List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka
The following is a list of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning.
Current name | Foundation name | Foundation date | Founders | Province | District | Education zone |
Location | Current type |
Refs. |
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Richmond College, Galle | The Galle School | 25 July 1814[a] | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
Matara Janadipathi Vidyalaya | The Matara School | August 1814 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Matara | Matara | Matara | Provincial | [7] |
Methodist Central College | 29 July 1814 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Provincial | [8][9][10][11] | |
Newstead Girls College | 31 July 1816 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Western | Gampaha | Negombo | Negombo | National | [11][12] | |
Union College, Tellippalai | Common Free School | 9 December 1816 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Tellippalai | Provincial | [13][14] |
Jaffna Central College | Jaffna Wesleyan English School | 1817[b] | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | National | [11][15][16][17] |
Christ Church Boys' School | Baddegama Seminary | March 1819 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Southern | Galle | Baddegama | Baddegama | National | [18][19] |
Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee | 1819 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Provincial | [20] | |
Vincent Girls' High School | 1820 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | National | [11][21] | |
Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya | Cotta Institute | 1822 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Western | Colombo | Sri Jayawardenepura | Sri Jayawardenapura | [22][23][24] | |
St. John's College, Jaffna | Nallur English Seminary | March 1823 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Private | [16][22][25][26][27] |
Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro | Wesleyan Mission Central School | 1823 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Vadamarachchi | Point Pedro | Provincial | [28] |
Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya | 1823 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | [29] | ||
Uduvil Girls' College | Missionary Seminary and Female Central School | 1824 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Uduvil | Private | [16][30][31] |
Vembadi Girls' High School | 1834 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | National | [11][32] | |
Royal College, Colombo | Hill Street Academy | 1835 | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | National | [16][33][34] | |
Manipay Memorial English School | 1836 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Manipay | Provincial | [35] | |
Hartley College | Wesleyan Mission Central School | 1838[c] | Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon | Northern | Jaffna | Vadamarachchi | Point Pedro | Provincial (APS) | [11][38] |
St. Thomas' College, Matara | 10 March 1844 | Christian Missionary Society of England | Southern | Matara | Matara | Matara | National | [39][40][41] | |
Holy Family Convent, Jaffna | 1845 | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Provincial | [42] | ||
Kopay Christian College | 1850 | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Kopay | Provincial | [43] | ||
St. Patrick's College, Jaffna | Jaffna Catholic English School | 1850 | Roman Catholic Church | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Private | [44][45][46][47] |
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia | College of St. Thomas the Apostle | 3 February 1851 | Church of Ceylon | Western | Colombo | Mount Lavinia | Private | [16][48][49][50][51][52] | |
Udupiddy American Mission College | 4 January 1852 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Vadamarachchi | Udupiddy | Provincial | [53] | |
St. Anthony's College, Kandy | 1854 | Roman Catholic Church | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | Private | [54][55][56][57] | |
St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa | 1854 | Roman Catholic Church | Western | Colombo | Moratuwa | Private | [58][59][60][61] | ||
St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya | 1859 | Roman Catholic Church | Central | Nuwara Eliya | [62][63][64] | ||||
St. Mary's College, Trincomalee | 1864 | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | National | [65][66] | ||
St. Benedict's College, Colombo | 1865 | Benedictine monks | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [16][67][68][69][70] | |
Methodist College, Colombo | Kollupitiya Girls' English School | 7 November 1866 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [11][71][72] |
St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee | 27 July 1867 | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | National | [73][74][75] | |
All Saints College, Galle | 1867 | Anglicans | Southern | Galle | Galle | [76] | |||
Jaffna College | 1871 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Vaddukoddai | Private | [77][78] | |
St. Anne's College, Kurunegala | 1867 | Roman Catholic church | North Western | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | |||
Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo | 1 May 1869 | Good Shepherd Order | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [79] | |
Sri Dhammasara Piyaratana Maha Vidyalaya,Dodanduwa | Jinalabdhi Vishodaka | 1869 | Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero | Southern | Galle | Ambalangoda | Dodanduwa | Provincial | [80] |
Rippon College | Whitfield Road Girls' School | 1871 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | [2][11] |
St. Mary's College, Negombo | 1871 | Roman Catholic Church | Western | Gampaha | Negombo | Negombo | [81] | ||
Trinity College, Kandy | Kandy Collegiate School | 17 January 1872 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | Private | [82][83][84][85][86] |
St. Anthony's College, Kayts | 1872 | Northern | Jaffna | Islands | Kayts | Provincial | [87] | ||
St. Michael's College, Batticaloa | St. Mary's English School | 1873 | Roman Catholic Church | Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | National | [88][89] |
St. Thomas' College, Matale | 1873 | Central | Matale | Matale | Matale | National | [90] | ||
Wesley College, Colombo | 2 March 1874 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [11][16][91][92][93] | |
Bishop's College, Colombo | February 1875 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [16][94][95] | |
Drieberg College | Drieberg English School | 1875 | American Ceylon Mission | Northern | Jaffna | Thenmarachchi | Chavakachcheri | Provincial | [96] |
Methodist Central College, Hakmana | 1875 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Matara | Mulatiyana | Hakmana | Provincial | [11] | |
Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa | 14 September 1876 | Western | Colombo | Piliyandala | Moratuwa | National | [97] | ||
St. John's College, Panadura | 1876 | Western | Kalutara | Panadura | [98][99] | ||||
Victoria College, Chulipuram | Chulipuram Hindu English School | 1876 | Northern | Jaffna | Valikamam | Chulipuram | Provincial | [100] | |
Girls' High School, Kandy | May 1879[d] | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | National | [11][102][103][104] | |
Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte | Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School | 4 November 1880[e] | Western | Colombo | Sri Jayawardenapura | Kotte | National | [105] | |
Southlands College, Galle | Girls' High School | 1885[f] | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | [11][108][109][110] |
Ananda College | English Buddhist School | 1 November 1886 | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | National | [111][112][113][114] |
Dharmaraja College | Kandy Buddhist High School | 30 June 1887 | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | National | [115][116] |
Jaffna Hindu College | The Native Town High School | 1887 | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | National | [117] | |
Piliyandala Central College | Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix School | 1887 | Rev.Mampe Saranapala Thero | Western | Colombo | Piliyandala | Piliyandala | National | [118] |
Christ Church Girls' College | The Girls' Boarding School | 1 June 1888 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Southern | Galle | Baddegama | Baddegama | National | [119] |
Maliyadeva College | Kurunegala Buddhist Institution | 30 September 1888 | Buddhist Theosophical Society | North Western | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | National | [120][121][122] |
Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam | 1888 | Northern | Vavuniya | Vavuniya South | Nelukkulam | Provincial | |||
Holy Cross College, Kalutara | 1890 | Western | Kalutara | Kalutara South | Kalutara | Private | [123] | ||
Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam | 1890 | Northern | Vavuniya | Vavuniya South | Vavuniya | National | [124] | ||
Kingswood College, Kandy | The Boys' High School | 4 May 1891 | Wesleyan Methodist Mission | Central | Kandy | Kandy | Kandy | National | [11][125][126][127][128] |
Musaeus College | Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School | 1891 | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [129][130][131][132] |
Mahinda College | 1 March 1892 | Buddhist Theosophical Society | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | [133][134][135][136] | |
Zahira College, Colombo | Al-Madrasathul Zahira | 22 August 1892 | Colombo Muslim Educational Society | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [137][138][139][140] |
St. Aloysius' College, Galle | 1895 | Jesuits | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | National | [141] | |
Chundikuli Girls' College | 14 January 1896 | Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church | Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | Jaffna | Private | [16][142] | |
St. Joseph's College, Colombo | 2 March 1896 | French Roman Catholic missionaries | Western | Colombo | Colombo | Colombo | Private | [16][143][144][145][146] | |
Sacred Heart Convent, Galle | 30 November 1896 | Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary | Southern | Galle | Galle | Galle | [147] | ||
St. Servatius' College | 2 November 1897 | Father Augustus Standaert and few others | Southern | Matara | Matara | Kotuwegoda | National | [148] | |
R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College | 1897 | Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | National | [149] | ||
St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura | Peter & Paul's Mixed School | 1898 | Jesuits | Sabaragamuwa | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | National | [150] |
See also[]
- List of the oldest schools in the world
- List of schools in Sri Lanka
Footnotes[]
- ^ Richmond College claims its foundation to be 1 May 1876 which is when the former 'The Galle School school by then known as Richmond Hill Boys' School was upgraded to a superior school and renamed The Galle High School.
- ^ Jaffna Central College claims its foundation to be 1 August 1816 which is when the missionaries purchased the land/property.
- ^ Other sources claim that Hartley College is a successor to the Point Pedro Native School founded in 1818.[36][37]
- ^ Other sources claim that Girls' High School, Kandy was founded in 1871 but re-organized in 1879.[101]
- ^ Ananda Sastralaya claims its foundation to be 1 January 1890 which is when the school was renamed Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) English Mixed School.
- ^ Other sources claim that Southlands College, Galle is a successor to the Wesleyan English Girls' School founded in 1842 and renamed Girls' High School, Galle.[106][107]
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