Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College

Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College
Location
Arasady Road, Kantharmadam Jaffna, Jaffna District , Northern Province Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°40′46.70″N80°01′06.90″E / 9.6796389°N 80.0185833°E / 9.6796389; 80.0185833
Information
School type	Public provincial 1AB
Motto	"It ought to be beautiful, I live here" [1]
Founded	1943
Founder	Visaladchy Ammal Sivagurunathar
School district	Jaffna Education Zone
Authority	Northern Provincial Council
School number	1002003
Principal	V. Perinpanathan
Teaching staff	84
Grades	1-13
Gender	Girls
Age range	5-18
School roll	2,229
Language	Tamil, English
Website	jhlc.mysch.lk

Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College (abbreviated as JHLC) is a provincial school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The school today

In 1935 the Jaffna Hindu College started admitting girls. ^[4] On 10 September 1943 the Board of Management of Jaffna Hindu College and Affiliated Schools established a separate girls school - Jaffna Hindu Ladies College. ^[4] This was the first girls "Hindu" school. JHLC was initially located at "Ponnalayam", the home of Sivagurunathar Ponnusamy. ^[4] JHLC's growth necessitated larger premises and on 27 February 1944 JHLC moved to buildings at Jaffna Hindu College's playgrounds. ^[4]

In 1941 Visaladchy Ammal Sivagurunathar, the founder of JHLC, donated land at "Naduththoddam", Arasady Road to the college. ^[4] The founders husband Ramalingam Sivagurunathar and his niece Mrs. Valliammal Sivaguru also donated land to JHLC, including the Rajavarothaya Pillaiyar Temple. ^[4] On 7 September 1945 JHLC moved to the Arasady Road site. ^[4] In 1978 a new school, Jaffna Hindu Ladies' Primary School, catering for grades 1 to 5 was established next to JHLC. ^[4]

See also

• List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

References

1. Miranda, Sujitha (14 September 2014). "Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College continues to stand fresh and firm in providing best education". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) .
2. Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
3. "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.
4. "History of the College". Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-03-13.

External links

• Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College