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August 27, 2026

World Habitat Day Drawing & Essay Competition 2026 – School Students

World Habitat Day All-Island School Drawing and Essay Competition 2026 Sri Lanka


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World Habitat Day 2026
All-Island School Drawing & Essay Competition

National Housing Development Authority

Government and Private School Students Can Apply

Closing Date: 15 September 2026

English Details

The National Housing Development Authority has invited schoolchildren across Sri Lanka to participate in an all-island drawing and essay competition organized to mark World Habitat Day – 05 October 2026.

Competition Theme: “My Beautiful Small House”

Drawings and essays should present the student’s idea of a beautiful and affordable small house that suits a family’s income and supports a happy, peaceful and independent life.

Who Can Participate?

  • Students studying in government or private schools in Sri Lanka.
  • Children of officers serving in the National Housing Development Authority are not eligible.

School Drawing Competition

Category 1Grades 3, 4 and 5
Category 2Grades 6, 7 and 8
Category 3Grades 9 and 10
Category 4Grades 11, 12 and 13
  • Paper size: 17 × 22 inches.
  • Permitted media include pastel, watercolour and colour pencils.
  • Students must follow the stated size and media requirements.

School Essay Competition

Medium: Sinhala or Tamil

Category 1Grades 6, 7 and 8
Maximum 300 words
Category 2Grades 9 and 10
Maximum 500 words
Category 3Grades 11, 12 and 13
Maximum 500 words

Prizes

  • 1st Place: Rs. 15,000, trophy and certificate
  • 2nd Place: Rs. 12,500, trophy and certificate
  • 3rd Place: Rs. 10,000, trophy and certificate
  • Consolation Prizes: Ten prizes of Rs. 3,000 each and certificates

How to Submit

  1. Download and complete the relevant application form.
  2. Attach the application form to the drawing or essay.
  3. Obtain the recommendation of the Principal of the student’s school.
  4. Send the entry by registered post, deliver it personally to the address below, or hand it over to the relevant NHDA District Office.
  5. Submit it on or before 15 September 2026.
Postal Address
Assistant General Manager (Information and Publicity),
National Housing Development Authority,
7th Floor, Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha,
Colombo 02.

Telephone: 0112-447038 / 0112-389513 / 0112-447207

Awarding of prizes: Prizes are expected to be presented at the special World Habitat Day event on 05 October 2026.

සිංහල විස්තර

2026 ලෝක ජනාවාස දිනය වෙනුවෙන් ජාතික නිවාස සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය විසින් දීප ව්‍යාප්ත පාසල් චිත්‍ර හා රචනා තරගයක් සංවිධානය කර ඇත.

තරග මාතෘකාව: “මගේ ලස්සන පුංචි ගෙදර”
  • රජයේ හා පෞද්ගලික පාසල්වල සිසුන්ට සහභාගී විය හැක.
  • චිත්‍ර තරගය: 3–5, 6–8, 9–10 සහ 11–13 ශ්‍රේණි සඳහා කාණ්ඩ හතරකි.
  • චිත්‍රය අඟල් 17 × 22 ප්‍රමාණයේ කඩදාසියක පැස්ටල්, දිය සායම් හෝ පාට පැන්සල් භාවිතයෙන් නිර්මාණය කළ යුතුය.
  • රචනා තරගය: සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ මාධ්‍යයෙන්; 6–8 ශ්‍රේණි සඳහා උපරිම වචන 300ක් සහ 9–13 ශ්‍රේණි සඳහා උපරිම වචන 500ක්.
  • නිර්මාණය විදුහල්පතිගේ නිර්දේශය සමඟ ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන්, පෞද්ගලිකව හෝ අදාළ දිස්ත්‍රික් ජාතික නිවාස සංවර්ධන අධිකාරි කාර්යාලයට භාරදිය හැක.
  • අවසන් දිනය: 2026 සැප්තැම්බර් 15

தமிழ் விவரங்கள்

2026 உலக வாழ்விட தினத்தை முன்னிட்டு தேசிய வீடமைப்பு அபிவிருத்தி அதிகாரசபையால் நாடளாவிய பாடசாலை சித்திர மற்றும் கட்டுரைப் போட்டி நடத்தப்படுகிறது.

போட்டித் தலைப்பு: “எனது அழகான சிறிய வீடு”
  • அரச மற்றும் தனியார் பாடசாலை மாணவர்கள் பங்குபற்றலாம்.
  • சித்திரப் போட்டி: தரம் 3–5, 6–8, 9–10 மற்றும் 11–13 ஆகிய நான்கு பிரிவுகள்.
  • சித்திரம் 17 × 22 அங்குல தாளில் வரையப்பட வேண்டும். பெஸ்டல், நீர் வண்ணம் அல்லது வண்ணப் பென்சில்களைப் பயன்படுத்தலாம்.
  • கட்டுரைப் போட்டி: சிங்களம் அல்லது தமிழ் மொழியில்; தரம் 6–8க்கு அதிகபட்சம் 300 சொற்கள், தரம் 9–13க்கு அதிகபட்சம் 500 சொற்கள்.
  • பாடசாலை அதிபரின் பரிந்துரையுடன் படைப்பை பதிவுத் தபால் மூலம் அனுப்பலாம், நேரில் ஒப்படைக்கலாம் அல்லது சம்பந்தப்பட்ட தேசிய வீடமைப்பு அபிவிருத்தி அதிகாரசபையின் மாவட்ட அலுவலகத்தில் வழங்கலாம்.
  • முடிவுத் திகதி: 15 செப்டம்பர் 2026

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14/08/2026

August 14, 2026

Arunalu Siththam Children’s Art Competition 2026 – Win Prizes Worth Rs. 4.8 Million

Arunalu Siththam Children’s Art Competition 2026 Sri Lanka – Commercial Bank


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🎨 Arunalu Siththam Children’s Art Competition 2026

Turn your beautiful thoughts into colourful works of art!

🏆 Prizes Worth Rs. 4.8 Million

🎨 About the Competition

The Arunalu Siththam Children's Art Competition 2026 invites talented Sri Lankan children to express their creativity through art.

The competition offers prizes worth approximately Rs. 4.8 million, with opportunities available for both children living in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan children residing overseas.

Participants should select the relevant category according to their year of birth and create a drawing based on the specified theme.

📅 Closing Date: 15 September 2026
💻 Drawings should be submitted online.

🖌️ Competition Categories & Themes

🧒 Pre-school

Age: 04–05 Years

Year of Birth: 2021 / 2022

🎨 Theme: Any Theme

📄 Paper Size: A3

👧 Primary

Age: 06–07 Years

Year of Birth: 2019 / 2020

🎨 Theme: Any Theme

📄 Paper Size: A3

🌱 Primary Post

Age: 08–10 Years

Year of Birth: 2016 / 2017 / 2018

🎨 Theme: Gardening

📄 Paper Size: A3

🛡️ Junior

Age: 11–13 Years

Year of Birth: 2013 / 2014 / 2015

🎨 Theme: Child Protection

📄 Paper Size: 14 in × 18 in

🎨 Senior

Age: 14–16 Years

Year of Birth: 2010 / 2011 / 2012

🎨 Theme: Displaced

📄 Paper Size: 14 in × 18 in

📌 Conditions of the Competition

  • One participant can submit only one drawing.
  • Local Category: Open only to Sri Lankan nationals. Provincial and National winners will be selected.
  • National winners will be selected from among the Provincial winners.
  • Foreign Category: Open to Sri Lankan nationals residing overseas.
  • One winner will be selected under each age category in the Foreign Category, subject to the required standard.
  • Any preferred drawing/painting medium may be used except sticky and non-drying types of paint.
  • The drawing must be an original creation of the participant.
  • It must not have been submitted to another competition or recreated from another work.
  • If a drawing is selected for the final round, the participant must submit the original drawing when requested.
  • For local participants, the original drawing should be certified by the Principal, Vice Principal, Grama Niladhari or a lawyer.
  • For participants residing overseas, certification should be obtained from the school's Principal or Vice Principal.
  • Copyright of all drawings submitted to the competition will rest with Commercial Bank, and drawings will not be returned.
  • Winners will be selected by a veteran panel of judges and the judges' decision will be final.
  • Children of employees of Commercial Bank are not eligible to participate.

📤 How to Submit Your Drawing

Participants should scan their completed artwork and upload it through the official Arunalu Siththam website.

📷 File Format: JPEG
📦 Maximum File Size: 5 MB
🌐 Submission Method: Online
📅 Deadline: On or before 15 September 2026
🎨 Click Here for Online Submission

🏆 Local Category – National Level Prizes

🧒 Pre-school Category

🥇 Top 3 winners – Rs. 75,000 each

🎨 Other Categories

🥇 1st Place – Rs. 100,000

🥈 2nd Place – Rs. 75,000

🥉 3rd Place – Rs. 50,000

🏅 In addition to the cash prizes, winners will receive a plaque and certificate.

📜 Winners placed from 4th to 10th will receive Merit Awards with certificates.

🏅 Local Category – Provincial Level Prizes

🧒 Pre-school Category

Top 3 winners – Rs. 15,000 each

🎨 Other Categories

🥇 1st Place – Rs. 25,000

🥈 2nd Place – Rs. 15,000

🥉 3rd Place – Rs. 10,000

A plaque and certificate will also be awarded in addition to the applicable cash prizes.

🌍 Foreign Category

Sri Lankan children who are currently residing overseas can also participate.

  • One winner will be selected under each category.
  • Each eligible winner will receive Rs. 50,000.
  • To qualify for the prize, the standard of the drawing must be equal to or higher than the third-place National winning drawing in the relevant Local Category.
  • If the required standard is not reached, the prize will not be awarded.

🎁 Special Gifts

Special gifts will be awarded to eligible participants who have Isuru and Arunalu Accounts.

🏫 Special Prize for Schools

The school submitting the highest number of drawings in each district will receive a special cash prize.

🏆 Prize: Rs. 50,000
🖼️ Minimum Requirement: At least 200 drawings must be submitted by the school.

🇱🇰 සිංහල සාරාංශය

🎨 අරුණළු සිත්තම් ළමා චිත්‍ර තරගය 2026

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දරුවන්ගේ නිර්මාණශීලී හැකියාවන් ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා අරුණළු සිත්තම් ළමා චිත්‍ර තරගය 2026 සඳහා නිර්මාණ භාරගැනේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිටින දරුවන්ට මෙන්ම විදේශගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකික දරුවන්ටද මෙම තරගයට සහභාගී විය හැක.

🏆 මුළු ත්‍යාග වටිනාකම – රු. මිලියන 4.8

📅 අවසන් දිනය – 2026 සැප්තැම්බර් 15

🖌️ වයස් කාණ්ඩ හා මාතෘකා

  • අවුරුදු 4–5 (2021/2022) – කැමති මාතෘකාවක් – A3
  • අවුරුදු 6–7 (2019/2020) – කැමති මාතෘකාවක් – A3
  • අවුරුදු 8–10 (2016/2017/2018) – ගෙවතු වගාව – A3
  • අවුරුදු 11–13 (2013/2014/2015) – ළමා ආරක්ෂාව – අඟල් 14 × 18
  • අවුරුදු 14–16 (2010/2011/2012) – අවතැන්වීම – අඟල් 14 × 18

📌 එක් දරුවෙකුට ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැක්කේ එක් චිත්‍රයක් පමණි. චිත්‍රය දරුවාගේම මුල් නිර්මාණයක් විය යුතුය.

📤 චිත්‍රය JPEG ආකෘතියෙන් ස්කෑන් කර, උපරිම 5MB ප්‍රමාණයකින් මාර්ගගතව ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුය.

🏫 දිස්ත්‍රික්කයකින් වැඩිම චිත්‍ර සංඛ්‍යාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන සුදුසුකම් ලත් පාසලකට රු. 50,000 ක ත්‍යාගයක් හිමිවේ. ඒ සඳහා අවම වශයෙන් චිත්‍ර 200ක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුය.

🎨 Online Submission

🇱🇰 தமிழ் சுருக்கம்

🎨 அருணலு சித்தம் சிறுவர் சித்திரப் போட்டி 2026

இலங்கைச் சிறுவர்களின் படைப்பாற்றல் மற்றும் சித்திரத் திறமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்தும் வகையில் அருணலு சித்தம் சிறுவர் சித்திரப் போட்டி 2026 நடைபெறுகிறது.

இலங்கையில் வசிக்கும் சிறுவர்களுடன் வெளிநாடுகளில் வசிக்கும் இலங்கைச் சிறுவர்களும் இந்தப் போட்டியில் பங்குபற்றலாம்.

🏆 மொத்தப் பரிசுகளின் பெறுமதி – ரூ. 4.8 மில்லியன்

📅 முடிவுத் திகதி – 15 செப்டம்பர் 2026

🖌️ வயதுப் பிரிவுகள் மற்றும் தலைப்புகள்

  • வயது 4–5 (2021/2022) – விரும்பிய தலைப்பு – A3
  • வயது 6–7 (2019/2020) – விரும்பிய தலைப்பு – A3
  • வயது 8–10 (2016/2017/2018) – தோட்டக்கலை – A3
  • வயது 11–13 (2013/2014/2015) – சிறுவர் பாதுகாப்பு – 14 × 18 அங்குலம்
  • வயது 14–16 (2010/2011/2012) – இடம்பெயர்ந்தோர் / இடம்பெயர்வு – 14 × 18 அங்குலம்

📌 ஒரு போட்டியாளர் ஒரு சித்திரத்தை மட்டுமே சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம். சமர்ப்பிக்கப்படும் சித்திரம் போட்டியாளரின் சொந்தப் படைப்பாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.

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📌 Important: Participants are advised to carefully check the relevant age category, year of birth, theme and paper size before preparing and submitting their artwork.
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21/04/2026

April 21, 2026

Drawing Competition 2026 – Ministry of Environment | School & Open Categories | Win Rs.25,000

 

Drawing Competition 2026 Ministry of Environment Sri Lanka Climate Change Secretariat Poster

The Ministry of Environment – Climate Change Secretariat has announced a Drawing Competition – 2026 to mark World Environment Day. This competition is open for school students and the general public, with valuable cash prizes and certificates. Apply before the closing date and showcase your creativity based on the given theme.

🌍 Drawing Competition 2026
Ministry of Environment – Climate Change Secretariat

Theme: Let’s Enjoy Climatic Prosperity

📚 Categories of Competition
  • School Sector
  • Primary Section: Grades 1 – 5
  • Secondary Division: Grades 6 – 10
  • Open Category
📏 Submission Guidelines
  • Paper Size: A3 (11.7” x 16.5”)
  • Medium: Pastel / Water Colours allowed
  • Only one submission per participant
🏆 Prizes – School Sector
  • 🥇 First Place – Rs. 25,000
  • 🥈 Second Place – Rs. 15,000
  • 🥉 Third Place – Rs. 10,000
  • 🎁 10 Consolation Prizes – Rs. 5,000 each + Certificates
🏆 Prizes – Open Category
  • 🥇 First Place – Rs. 25,000
  • 🥈 Second Place – Rs. 15,000
  • 🥉 Third Place – Rs. 10,000
  • 🎁 10 Consolation Prizes – Rs. 5,000 each
⏰ Closing Date

10 May 2026

📍 Submission Address

Secretary,
Ministry of Environment,
“Sobadam Piyasa”,
416/C/1, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha,
Battaramulla

📝 Important Instructions
  • Write applicant name, address, phone number clearly
  • School category must include school details
  • Write caption on envelope:
  • “Schools Sector, Drawing Competition – 2026”
  • “Open Division, Drawing Competition – 2026”
🎯 Final Selection

Final winners will be selected from drawings drawn live at the World Environment Day Main Ceremony on 5 June 2026.

📞 Contact Information

+94 112 034 198 (Climate Change Secretariat)

📌 Click Below for the Poster Notices

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