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St. Michael's College National School

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School type
  
Public national 1AB

Denomination
  
Roman Catholicism

Address
  
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Founded
  
1873

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Christianity

Status
  
Nationalized in 1961

Phone
  
+94 65 2 222007

St. Michael's College National School

Motto
  
Quis ut Deus (Who is greater than God)

School district
  
Batticaloa Education Zone

Founders
  
Society of Jesus, Ferdinand Bonnel

Similar
  
Battinews, Dutch Fort ஒல்ல க, The Open University of Sri Lan, British College of Applied S, Batticaloa Education Departme

St. Michael's College National School (SMC; Tamil: புனித மிக்கேல் கல்லூரி தேசியப் பாடசாலை; simply known as St. Michael's College) is a national school in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Founded by French Jesuit missionary Ferdinand Bonnel in 1873 it was nationalized in 1961.

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History

The school was founded in 1873 by Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Bonnel. Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960 but SMC chose to remain private. The school struggled on thereafter but on 2 February 1970 the school was handed over to the government.

Sports

St. Michael's College is famously known by basketball and has won several inner-school basketball championships. Due to the victories, it was known as The Invincibles. Jesuit missionaries who were severed at the school introduced basketball to Batticaloa and particularly installed first basketball court at the school. There were several Jesuit priests who contributed basketball at the top level. Fr. Hamilton, Fr. Ralph Riemen, Fr. Eugene John Hebert, and Fr. Harold J.Weber are among the best contributors.

References

St. Michael's College National School Wikipedia