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If you are coming from yet another Asian country or culture there would not be significant differences in the culture and value of schools here in Sri Lanka. For instance as per most Asian cultural values teacher's are highly respected and honored hence it is like an everyday occurrence to see students going down on their knees and then bowing down to show their sheer respect and obedience followed by the teacher placing his or her hand on the head of the child granting blessings. Keep in mind that its not obligatory and if you come from a different culture or country its completely fine not to follow this ritual furthermore neither I nor any of my friends living here have ever been forced to or not even been prompted to perform any such rituals ever. You see it is because Sri Lankans respect diversity being a popular tourist destination the residents are very open minded about other nationalities. 

My family comes from a different ethnicity and religion. I have been schooling my son here in Colombo for the past 5 years starting from his kindergarten days. The transition from home to school was initially heart wrenching since my little one was crying a lot from separation anxiety but fortunately the preschool handled it quite well and they were very flexible to let me stay around for a day or two until my son settled. It did take sometime though since the language barrier thing was there as most of the kids spoke the local Sinhalese language but they got along fine and my son made quite a lot of friends and learned a few Sinhalese words to manage by. Also all the teachers were very cooperative, warm and friendly.

My son is doing splendidly now in an International School in grade 3. Initially in grade 1 my son had a bit of a problem with attention and concentration which we were able to mitigate working along with the teacher. Today he is performing among the top achievers in his class and has a gang of friends including his two buddies who are frequently invited for "play" overs at home.

He is very bonded with his friends my only worry is when we leave Sri Lanka to go back home for good how is he going to take it all?

As your a parent it's very difficult to take a decision. I guess, Because you love your child so much! Just take him and explain him that, you all are going on vacation to spend the time and to study with new friends and explain him it will be a long stay. The time, place will change everything, not to worry evey thing will be alright and it will come back to usual. And we are very glad to hear that, how much you love Srilanka and Good luck for your future life.