List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka

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The following is a list of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning.

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Current nameFoundation nameFoundation dateFounders Province District Education
zone		LocationCurrent
type		Refs.
Richmond College, Galle The Galle High School25 July 1814 [a] Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Galle Galle Galle National [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Methodist Central College 29 July 1814Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa Provincial [7] [8] [9] [10]
Newstead Girls College Wesley Girl's High School31 July 1816Wesleyan Methodist Mission Western Gampaha Negombo Negombo National [10] [11]
Union College, Tellippalai Common Free School9 December 1816 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Tellippalai Provincial [12] [13]
Weera Puran Appu Model School - MoratuwaWesleyan Missionary School - Idama, then Suduwella Methodist College10 June 1817Methodist Council of England Western Colombo Piliyandala Moratuwa Model school
Jaffna Central College Jaffna Wesleyan English School1817 [b] Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National [10] [14] [15] [16]
Christ Church Boys' SchoolBaddegama SeminaryMarch 1819 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Southern Galle Baddegama Baddegama National [17] [18]
Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee 1819Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee Provincial [19]
Vincent Girls' High School 1820Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa National [10] [20]
Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya Cotta Institute1822 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Sri Jayawardenepura Sri Jayawardenapura [21] [22] [23]
St. John's College, Jaffna Nallur English SeminaryMarch 1823 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private [15] [21] [24] [25] [26]
Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro Wesleyan Mission Central School1823 Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Point Pedro Provincial [27]
Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya 1823Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee [28]
Uduvil Girls' College Missionary Seminary and Female Central School1824 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Uduvil Private [15] [29] [30]
Vembadi Girls' High School 1834 Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National [10] [31]
Royal College, Colombo Hill Street Academy1835 Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National [15] [32] [33]
Manipay Memorial English School1836 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Manipay Provincial [34]
Hartley College Wesleyan Mission Central School1838 [c] Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Point Pedro Provincial (APS) [10] [37]
St. Thomas' College, Matara 10 March 1844Christian Missionary Society of England Southern Matara Matara Matara National [38] [39] [40]
Holy Family Convent, Jaffna 1845 Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Provincial [41]
St. Matthew's College, Colombo St. Matthews College, Colombo 09/ Christian College Dematagoda1847Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Provincial [42] [43] [44]
Kopay Christian College1850 Northern Jaffna Jaffna Kopay Provincial [45]
St. Patrick's College, Jaffna Jaffna Catholic English School1850Roman Catholic Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private [46] [47] [48] [49]
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia College of St. Thomas the Apostle3 February 1851 Church of Ceylon Western Colombo Mount Lavinia Private [15] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54]
Udupiddy American Mission College 4 January 1852 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Udupiddy Provincial [55]
St. Anthony's College, Kandy 1854Roman Catholic Church Central Kandy Kandy Kandy Private [56] [57] [58] [59]
St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa 1854Roman Catholic Church Western Colombo Moratuwa Private [60] [61] [62] [63]
St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya1859Roman Catholic Church Central Nuwara Eliya [64] [65] [66]
St. Mary's College, Trincomalee 1864 Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National [67] [68]
St. Benedict's College, Colombo 1865Benedictine monks Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [15] [69] [70] [71] [72]
Methodist College, Colombo Kollupitiya Girls' English School7 November 1866Wesleyan Methodist Mission Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [10] [73] [74]
St. Mary's College, Kegalle 1 March 1867Rev. Fr. Domenico Pingulani Sabaragamuwa Kegalle Kegalle Kegalle National [75]
Uva College, Badulla 1867Diocesan mission of Ceylon Uva Badulla Badulla Badulla National [76] [77] [78] [79] [80]
St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee 27 July 1867 Oblates of Mary Immaculate Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National [81] [82] [83]
All Saints College, Galle 1867Anglicans Southern Galle Galle [84]
Jaffna College 1871 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Vaddukoddai Private [85] [86]
St. Anne's College, Kurunegala 1867Roman Catholic church North Western Kurunegala Kurunegala Kurunegala
Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo 1 May 1869Good Shepherd Order Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [87]
Sri Dhammasara Piyaratana Maha Vidyalaya,DodanduwaJinalabdhi Vishodaka1869 Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero Southern Galle Ambalangoda Dodanduwa Provincial [88]
Rippon College Whitfield Road Girls' School1871Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Galle Galle Galle National [2] [10]
St. Mary's College, Negombo1871Roman Catholic Church Western Gampaha Negombo Negombo [89]
Trinity College, Kandy Kandy Collegiate School17 January 1872 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Central Kandy Kandy Kandy Private [90] [91] [92] [93] [94]
St. Anthony's College, Kayts1872 Northern Jaffna Islands Kayts Provincial [95]
St. Michael's College National School St. Mary's English School1873Roman Catholic Church Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa National [96] [97]
St. Thomas' College, Matale 1873 Central Matale Matale Matale National [98]
Wesley College, Colombo 2 March 1874Wesleyan Methodist Mission Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [10] [15] [99] [100] [101]
Bishop's College, Colombo February 1875 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [15] [102] [103]
Drieberg CollegeDrieberg English School1875 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Thenmarachchi Chavakachcheri Provincial [104]
Methodist Central College, Hakmana1875Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Matara MulatiyanaHakmana Provincial [10]
Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa 14 September 1876 Western Colombo Piliyandala Moratuwa National [105]
St. John's College, Panadura 1876 Western Kalutara Panadura [106] [107]
Victoria College, Chulipuram Chulipuram Hindu English School1876 Northern Jaffna ValikamamChulipuram Provincial [108]
Don Pedrick Maha Vidyalaya, Horana Horana Maha Vidyalaya1878 Western Kalutara Horana Horana
Girls' High School, Kandy May 1879 [d] Wesleyan Methodist Mission Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National [10] [110] [111] [112]
Hameed Al Husseinie College First Muslim Boys' School in Sri Lanka15 November 1884Sri Lanka Muslim Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National
Kiriella Central College1885SabaragamuwaRatnapuraRatnapuraKiriellaNational
Southlands College, Galle Girls' High School1885 [e] Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Galle Galle Galle National [10] [115] [116] [117]
St. Andrew's National College1885North WesternPuttalamPuttalamPuttalamNational
Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa9 March 1886Roman Catholic Church Western Colombo Moratuwa Private
Ananda College English Buddhist School1 November 1886 Buddhist Theosophical Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National [118] [119] [120] [121]
Dharmaraja College Kandy Buddhist High School30 June 1887 Buddhist Theosophical Society Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National [122] [123]
St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya Parish School attached to the St. Paul’s Church of Milagiriya14 January 1887 Anglican Church of Ceylon Central Colombo Colombo Milagiriya National
Jaffna Hindu College The Native Town High School1887 Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National [124]
Piliyandala Central College Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix School1887Rev. Mampe Saranapala Thero Western Colombo Piliyandala Piliyandala National [125]
Karandana Sri Jinarathana National

College

Karandana Boys School1888 Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura Eheliyagoda Karandana National
Christ Church Girls' CollegeThe Girls' Boarding School1 June 1888 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Southern Galle Baddegama Baddegama National [126]
Maliyadeva College Kurunegala Buddhist Institution30 September 1888 Buddhist Theosophical Society North Western Kurunegala Kurunegala Kurunegala National [127] [128] [129]
Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam1888 Northern Vavuniya Vavuniya SouthNelukkulam Provincial
Walasmulla National School 1889 Southern Province Hambanthota walasmullawalasmulla national
Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School1 January 1890 [f] Western Colombo Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte National [130]
Aluthgama Maha Vidyalaya Aluthgama Boys English School1890Nathaniel Henry Lorenzo Brohier Western Kalutara Kalutara Aluthgama National
Holy Cross College, Kalutara1890 Western Kalutara Kalutara South Kalutara Private [131]
Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam 1890 Northern Vavuniya Vavuniya South Vavuniya National [132]
Hillwood College, Kandy1890 Central Kandy Kandy Central Kandy Private [133]
Sri Rahula College, Kandy Kandy High School1890Buddhist Theosophical Society Central Kandy KandyKatugastota National
Kingswood College, Kandy The Boys' High School4 May 1891Wesleyan Methodist Mission Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National [10] [134] [135] [136] [137]
Musaeus College Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School1891 Buddhist Theosophical Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [138] [139] [140] [141]
Dharmadutha College 21 August 1891 Buddhist Theosophical Society Uva Badulla Badulla Badulla National https://dharmaduthacollege.lk/history [142]
Mahinda College 1 March 1892 Buddhist Theosophical Society Southern Galle Galle Galle National [143] [144] [145] [146]
Zahira College, Colombo Al-Madrasathul Zahira22 August 1892Colombo Muslim Educational Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [147] [148] [149] [150]
St. Aloysius' College, Galle 1895Jesuits Southern Galle Galle Galle National [151]
K/L Al-Hambra Maha Vidyalaya, Dharga Town1896 Western Kalutara Kalutara Dharga Town Provincial
Chundikuli Girls' College 14 January 1896 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private [15] [152]
St. Joseph's College, Colombo 2 March 1896French Roman Catholic missionaries Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [15] [153] [154] [155] [156]
Sacred Heart Convent, Galle 30 November 1896 Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary Southern Galle Galle Galle [157]
St. Servatius' College St. Servatius' School2 November 1897Roman Catholic Belgian Jesuit Southern Matara MataraKotuwegoda National [158]
R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College 1897 Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National [159]
St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura Peter & Paul's Mixed School1898Jesuits Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura Ratnapura Ratnapura National [160]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Jaffna Central College claims its foundation to be 1 August 1816 which is when the missionaries purchased the land/property.
  3. ↑ Other sources claim that Hartley College is a successor to the Point Pedro Native School founded in 1818. [35] [36]
  4. ↑ Other sources claim that Girls' High School, Kandy was founded in 1871 but re-organized in 1879. [109]
  5. ↑ 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. [113] [114]
  6. ↑ Few sources claims its foundation to be 4 November 1890.

Notes

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