16′45.20″N 80°35′38.20″E / 7.2792222°N 80.5939444°E / 7.2792222; 80.5939444
Information
School typePublic provincial 1AB
Founded2 March 1996 (1996-03-02)
School districtKandy Education Zone
AuthorityCentral Provincial Council
School number0401063
Grades6-13
GenderBoys
Age range10-18
School roll1,280
Colour(s)    Royal blue, golden yellow and botton green
Websitewww.ranabima.net

Ranabima Royal College (Sinhala: රණබිම රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය; also known as Royal College, 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 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the town of Peradeniya via the New Colombo–Kandy highway and approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from city of Kandy.

History

First academic staff of the college

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] [4] 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. There school initially had 320 students - 240 on Sinhala medium students and 80 on Tamil medium.[3] The school's students first sat for the ordinary level and advanced level examinations in 2000 and 2003 respectively.[3] [5]

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

Societies and clubs

File:Rrc band.jpg
Western Band

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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 into 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.[6] In 2007, they held their inaugural Explorational Camp at Ranabima Royal College. Chirath Nawarathne 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)
  • 2012 – Vidyartha College-Kandy (St.Joseph Convent -Gampola)
  • 2013 – Ananda College-Colombo (Girls'High School-Kandy)

272 explores from 28 teams(22 schools) participated in the hike on 16 October 2013.

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

Principal - 2014

References

  1. ^ http://www.kandyzon.sch.lk/schbasic.php - Zonal Education Office - Kandy
  2. ^ "Province - Central" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
  3. ^ a b c d "History". http://ranabimaroyal.weebly.com. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Ranabima Information Portal". http://www.ranabima.info. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Ranabima Information Portal". http://www.ranabima.info. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ http://ranabimawildlife.blogspot.com/ - Ranabima Royal College Wild Life Foundation Blog
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