To satisfy an extensive need of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka, for
the complete education of Muslim girls, the Rifayiya Ladies and rsquo;
Arabic College was established in September with students.
While several institutions provide such education for boys, there are
only few that cater to Muslim girls with the appropriate facilities,
for their complete cultural and educational development in the Southern
Province.
The College provides residential facilities to the girls, particularly
orphans, needy, and those affected by Tsunami, who attend regular
school, for their general secular education up to GCE Advanced Level
and with Islamic religious knowledge leading up to the Department of
the Examination qualification for Islam teachers and the Moulavia
qualification, by the end of four years. In addition, the College
provides programmes in IT, English and other vocational skills.
Presently, we operate from rented premises in Kapuwatta Weligama, a
town situated in the Southern Province, approximately km south of
Colombo which is one of the original settlement points of the early
Arab and Muslim settlers who arrived in the Island.
Through the efforts and generous support of the members of the
Management Committee, the monthly operating costs of the College are
being presently met. About a year ago by the kind gesture of a
philanthropist of the area, the College was gifted with a valuable
piece of land, approximately . acres in extent, adjacent to Kapuwatta
Jummah Mosque.
