Type Government Grades Class 1 - 13 Phone +94 11 2 854875 Founded 1915 | Established 1915 Gender Boys Number of students 3,500 | |
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Mottoes Latin: Nil Desperandum("No Desperation") Principal Maithreepala Liyanarachchi. Similar Isipathana College, Royal College Colombo, St Peter's College, Devi Balika Vidyalaya, S Thomas' College Mount La | ||
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St. John's College, started in 1915 and is the only boys' school in Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. It contains two primary sections and upper school. Nugegoda had no English School until 1915. St. John's School commenced with 14 pupils on 5 May 1915. In 1934, the mixed school of St. John's was separated into separate Boys and Girls schools, with the boys school known as the College of St. John, Nugeogda.
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History
In 1915, five Wardens of the Church of St. John, led by the Very Reverend John Henry Wickramanayake, secured a piece of land in Nugegoda from the Bishop of Colombo. They collected money to establish an English School with 15 students.
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Notable alumni
One of the first students, Ossie Abeyratne, became the first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Colombo and another, Cyril Herath, the 22nd Inspector General of Police.