College History...

Ladies College Colombo was founded as a self supporting institution in 1900 by Liiian Nixon from Ireland and Ms Elizabeth Whitney from Canada at the behest of the Church Missionary Society. The history of the school is woven round the seven principals of the college who were responsible for its founding, expansion and ethos. There is no doubt it was due to their Christian faith and commitment that Ladies College grew from a rented bungalow in Slave Island with two students to what it is today... Quoting Ladies' College 1900-2000

Several issues fascinated us. ……

How a Christian Missionary school like Ladies’ College, established in 1900 within a colonial ethos, adapted itself to the social, cultural, and economic changes that were ushered in with independence in 1947?

How did the school come to terms with the subsequent shifts in educational policy by successive governments especially during the second half of the last century?

How did the school cope with such dramatic changes and do so while still remaining geared to the national system of education?

How did Ladies’ College not only survive for a period of a hundred years, but grow from strength to strength?