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Bandaranayake College, Gampaha

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Type
  
Public

Founder
  
Charles Samarasooriya

Grades
  
Classes from 6 - 13

Number of students
  
5,000

Colors
  
Blue, Maroon

Established
  
18 September 1918

Staff
  
200

Phone
  
+94 33 2 222202

Principal
  
Lal Dissanayake

Bandaranayake College, Gampaha

Mottoes
  
Scholar is Always Honored

Address
  
Bandaranayake College, Gampaha, Sri Lanka., Sri Lanka

Bandaranayake College Gampaha (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරනායක විද්‍යාලය ගම්පහ) was founded on 18 September 1918.

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Historʏ

In 1918, this school established as Henarathgoda Seewali Buddhist School at the place where Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya located at present. Charles Samarasooriya was the first principal of the school. In 1949, the school transformed as Henarathgoda Senior Secondary School and then it was established as the Henarathgoda Secondary English School at present location. When school was established at the current location, Jinadasa Munasinghe was the principal.

In 1923 this school was promoted as a First Grade School. It had been a mixed school up to 1980s. On 25 May 1993, the school was advanced to the national level as, Gampaha Bandaranayake College.

Houses

The students are divided into four houses:

  •      Gamunu (Blue)
  •      Parakrama (Yellow)
  •      Tissa (Green)
  •      Vijaya (Red)
  • The names are derived from distinguished past kings of Sri Lanka. The houses compete annually in all major games to win the respective inter-house games.

    Sports

    Sport is a major part of Bandaranayake College, with over 25 different sports played.

    Other sports played at College includes;

    Clubs and societies

    Some of these are:

    References

    Bandaranayake College, Gampaha Wikipedia