It can be said that educational standard of Maharagama Divisional secretariat area is good
Pre-School Education
There are 132 preschools are functioning
School Education
There are 24 government schools in this division. Education in them is important to maintain standard of education in the area.
Problems with school education
- All students who pass the GCE O/L and scholarship examination well leave their schools to gain admissions to Colombo schools because this area is close to Colombo city.
- Other cleaver students who couldn’t go to Colombo schools enter few schools in the area.
- Due to high competition in gaining admission to Grade1 aiming at passing scollarship examination,the number of students who enter some schools in the area goes down.
Information about schools in divisional secretariat Maharagama
|
Number |
GN Division |
Name of school |
Type of school |
Address |
|
1 |
493 / Thalawathugoda West |
PriMinisters college |
3 |
Thalawathugoda,Pannipitiya |
|
2 |
496 / Kottawa East |
W/J Vidyadana College |
2 |
Kottawa, Pannipitiya |
|
3 |
496 /B Kottawa Town |
W/J Darmapala college, Pannipitiya |
1AB National |
Pannipitiya |
|
4 |
W/J Dharmapala College, Kottawa |
1AB |
Horana road,Kottawa |
|
|
5 |
W/J Ananda college, Kottawa |
1C |
Kottawa,Pannipitiya |
|
|
6 |
496 /C Kottawa North |
W/J Kottawa North Dharmapala College |
2 |
Hokandara road,Pannipitiya |
|
7 |
497 Rukmale West |
W/J Rukmale college |
2 |
Rukmale,Pannipitiya |
|
8 |
498 /B Malapalla West |
W/J Wijayaghosha college, Malapalla |
3 |
Malapalla,Pannipitiya |
|
9 |
524 Madiwela |
Sri Rahula College |
2 |
Madiwela,Kotte |
|
10 |
525 Thalapathpitiya |
Udahamulla Sidhartha college |
2 |
Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda |
|
11 |
525 / A Udahamulla East |
Stanly Thilakarathna College |
3 |
Shalawa road,Mirihana,Nugegoda |
|
12 |
526 / B Gangodawila South |
Samudradevi Girls Primary school |
Gangodawila,Nugegoda |
|
|
13 |
526 / C Wijerama |
Presidents Junior Model School(This has been merge to presidents College) |
Wijerama |
|
|
14 |
526 / D Jambugasmulla |
Mahamaya Girls College |
1C |
Jambugasmulla,Nugegoda |
|
15 |
527 /C Maharagama West |
Buwanekaba Primary School |
3 |
Maharagama |
|
16 |
Buwanekaba Primary School |
1C |
Maharagama |
|
|
17 |
528 Pamunuwa |
Pamunuwa Junior School |
2 |
Pamunuwa road, Maharagama |
|
18 |
Gafuria Arabian School |
Maharagama |
||
|
19 |
528 /A Dambahena |
Maharagama Junior Buddhist School |
2 |
Temple road, Maharagama |
|
20 |
529 / A Depanama |
Depanama Darmapala Junior School |
2 |
Pannipitiya |
|
21 |
530 Maharagama Town |
Presidents College |
1AB |
Maharagama |
|
22 |
Central school |
1C |
Maharagama |
|
|
23 |
Darmashoka Junior School |
3 |
Maharagama |
|
|
24 |
532 Godigamuwa North |
Sri Chandrarathna Manawasingha School |
2 |
Ambagahapura,Boralasgamuwa |
|
25 |
532/C Wattegedara |
Vidyakara Girls School |
1AB |
Maharagama |
Source: Zonal education office and development officers’ records
Higher education
- Higher Education Institutions
- University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda
- National Institute of Education
- Teacher Training College, Maharagama
Other Training Institutes
- National Youth Council
- VIDATHA Resource Centre, Maharagama
- Vocational training centers under the Vocational Training Authority - Maharagama, Talawatugoda
- The Apprentice Training Centre under the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority, Elahaena Road, Maharagama.
- Rural Women Training Center – Katukurunda
- Nenasala Centre - Udahamulla
(Extracted from resource profile 2015)
