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Sivali Central College

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Type
  
National

Founder
  
Sir A.C. Artigala

Established
  
1909

Principal
  
Mr. K.K.P.Ariyasinghe

Mottoes
  
පඤ්ඤාය පරිසුජ්ජති "ප්‍රඥාව තුළින් පාරිශුද්ධත්වයට පත්වන්න" Achieve purity of the mind through wisdom

Staff
  
140 academic 35 non-academic

Sivali Central College is a school situated in Hidallana, near Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. The school provides primary and secondary education to boys and girls aged 6 to 19 and has a student population of around 3,500. Today it has become a leading school in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka.

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History

Seevali College was founded as a Buddhist secondary school unconnected to any monastery in 1909 by Sir A. C. Artigala. It was initially located in a small house on Warakathota Road in Ratnapura. In 1925 the chief monk of Nadun Viharay in Ratnapura offered the property Sivali Garden to the school and in 1935 it was renamed Sivali College. With the introduction of the free education system by C. W. W. Kannangara, Sivali College became the Sivali Central College. It was the first Central College in Ratnapura district. It moved to Hidallana in 1955. Sivali Central College became a National College on 5 February 1992.

Principals

  1. Mahanuwara Seneviratne(1909-1914)
  2. Francis Perera (1914-1919)
  3. M.A. Peter (1919-1926)
  4. P.J. Jayaratne (1926-05-03 - 1930-09-14)
  5. K. A. Dalpadadu (1930-09-15 - 1944-01-31)
  6. D.T. Deevendra (1944-03-01 - 1948-05-01)
  7. R.D. Sirisena (1949-05-03 - 1951-05-07)
  8. M.B. Ratnayake (1951-10-01 - 1955-12-02)
  9. D.D.P. Samaraweera (1956-01-02 - 1964-01-04)
  10. W.A.D.S Gunathilake (1964-02-04 - 1966-03-10)
  11. H.B. Weerakoon (1966-08-13 - 1968-02-24)
  12. C.T.M Fernando (1968-03-15 - 1973-05-14)
  13. U.B. Ratnayake (1973-05-14 - 1973-06-25)
  14. Daya Akuretiyagama (1973-07-02 - 1974-12-20)
  15. Capt. Wickman B Ramachandra (1975-01-01 - 1976-05-10 and 1991-05-01 - 1992-10-12)
  16. Mohan Sri Kantha Gunasekara (1978-08-01 - 1986-08-11)
  17. W.M.D.A. Bandara (1986-10-06 - 1988-06-16)
  18. Ariyadasa Withanage (1992-10-28 - 1994-09-28)
  19. W.M Gunathilake ( 1988-06-16 - 1991-03-11 and 1994 - 2001)
  20. Dhanapala Mudiyanselage Gunarathne (2001-05-25 - 2004-02-24)
  21. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Gunarathne (2004-03-03 - 2007-08-09)
  22. K.K.P. Ariyasinghe (2008-05-15 - Present)

References

Sivali Central College Wikipedia
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