A survey conducted by DW of more than 500 girls across six schools in Sri Lanka's Central Province indicated that nearly half — 46% — struggled to afford pads each month, with the figure ...

By Lynn Ockersz. Immense learning loss among the young, the likelihood of increasing school dropouts, the interruption of the school feeding programme and rising mental stress and confusion among ...

Most school uniforms worn in Sri Lanka were introduced during British rule and have changed very little over the decades. Sri Lanka is in the hot-humid climate zone, with daytime temperatures ...

Schools across Sri Lanka were closed on Friday as health and environment officials said the air quality in most parts of the island nation was unhealthy partly due to extreme weather conditions.

Accordingly, the 3,000 schools offering studies up to GCE Advanced Level Examination in Sri Lanka will be digitized, and related to this, the training of teachers will commence from March this year, ...

By Saman Indrajith China will donate school uniform material worth 13.51 million U.S. dollars to meet 70 percent of the country’s requirement in 2023, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said on Monday. In ...

Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as the death toll due to floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in many parts of the island nation, rose to 16 people, officials said.

Schools in Sri Lanka will be closed for another week, beginning Monday, officials, say. The cash-strapped country is in a financial crisis and is struggling to pay its bills, including for food, ...

The congregation, based at Mangalore in India, started its first school in Sri Lanka at Trincomalee, some 165 miles northeast of Colombo, at the invitation of local Jesuit Bishop Gaston Robichez.

Amid an unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared a holiday week from July 4 for all government and state-approved private schools.

The school in a box kits are intended as a fast, portable way to re-open schools - and in Sri Lanka it is suggested these classes could take place beneath the shade of a large tree. The kits are ...

05/14/2025 May 14, 2025. For some girls in Sri Lanka's hill country, getting a period means having to skip classes unless their families can find money for sanitary pads.