Lyceum International School


Lyceum International School, popularly known as Lyceum and its students as Lyceumers, is the largest International School network in Sri Lanka providing all pre-primary, primary and secondary education. Lyceum also holds the title as the largest school in Sri Lanka with over 25,000 students and 3,300 teachers and staff.
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History

Lyceum International School was founded by Dr. Mohan Lal Grero in 1993, to foster all-round development through English-medium learning in Sri Lanka. At its inception, Lyceum International School had only seven students and four teachers. The school's motto is derived from the Ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself". Lyceum is made up of the parent school in Nugegoda and nine branch schools in Wattala, Panadura, Ratnapura, Gampaha, Nuwara Eliya, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Avissawella and Katunayake.

School

Branches

Lyceum International School has ten branches across Sri Lanka providing both primary and secondary education, and seventeen more branches providing pre-primary education commonly known as "leaf schools". Lyceum International School also has six daycare centres for toddlers.
In addition, Lyceum Campus was introduced in 2022, located in Nugegoda, with state-of-the-art facilities where students can pursue excellence through international standards in a comprehensive campus experience close to home.
BranchEst.Students CountHead of SchoolCoordinates
Nugegoda19935,300Dr. Kumari Grero
Wattala20015,500Stella Anton
Panadura20003,700Nethan Wijesinghe
Ratnapura20052,000Deepthi Goonasekera
Gampaha20062,900Dilmi Ratnayake
Nuwara Eliya2012600Princy Rathnayaka
Anuradhapura2013850Asalangika Udawela
Kurunegala20162,000Chandana Basnayake
Avissawella2022100Chandana Basnayake
Katunayake2024100Christine Francisca Silva

Curriculum

Lyceum's senior school students sit for the Pearson Edexcel International Examinations for their Ordinary Levels and Advanced Level Examinations its examination body.
Since 2010, students are given the option of choosing between the Cambridge syllabus or the National syllabus in the English language, which gives them the opportunity to be eligible for higher education at public universities in Sri Lanka. In 2022, Cambridge syllabus was removed from the curriculum and was replaced by Pearson Edexcel syllabus.
Lyceum has consistently produced some of the island's best examination results, and its students have successfully been enrolled in the world's best universities.
Lyceum has launched the first phase of e-learning at the Lyceum Group along with the instigation of curfew, on the 16 March 2020.

Events

Maathra

Maathra is an annual cultural dancing event produced and performed by Lyceum International Schools which was envisioned by school's founder, Mohan Lal Grero and administered by Kumari Grero in 2008. Under the guidance of Rasika Kothalawala, the Head of Cultural Dancing, around 600 performers hailing from Lyceum International School branches including Nugegoda, Panadura, Wattala, Ratnapura, Gampaha, Nuwara Eliya, and Kurunagala undergo training annually to showcase their talents at a significant event.
Maathra is considered as the Sri Lanka's largest cultural dancing event of the year and usually takes place in October at BMICH or Nelum Pokuna Theatre. Distinguished chief guests includes Sri Lanka's president and the advisory council of the Lyceum International School.

Swara

Swara is an annual eastern music event produced and performed by Lyceum International Schools which was conceptualised under the visionary leadership of Dr. Mohan Lal Grero, Founder of Lyceum International Schools, and Dr. Kumari Grero, Consultant Coordinating Principal, Swara embodies a collaborative effort to establish an annual tradition of musical excellence, led by Visharad Mr. Dilum Niranja.
Swara is considered as the Sri Lanka's largest school-based eastern music event of the year and usually takes place in February at Musaeus College Auditorium, Colombo 7.

Achievements

Model United Nations Club

Lyceum is an annual participant of COMUN and SLMUN. The Lyceum delegation won the best school and best delegation award in the COMUN 2011 Conference along with several other awards and has also been runners up in most of the previous conferences. Lyceum International School Wattala Branch also has participated in COMUN 2012 Conference winning GA2 Best Delegate Award. Lyceum International School Nugegoda Branch annually Hosts LISMUN Conference.

Inter International Schools Athletic Championship (ISAC)

Inter International Schools Athletic Championship is the Sri Lanka's biggest school sporting annual event and Lyceum International School was the host for several years. Each year about 23 international schools are participating with over 2,000 athletes in over 100 live sporting events. Lyceum International School Wattala was the consecutive overall winner for over 5 years with the most medals count.
ISAC 2021 and 2022 was not held due to COVID-19. In the most recent ISAC event, the ISAC 2023 Lyceum International School was able to win 175 medals in total with 60 gold, 66 silver and 49 bronze medals.

Notable alumni