Maliyadeva BV keeps producing efficient ...
Maliyadeva Girls’ College is a significant National Schools in Sri Lanka which has always been blessed by Lord Buddha. The school is situated on the top of Ethugala in the heart of Kurunegala city. It is the foremost school in the area which brings glory not only through education but also through co-curricular activities. The convenient location of the college on the Colombo - Kurunegala main road, makes the school easily accessible for everybody in the area. It is one of the reasons for the school to have optimum human resources, making it ideally suitable for an effective learning-teaching process.
Great honour should be bestowed to the pioneer principal the late Mrs. C. V. E. Fernando for initiating the college as the Senior Government Girls’ College on July 1, 1946 with the contribution of two assistant teachers and a privileged lot of 69 students. At present, Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya is on its way to a glorious era, being enlisted as the best Buddhist Girls’ College in the Kurunegala district, under the competent leadership of the principal Soma Rathnayaka.
Today the classes are conducted from Grade 1 to 13 sheltering about 4000 students who learn under the proper guidance of 165 talented and enthusiastic teachers. The educational prosperity of the school is greatly witnessed by the excellent results that the students produce at the national level examinations.
The whole school community works with the vision of moulding a set of proud and efficient personalities who are enriched with morals, intellectual capacities, being healthy and religious values. This is further held in esteem by the motto of the school “Aloko Udapadi” which indicates that the school produces wholesome citizens who will serve the entire society as a foreshadowing light.
In the year 2014, 82 students got through the Grade Five Scholarship Examination. It is a pride to maintain a higher percentage of G.C.E. O/L results every year. In 2013 it was nearly 96%. 67 students gave their contribution to this, obtaining “A” passes for all subjects. It is an honour for the school that Amaya Dharmasiri was among Island top ten rankers who was placed first in the district and the fifth in the island.
When the Advanced Level section of the school is taken into consideration, it is a pleasure to witness the success they achieve each year. Altogether 19 students have qualified to enter the medical faculty while G. Krishna Madhushani Thilakawardana made an unforgettable mark in the year 2014 as she was ranked District Firstt and 14th in the island in Bio Science at the G. C. E. (A/L) Examination. Five students have got the valuable opportunity to enter the Faculty of Engineering. Among them J. A. Chathuri Malsha Jayaweera was ranked Third in the District and 50th in the island. The Art section and the Commerce section also performed extremely well at the G.C.E (A/L) 2014 with a considerable number of passes which make students eligible for University entrance.
It is quite obvious that Maliyadeva Girls’ College is now at its zenith in their academic achievements. This was further supported by the daily nutritional programme conducted in the school, with the full co- operation of dedicated parents making the students much brighter to gain better education. In addition to that, physical fitness programmes for students held in every morning gives them an active mood for the day.
Maliyadeva Girls’ College comes under the category of 1AB. This has benefited the school with enough physical and human resources. Nearly 150 girls are blessed with hostel facilities giving a sense of home-life for students from the distant areas to be under the love and care of Mother Malidev. The school renders a splendid service for the students by allowing them to be educated either in Sinhala medium or the English medium.
Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya has about 35 co- curricular activities and nearly 30 associations and unions, providing the students a wider exposure to the challenging society at present. It also has created an unprecedented interest in students to actively involve in co-curricular activities. Therefore, Maliyadeva Girls’ College has become excellent performers in this field too.
The school has a great history in cadet- ting. They have won several all island first places in this field. The cadet platoon of the school has brought victory at numerous levels. They were the runners-up at the All Island Eastern Band Competition 2014. The best band leader award was also won by S. S. R. Sooriyapperume in 2014. The De Zoysa 2014 Challenge Trophy was won by the cadet platoon with five trophies. Moreover, Prasangika Rathnayake too won colours as she was honoured as the best cadet and the best commander (Drill) at the camp held in Rantambe Cadet Training Centre.
The sports section has brought Maliyadeva Girls’ College up to international level. Various achievements has been performed in national athletics, netball, football etc. The girls have shown their talents in sports at foreign countries such as Malaysia, Pakistan, England, etc.
Sakura Sewwandi has exhibited her utmost talents at International level football tournaments being the goalie of the Asian Football team. She was adjudged the best goalkeeper in 2014.
The aesthetics section of the school has been successful in winning glory at national level competitions. The contest for Old Hindi Songs held under the Open Category at the All Island Group Singing Competition and the Cultural Dramas at the All Island Drama Competition Maliyadeva girls were placed first.
I.M. Nirali Heshala Edirisinghe won gold medals at the International Junior Science Olympiad Competition and the International Junior Science Contest.
The principal, the Management Committee, the academic staff, the non academic staff as well as the Old Girls’ Union have contributed their best in each and every achievements of the college.
Throughout its history Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya has produced several efficient and proficient ladies in every field to the country as well as the world.