Type Provincial School Principal H. Sarathchandra Silva Gender Boys Number of students 3,000 | Established 1976 Grades Class 1 - 13 Age 6 to 19 Phone +94 38 2 233009 Founded 1976 | |
Motto Aththanan Damayanthi Panditha Similar Sri Sumangala College, Sri Sumangala Balika Ma, Prince of Wales' College, StSebast College - Moratuwa, S Thomas' College Mount La | ||
Pandura Royal College (Sinhalese: පානදුර රාජකීය විද්යාලය; also known as Royal College, Panadura, Royal College Panadura, Royal Maha Vidyalaya, Panadura) is a provincial school in Panadura, Sri Lanka.
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School backgrounds
The school was inaugurated in 1978 as Janadipathy Vidyalaya and later renamed as Royal College Panadura. Current students of the school are referred to in the press as Panadura Royalists. The college conducts classes from grade 1 to 13 in both Sinhala and Tamil medium including English medium from grade six onwards. The college is spread across over 34 acres (140,000 m2), and has a complete Information Technology Centre, facilities of over 10 scientific labs, auditoriums, Sports Complex with squash courts, basketball courts and table tennis, an international standard rugby football ground and a modern gymnasium, 2 cricket grounds and nets, swimming pool with diving facilities, along with volleyball and tennis courts.
The school also has a cadet corps.
Annual Big Match
Royal College Panadura plays annual cricket Big Match with St. John's College Panadura (Royal Panadura versus St. John's Panadura). It is also called Battle of the Greens. The Big Match is played for Mervyn Joseph Cooray Shield.
Alumni associations
Panadura Royal College has two main alumni associations. These alumni associations play annual cricket matches against other alumni associations such as the Old Wesleyites Sports Club and the Old Johnians Old Boys Association.