A කලායතනය is a private academy of the performing arts, run by a master who holds it in their own name. The 5 academies below teach උඩරට නැටුම් and සංගීත to 290students across the division. Enrolment is arranged directly with the principal — telephone them on the numbers listed.
Registration with the Secretariat is what makes an academy eligible for the annual state grant. 2 academies on this list have not registered yet, so their registration and grant cells are blank rather than nil. The register records officers’ names and contact numbers only; dates of birth and identity card numbers held on the Secretariat file are not published here.