Sri Rahula College, Kandy

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Sri Rahula College
ශ්‍රී රාහුල විද්‍යාලය
Location
Sri Rahula College, Kandy
Kandy

Sri Lanka
Coordinates 7°17′47″N80°38′06″E / 7.2964°N 80.6350°E / 7.2964; 80.6350
Information
Type Public
Motto Pali: අතත දීපා විහරථ
Sinhala: තමා තමාටම පහනක් වන්න
(Be a light to yourself)
Established1890(135 years ago) (1890)
Founder Col. Henry Steel Olcott
PrincipalS. M. C. Weerakoon
එස්.එම්.සී. වීරකෝන් මයා
Staff144 teachers[ citation needed ]
GradesClass 1–13
ColorsGreen, yellow and maroon
   
Affiliation Buddhist
Colonel Henry Steele Olcott, founder of Sri Rahula College Kandy H.S. Olcott-portrait-300.jpg
Colonel Henry Steele Olcott, founder of Sri Rahula College Kandy

Sri Rahula College (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී රාහුල විද්‍යාලය) is a mixed national school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka founded by the Buddhist Theosophical Society, which was led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in 1890. It offers primary and secondary education for more than 2,000 students from grade 1 to 13.

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History

During the late nineteenth-century Sinhalese Buddhist revival, the Buddhist Theosophical Society, under the guidance of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, founded several Buddhist schools around the country to provide English education to Buddhist students who would otherwise have had to go to a missionary school in order to study English. Under that program, they founded a school, Kandy High School, on a piece of land at Katugasthota. [1] The school opened with only sixteen students in 1890, with Niyangoda as the first principal of the school. [1]

College houses

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The college flag

There are four college houses named after four Sinhalese kings. Students compete against each other representing their respective houses to win the annual inter-house games.

Past principals

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Warnakula, Senal. "Education Times - Sri Rahula, Katugasthota is facing future challenges with confidence". content.educationtimes.lk. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
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