There are different types of schools in Sri Lanka. And mainly it depends on the funding. The schools that the government is funding are known as Government schools. And the schools that run under a personal funding organization are called private schools. Moreover, there are semi-government schools where both private and government are funding the school.
History of private schools
The history of private schools run back to the European colonies. The foundation for these schools was laid by the Portuguese in Sixteenth-century. The missionary groups established schools in several places in Ceylon to spread Roman Catholicism. The Dutch gave the Christian primary school system to us. Later, the British started ruling the country in Eighteenth-century. And they shifted the medium of teaching in the Christian missionary schools into English medium.
In the beginning, most of the schools were private schools. But many of the schools became government-funded schools after establishing the Colebrook commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colebrooke%E2%80%93Cameron_Commission. And today they are most commonly known as government schools. There were only a few schools that remained private.
These schools follow the local curriculum in all three languages. And the students are paying a particular school fee to obtain the education. The schools have the freedom to enhance the facilities and infrastructure as per their wish.
There are a hundred and four private schools in Sri Lanka. And the following schools are the best and the famous private schools in Sri Lanka. And most of them are located in Colombo.
- Trinity College Kandy
- Hillwood College Kandy
- St Thomas Mt Lavinia
- St. Peter’s College, Colombo
- Wesley College, Colombo
- St Joseph’s College Colombo
- Bishops’ College Colombo
- Ladies College Colombo
- Musaeus College Colombo
- Methodist College Colombo
- Mowbray College Kandy
- Jaffna College
- S. Thomas’ College Bandarawela
- Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya
- Maris Stella College Colombo
- St Patrick’s College Jaffna
- Chundikulli Girls’ School Jaffna
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