Thirty-one schools in Colombo will be closed from November 06 to 19 as they will be used for the security plan for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting taking place in Sri Lanka.

Education Secretary Anura Dissanayake stated that alternate programmes provided to these schools for the school days lost due to this closure will be discussed with the relevant schools and implemented accordingly.

Following the is the full list of schools to be closed:



1.    Mahanama College – Colombo 03
2.    Sir Baron Jayathilaka Vidyalaya – Maligawatta
3.    Rajasinghe Vidyalaya – Maligawatta
4.    Asoka College – Maradana
5.    Ananda College – Maradana
6.    Viharamahadevi Balika Vidyalaya - Maradana
7.    Sangaraja Vidyalaya – Maradana
8.    Holy Rosary Sinhala Vidyalaya – Slave Island
9.    Holy Rosary Tamil Vidyalaya – Slave Island
10.    T.B. Jayah Zahira College - Slave Island
11.    Al Iqbal Vidyalaya – Slave Island
12.    Mihindu Vidyalaya – Keselwatta
13.    Al Hikma Vidyalaya – Keselwatta
14.    Kotahena Central College – Kotahena
15.    St. Paul’s balika Vidyalaya – Bambalapitiya
16.    Hindu College – Bambalapitiya
17.    Vishaka Vidyalaya – Colombo 5
18.    Isipathana College – Colombo 5
19.    C.W.W. Kannangara College – Colombo 8
20.    Susumayawardana College – Colombo 8
21.    Royal College – Colombo 7
22.    D.S. Senanayake College – Colombo 7
23.    Thurston College – Colombo 3
24.    Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya - Colombo 7
25.    Ananda Balika Vidyalaya – Maradana
26.    Gothami balika Vidyalaya – Maradana
27.    Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya – Borella
28.    Maha Bodi Vidyalaya – Colombo 2
29.    Saribudda Vidyalaya – Colombo 2
30.    Al-Hidaya Maha Vidyalaya - Colombo 10
31.    E.A. Gunasinghe Vidyalaya – Colombo 12