School attended : Bandaranayake College, Gampaha
On 18th September 1918, this school was established as “Henarathgoda Seewali Buddhist School” at the place where GM/Yashodara Devi Balika Vidyalaya is situated at present. Then it was transformed as, “Henarathgoda Senior Secondary School” and in 1949, it was established as the “Henarathgoda Secondary English School” at this magnificent location. Finally it was transformed to “Bandaranayake Vidyalaya Gampaha”.Mr. Charles Samarasooriya was the first Principal. On 13th February 1923, it was advanced as a First Grade School. When it was established at the present location, Mr. Jinadasa Munasinghe was the Principal of the school. It had been a mixed school up to 1980’s. Since then, it had obtained successful results and achievements in both educational as well as in the extra-curricular activities. On 25th May 1993, it was upgraded to the national level as, “Gampaha Bandaranayake College”.
Technical Education : Sri Lanka Technical College - Maradana.
Technical College Warakapola.
Higher Education :
University of Vocational Technology - Sri Lanka
University of Vocational Technology formally known as the National Institute of
Technical Education Sri lanka (NITESL) was established by the Sri Lankan
government by the Act No.31 of 2008 of the University of Vocational Technology
(UNIVOTEC) passed on September 09,2008.
The University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) was ceremonially declared open by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, on the 31st of March 2009 at 10.00am at No. 100, Kandawala , Ratmalana.
Hon. Piyasena Gamage, Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, Hon. Dayahritha Thisera, Minister of Skills Development, Hon. P. Radhakrishnan, Deputy Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, several other ministers, Prof. Kapila Gunasekera, Vice Chancellor, of the UNIVOTEC, Mr. K.A.H Kalugampitiya, Director General of UNIVOTEC, and heads of the institutions under the purview of the Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training also participated in the inaugural ceremony
The University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) was ceremonially declared open by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, on the 31st of March 2009 at 10.00am at No. 100, Kandawala , Ratmalana.
Hon. Piyasena Gamage, Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, Hon. Dayahritha Thisera, Minister of Skills Development, Hon. P. Radhakrishnan, Deputy Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, several other ministers, Prof. Kapila Gunasekera, Vice Chancellor, of the UNIVOTEC, Mr. K.A.H Kalugampitiya, Director General of UNIVOTEC, and heads of the institutions under the purview of the Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training also participated in the inaugural ceremony
