Royal Preparatory School

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Royal Preparatory School
Location
Colombo, Ceylon
Information
Type	Preparatory school
Established	1933
Affiliation	Government of Ceylon

Royal Preparatory School (also known as Royal Primary School or Royal Junior School) was a preparatory school in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). It was established in 1933 as a preparatory school to prepare students to the Royal College Colombo situated next to it (until the 1960s there was an entrance exam for its students). It was augmented with Royal College Colombo in August 1977, becoming the Primary School of Royal College Colombo which exists to this day. The school was a government administered school with its own head master; the post still exists today as the post of head of Primary School staffed by a Deputy Principal.

On 2 March 1972, Ceylon became a republic when the new Republican Constitution was passed by the Parliament that met at the Royal Primary School Hall.

Head Masters

Notable alumni

• Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, MP - former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka & current Leader of the Opposition
• Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, MP - current Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Sacred Area Development & Member of Parliament
• Hon. Anura Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs, tourism, Industry, Investment & National Heritage, Speaker, Leader of the Opposition & Member of Parliament
• J. Charitha Ratwatte - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury
• Vijitha Weerasinghe - former Deputy Principal of Royal College, Colombo& Mentor, Royal College Union

External links

• The importance of being Viji

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