Established 1924 Grades 1 - 13 Website Gunarathana College Founded 1924 Color Maroon and Yellow | Principal Mrs. S. Edirisooriya Enrollment 2500 Address Palatuwa, Sri Lanka Number of students 2,500 | |
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Type Government (Public) School. Started as private Buddhist Motto Vijja Udapadi (Sinhalese: විඡ්ජා උදපාදී) | ||
Palatuwa Gunarathna Central College (Sinhalese: පාලටුව ගුණරතන මධ්ය මහා විද්යාලය) (commonly known as "Gunarathana College") is a government school for boys and girls in Palatuwa, Matara, Sri Lanka located in the Akuressa Road Palatuwa Village. The college is situated in a hilly area, close to Matara Akuressa main road with natural surroundings. The college was initially founded as a Buddhist school in 1924. The college presently consists of over 2500 student population with children studying from primary level to secondary level education with a faculty of 130 teachers.
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School History
In 1924 Ver. Atampala Gunarathana Thero, incumbent of Unella Sri Nagarama Purana Viharaya, started a small school using coconut foliage and wattle near the Palatuwa Bauddodaya Piriwena. It was the private Buddhist school. The first students were Mahanayake of Shiyamopalee Chapter and Mahanayake of Sri Rohana Chapter Venerable Rajakeeya Pandith Aththudawe Sri Rahula Thero (Laic Name Mr. Dayananda) and Mrs. Dandina Samarasinghe Dissanayake who is the mother of President Mahinda Rajapaksh. The fist principal was W.H.S. Jayawardena.
College Houses
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