The principal of the Ambalantota Suchi National School Rohini Kumari Attapattu (53) had died while participating in a training programme conducted for principals on Saturday.
She has met with the accident while trying to climb up on a rope, which was part of the leadership programme.She had fallen down the rope at the training programme and sustained injuries.The programme was held at the Wayamba Teacher Training Centre in Wariyapola, Kurunegala. She was admitted to the Kurunegala Teaching hospital with serious injuries which she later succumbed to while being transferred to Colombo National Hospital.
She was a mother of four daughters and was residing at Siyambalagaswila in Ambalantota.