Sri Lankan School in Riyadh 1988-2001

  THE SRI LANKAN SCHOOL IN RIYADH 1988-2001   The Sri Lankan School in Riyadh was the first school to be opened outside Sri Lanka for the education of children of Sri Lankan parents working abroad. It was also an unique experiment as the project did not receive any funding from the Sri Lankan government but a small group of enterprising & pioneering Sri Lankans who conceived the idea  engaged in an uphill task & toiled hard for many years to make the dream of setting up a school for their children a reality. In this endeavour they received the whole hearted support of the then Sri Lankan Ambassador in  Saudi Arabia, His Excellency, A. L. M. Hashim, Presidents Counsel, which was essential to make their dream come true. This was not all. Once the school opened, they also held a tight grip over its finances, & within a few years they were able to build up a reserve fund for its  future development.   Founders   The Founders of the School, in addition to His Excellenc