Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/71
Title
Director of Public Instruction
Date(s)
- 1834-1913 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
File 1-332, manuscripts, typed and printed
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Circulars: Colonial Secretary to department of public instruction (regarding school matters) (1884-1891), inward letters: from Colonial Secretary to president department of public instruction and central Schools commission (regarding educational matters) (1834-1903), letters and petitions received by the department of public instruction from teachers (1896), miscellaneous letters received by the department of public instruction( 1894), outward letters: department of public instruction to the inspectors of schools (1893), letter book correspondence between Colonial Secretary and department of public instruction, C.S., G.A., C.S.C, and P.C.A.(regarding educational matters)(1874-1906), examinations: correspondence between department of public instruction, C.S.T. and G.M.R. regarding medical, other examinations and scholarships (1874-1907), memos' from department of public instruction to inspectors of schools and heads of schools (1887-1891), reports by inspectors of schools to the department of public instruction (regarding monthly Reports) (1877-1882), returns: weekly returns of attendance at the Colombo normal schools (1872-1873), registers: list of teachers (1880-1913), estimates: abstract of supplementary estimates of expenditure (1883-1903), tenders received by C.S. regarding diet of masters and students (1883-1903), (1886- 1 888).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Sinhala
- Tamil
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Description control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/DPI
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G)
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asia History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.