School type Public national 1AB Website trincojoseph.sch.lk Founded 27 July 1867 | Authority Phone +94 26 2 222036 | |
School district Trincomalee Education Zone Address Inner Harbour Road, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Founder Rev. Fr. Louis Mary Keating Similar Koneswa Kovil Temple, Dutch Bank Cafe, R K M Sri Koneswara Hindu Co, T/Sri Shanmuga Hindu La, Greenwich Internatio School | ||
St. Joseph's College (SJC) is a national school in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
History
The school was founded on 27 July 1867 by Rev. Fr. Louis Mary Keating. On 1 April 1931 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa handed the school over to the Society of Jesus of the Province of Louisiana. Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960 but SJC chose to remain as a private and non-fee levying school. The school struggled financially thereafter and ten years later the school was handed over to the government.
References
St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA