Ranabima Royal College

Ranabima Royal College
රණබිම රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය
Address
Gannoruwa
Peradeniya, Kandy District, Central Province, 20400
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 7°16′45.20″N 80°35′38.20″E / 7.2792222°N 80.5939444°E / 7.2792222; 80.5939444Coordinates: 7°16′45.20″N 80°35′38.20″E / 7.2792222°N 80.5939444°E / 7.2792222; 80.5939444
Information
School type Public provincial 1AB
Religious affiliation(s) Buddhism / Hindu / Islam / Christianity
Established March 2, 1996 (1996-03-02)
Founder Hon. W.P.B Dissanayake / Mr.Palitha Alkaduwa
School district Kandy Education Zone
Authority Central Provincial Council
School number 0401063
Principal E.M.Abeysekara[1]
Grades 6-13
Gender Boys'
Age range 10-19
Number of students 1200
Language Sinhala / Tamil / English
Hours in school day 6
Colour(s)              Royal blue, golden yellow and bottle green
School roll 1,280
Website www.ranabimaroyal.sch.lk

Ranabima Royal College (Sinhalese: 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

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][4]

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:

Societies and clubs

  • Astronomical and Space Science society
  • Buddhist society
  • Cadet Platoon
  • Chess club
  • Commerce society
  • Co-operative society
  • English Language society
  • Information Technology society [5]
  • I.C.T.society [5]
  • Interact club
  • Maths Club
  • Debating society
  • Media club
  • Photography society
  • Scout Troop
  • Science society
  • Senior Western Brass Band
  • Wild life Foundation
  • Young Inventors society
  • English Society
  • Art Circle

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 Exploration Camp at Ranabima Royal College. Haritha Dharmathilake is holding the Presidentship at this time.

Esprit de Nature Trophy winners

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 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.

Sports

  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Carom
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Boxing
  • Karate
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Wushu

See also

Principal - 2015

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. 1 2 3 4 "History". http://ranabimaroyal.weebly.com. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Ranabima Information Portal". http://www.ranabima.info. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. 1 2 http://www.ranabimaroyal.sch.lk/ict/index.html
  6. ↑ http://ranabimawildlife.blogspot.com/ - Ranabima Royal College Wild Life Foundation Blog

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