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Location

Ranabima Royal College is a public school located in Gannoruwa

Gannoruwa

Gannoruwa is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.-External links:*...

, near Kandy

Kandy

Kandy is a city in the center of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is one of the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka; it is both an...

, the hill capital of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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. The college is surrounded by Gannoruwa and Hanthana Mountains, and is situated on the bank of the Mahaweli river. Dividos sanctuary

Sanctuary

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is located just beside Ranabima Royal College, as are the Botanical Garden of Peradeniya

Botanical Garden of Peradeniya

Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is located close to the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is renowned for its collection of a variety of orchids. It includes more than 300 varieties of orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. Attached to it is the National...

and University of Peradeniya

University of Peradeniya

The University of Peradeniya is a world renowned state university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission...

. Agricultural research facilities in Gannoruwa of the department of agriculture are also located beside Ranabima Royal College. The college is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the town of Peradeniya

Peradeniya

Peradeniya is a town of about 50,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Kandy in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road connecting Kandy and Colombo, just a few kilometres west of Kandy....

via the New Colombo–Kandy highway and approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away from city of Kandy

Kandy

History

Ranabima Royal College was founded by W.M.P.B. Dissanayake, former chief minister of central provincial council, and Palitha Elkaduwa, former Secretary of Central province Department of Education. The school was inaugurated on 2 March 1996 by the provincial council governor, Stanley Thilakarathne..

The idea behind establishing such a school was originated by Mr. Palitha Elkaduwa. He had devoted his time and skills in making his dream a success. The main idea behind establishing this school, according to Mr. Elkaduwa was to provide students from rural parts of central province with a high quality education and to increase the understanding among different ethnic groups.

First principal of Ranabima Royal College was Mr. S.M. Keerthirathne. The first academic staff for the college had 16 members, were selected through a qualification test. There were 320 students at the start of the college. 240 Sinhala medium students and 80 Tamil medium students.

Student of Ranabima Royal College sat for ordinary level exam for the first time in history in year 2000. It was in year 2003 that the students of Ranabima Royal College sat for advanced level examination for the first time.

Entrance examination

Entrance examination for Ranabima Royal College is a highly competitive examination which is conducted by the Central province education department where only the students from central province can participate. This is the only way in which students can get the admission for Ranabima Royal College.

Examination consists of three subjects:

Mathematics
Mathematics
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Sinhala / Tamil
Tamil language
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General Knowledge
General knowledge
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Societies and clubs

Scout Troop
Astronomical and Space Science society
Wild life Foundation
Young Inventors society
Photography society
Science society
Maths Club
Interact club
Media club
English Language society
Information Technology society
Co-operative society
Commerce society
Chess club
Cadet Platoon
Senior Western Brass Band
Buddhist society

Wildlife Foundation (WLF)

Wild life foundation of Ranabima Royal College was started in 1999 with the guidance of C.G. Alagalla. The main purpose of the society was to improve the students' knowledge about Nature while exploring the richest biodiversity of Sri Lanka. The members of the first committee converted the society in to one of the leading school nature clubs of the island. In the year 2002 WLF had organized their innogural Inter school exploration contest Esprite de Nature at the Dividos mountain range.

In 2008 they held their inaugural Explorational Camp at Ranabima Royal College. M.C Senarathne is holding the President ship at this time.

Esprit de Nature Trophy Winners

2002 – St. Anthony's College-Kandy (Hillwood College-Kandy)
2003 – St.Thomas College-Mathale (Hillwood College-Kandy)
2005 – St.Thomas College-Mathale (St.Joseph Balika Vidyalaya-Kegalle)
2006 – Kingswood College-Kandy (Girls'High School-Kandy)
2007 – Nalanda College-Colombo (Girls'High School-Kandy)
2011 – Thurstan College-Colombo (Girls'High School-Kandy)

Astronomical and Space Science Society

A3S of RRC is one of the leading societies in the college as well as in its field. It dominates from other schools considerably because of its wide knowledge in the field of Astronomy and its widely known activities. With this society the main target is to develop astronomical knowledge among students, regardless of what society or what school they are in. The club tries to promote astronomy in innovative ways and provide students a more practical approach to the subject of astronomy.

Astro Night 2009 – The Imperial Odyssey 2009

The Astronomical Society successfully completed the annual quiz competition and the observation camp which was held 9 October. Hon. Tikiri Kobbakaduwa was the chief guest.

Sports

Athletics
Baseball
Badminton
Chess
Cricket
Volleyball
Carom
Football
Gymnastics
Karate
Table Tennis
Wushu