Buddhist Ladies' College

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| name = Buddhist Ladies' College

| image = Buddhist Ladies' College crest.png

| imagesize = 150px

| motto = The Utmost for the Highest

| founder = Mohandas De Mel

| established = {{Start date and age|1954|05|20|df=yes}}

| type = Private

| affiliation =

| grades = Lower nursery to grade 13

| president =

| principal = Ajantha Pahathkumbura

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| gender = Girls

| lower_age = 3

| upper_age = 18

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| colours = Brown and beige
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| location = Colombo 7

| country = Sri Lanka

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Buddhist Ladies' College is a private girls' primary and secondary school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school was established by Mohandas De Mel on May 20, 1954.[http://archives.dailynews.lk/2006/05/19/PrintPage.asp?REF=/2006/05/19/fea25.asp Mohandas De Mel] It is one of the leading government-approved schools in Colombo.[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/Plus/plus_26.html Buddhist Ladies’ College commemorates 56th Founder’s Day] The first principal of the school was Clara Motwani.[http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=162528 Clara Motwani] The current principal is Padmaseeli Lyanage.{{Cite web|title=|url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20140126/283897340872977|access-date=2020-07-30|via=PressReader}}

History

The Buddhist Ladies' College is a popular school situated in Town Hall, Kurunduwatta, Colombo. It was first established as a private school before being transferred to the government. It became a private Buddhist girls' school in 2018. The school's motto is: The Utmost for the Highest.{{Cite web|title=Features {{!}} Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/06/11/fea09.asp|access-date=2020-07-30|website=archives.dailynews.lk}} It was previously part of the same school as Vishaka College, but the schools were later separated.

Achievements

Buddhist Ladies' College was the first school whose students used to jump through a fire ring at the gymnastics display.

The Buddhist Ladies' College choir achieved All Island first place in a competition in 2017 (open category), and successfully advanced to the semifinals of the Ananda College Vocalize generation five competitions in 2019.

Alumni

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{{sortname\|Chulpadmendra\|Kumarapathirana}} \| Model, Actress \| style="text-align:center;" \|
{{sortname\|Somalatha\|Subasinghe}} \| Children's playwright, founder of the Children’s and Youth Theatre Organisation \| style="text-align:center;" \|
{{sortname\|Kavindi\|Adhikari}} \| Musical Artist \| style="text-align:center;" \|
{{sortname\|Samitha\|Mudunkotuwa}} \| Musical Artist \| style="text-align:center;" \|
{{sortname\|Deepani\|Silva}} \| Film, stage and teledrama actress \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{Cite web\|url=http://life.dailymirror.lk/article/uncategorized/deepani-silva-the-actress/83/1476\|title=Life Online - Deepani Silva: The actress\|website=life.dailymirror.lk\|language=en\|access-date=29 May 2018\|archive-date=21 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221081028/http://life.dailymirror.lk/article/uncategorized/deepani-silva-the-actress/83/1476\|url-status=dead}}

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