Draft:Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam
| Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam கரம்பொன் சிறிய புஷ்ப மகளிர் மகா வித்தியாலயம் | |
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 Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam | |
| Address | |
Velanai- Kayts Road , Sri Lanka | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public provincial 2 |
| Founded | January 20, 1926 |
| Founder | Holly Family Sisters |
| School district | Islands Education Zone velanai |
| Authority | Northern Provincial Council |
| School number | 1005003 |
| Principal | Sister Mary Metlen |
| Teaching staff | 15 |
| Grades | 1-13 |
| Gender | Girls (Grades 6 - 13) |
| Age range | 5-19 |
| Number of students | 238 (as of 2022) |
| Language | Tamil |
Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam (also known as Little Flower School and Little Flower Convent [1]) is a provincial school in Karampon, Kayts, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.[2][3][4][5]
History
[edit]There was a Roman Catholic school near the St. Sebastian Church which has more than 200 years old history and looks majestically at the centre of Karampon.[6]
Currently that Roman Catholic school has grown into Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam and contributing to the girls education for several years. This is the only girls school in the Kayts Island. Holly Family Sisters are the main cause for the development of the school.[6]
Sports
[edit]In provincial-level PT competition, the Little Flower School became the champion in the girls' category.[7]
Other activities
[edit]- Karampon Little Flower School was listed in 2020 as an Unicef funded Child Frendly school.[8]
- Karampon Little Flower School participated at the "Educational Training on Clean Energy Technologies (CETs) Programme" (funded by Royal Norwegian Embassy in Colombo).[9]
Notable staff
[edit]- Agnes Padmini Thambynayagam, the author of the book, The Gentiles, A History of Sri Lanka 1498-1833, was a teacher at the school.[10][11]
Past Pupils Associations
[edit]Karampon Little Flower Past Pupils of Canada is an active association and they used to organise "Karampon Little Flower School Night" in Toronto.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Little flowers bloomed under her guidance". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). October 19, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam". EduportalBD. 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Basic Deatils of Schools in Northern Province" (PDF). Northern Provincial Government. March 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Nimalarajan murder suspect accused in sexual assault". Tamilnet. 31 March 2004. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "Karampon Little Flower Convent". SRILANKA-PLACES.COM. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ a b Philomin, Muthurasa M. (2000), A CONCISE GENEALOGY OF CATHOLIC FAMILIES IN KARAMPON (PDF), PERFECTDOTT(In Tamil)
- ^ "Celebrating Victories in Provincial PT Competition 2023!". Kayts-East. 19 November 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "Unicef funded Child Frendly schools" (PDF). Minister of Education (Sri Lanka). July 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "VI. Educational Training on CETs Programme at Velanai Central College" (PDF). University of Jaffna. 14 March 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ Thambynayagam, Agnes Padmini (2009), The Gentiles, A History of Sri Lanka 1498-1833, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4490-2351-5
- ^ "This is story of a girl born in Vavuniya – By Dr Harold Gunatillake". eLanka. June 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "KARAMPON LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL NIGHT-JULY 20, 2018, TORONTO". Tamil Mirror (Canada). July 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
External links
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Media related to Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam at Wikimedia Commons
- Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam
- Karampon Little Flower's Girls' Maha Vidyalayam (Past Pupils of Canada)
- 'Karampon Night' July 20, 2018, Toronto.
- Karampon Little Flower
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