Somabandu Kodikara Archives

Being Teachers – by Somabandu Kodikara Two applicants who were being interviewed for a position of teacher in a prestigious school, asked the same question from the interview panel. Both applicants, who were highly experienced in their previous schools, asked ‘How are the students in this school?’ The wise old Principal who was heading the panel asked a counter question from each. ‘How were the students in your previous school?’ The first one said ‘They were horrible. No respect for teachers. No love for education. Just a set of good for nothings and that is why I left the school’. The Principal said, ‘O! The students here are the same’. The second applicant said ‘The students were adorable. They were cultured, disciplined and eager to learn. It is only due to circumstances beyond my control that I had to leave the school’. The Principal said ‘Ah! The students here are ...

Lankan Educationalist at the Arabian sands…a glowing tribute – by Sanath Hemachandra Lankan Educationalist at the Arabian sands…a glowing tribute Among rugged mountain cliffs of Arabia spreads the beautiful land of Oman with a thousand miles of sandy beaches, arguably the most peaceful and most peace loving country in the world, so no wonder my home away from home for almost four decades. I wouldn’t have settled down, raised a family of three children and educated them up to university entrance in an alien land if not for the presence of a school of academic excellence which is the Sri Lankan School Muscat (SLSM). If our school was the crown, for us the jewel on the crown among many precious stones in the form of dedicated teachers and able principals was none other than the eminent educationalist Mr. Somabandu Kodikara who has just completed an amazing 50 golden years of ...