HISTORY

                                  HISTORY              

The school was initiated in 1928 with two teachers and seven students as the result of the pioneering effort of Miss Augusta Chapman. At the beginning, the school was named Sinhala Mixed School on Gregory’s Road. Later in 1978 it was converted officially to a Buddhist school and was called Gothami Balika.

The building of the school was partly destroyed by a cyclone in 1978. Then the school was brought back to the present location after the construction of a three storeyed building.

Altogether eight principals have served so far in the college. Under the guidance of all these past principals, the college has been able to achieve its targets in various aspects.

With proper administration and a tremendous effort from the present principal Mrs. H.M Sunethra Herath, the College is progressing fast and has been showing their colours at all the public examination.

Gothami Girls’ College was enrolled in the Connecting Classrooms Programme under British Council in 2010 as one of the schools in the Kandy cluster to carry out collaborative projects with the schools in Durham cluster in UK. In 2013 they were able to work with a new partner school in Birmingham (Arden School). Miss Samantha Ogrady is the teacher of Arden school, and coordinates the project activities. Mrs. A. Jayasinghe (ISA Coordinator) and Mrs. Thakshila Bandara are the teachers-in-charge of this programme. Recently they formed the “Connecting Classrooms Club” and they have planned to do eight curriculum based collaborative projects on different topics which cater to develop their students’ communication skills, make them aware of global issues and to gain knowledge in different fields. The students of Gothami are working for the ISA (International Schools Award) 2014. The aim of Students’ involvement in international activities is to prepare the students as responsible global citizens. The present principal Mrs. K.H.M.Dissanayake is the key figure behind, encouraging the staff and the students. 

To improve the oratory skills and general knowledge of students, they have formed several societies and clubs such as, Sinhala Literary Association, English Literary Association, Science Society, Buddhist Society, Drama Society, Environmental Society, Red Cross Society, Dancing Society, Music Society and the Debating Society. The debating team was formed to improve the oratory skills of children and they have participated in many schools debating competitions.

They were able to secure the first place in the Zonal Drum Beat competition recently. The students have brought credit to the college on several occasions securing first, second and third places by participating in competitions under the above societies. In 2012 they were able to conduct their college band competitions with the participation of almost all the leading schools in Kandy and it turned out to be very successful. 

Gothami students have participated in all Sinhala, Tamil and English Language competitions at the Zonal and district levels. One student was selected to participate in the All Island Sinhala language competition.

The college dancing troupe was awarded the second place at the zonal level girls’ group “Raban Dancing” and was able to participate in the All Island Drama and Dancing competitions for the said item. In 2012/2013 they secured first place in the Low-Country “Magul Bera” competition and qualified to participate in the All Island Dancing Competition.

Gothamians are good in sports as well. They bagged the second place at the seven-a-side hockey competition conducted by Seetha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy. The Table Tennis team was placed third at the C- Division Central Province U12 Table Tennis competition and was runners-up while winning the third place in Under 10 competition. All the students who participated for the Inter-School Chess Competition conducted by Sri-Lanka Chess Society held at Vihara Maha Devi Balika Vidyalaya , were able to reach the Two-Star and Three-Star levels.