Mable Simon
Mabel E. Simon took over as Principal in 1946 and had the arduous task of running a “private” school, the needs of which at times ran counter to the wider requirements of the national educational policies.
Principal Information
- Name:
- Mable Simon
- Term:
- 1946 - 1963
- Qualifications:
- BA Cert. Ed. Principal
- Country:
It was difficult to maintain a balance of interests. In 1945, there was a proposal to abolish tuition fees in all state-aided denominational schools. The state was to bear the cost of running the schools, but would determine their facilities in terms of teachers and equipment.
“For Ladiesʼ College, whose superior quality arose from the high teacher-student ratio, the wide choice of subjects right up to the Senior Certificate class and the various types of specialized teaching, such governmental restrictions in the number and choice of teachers or the
courses taught could be stultifying. For a school like Ladiesʼ College, which now stood so near the apex of the educational pyramid in Ceylon,
having been a pioneer in the training of primary and secondary school teachers and having produced some of its most educated citizens, it was obvious that a policy of standardization could so easily result in an impoverishment of their education generally.