D. S. Senanayake College

D.S.Senanayake College
ඩී.ඇස් සේනානායක විදුහල

තමාට පෙර රට
Country Before Self
Location
No.62, R G Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 00700, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°54′30.1284″N 79°52′29.4024″E / 6.908369000°N 79.874834000°E / 6.908369000; 79.874834000Coordinates: 6°54′30.1284″N 79°52′29.4024″E / 6.908369000°N 79.874834000°E / 6.908369000; 79.874834000
Information
Type National
Established February 10, 1967 (1967-02-10)
Founder Mr.R. I. T. Alles
Principal Mr.R.M.M.Rathnayake
Staff 275
Grades 1 - 13
Gender Boys
Enrollment 7000
Colour(s)

Black and Gold

        
Song Sip Satha Sis Wetha
Publication Siyapatha
Website http://dsscoba.com

D.S.Senanayake College is a public national school in Sri Lanka, named after the first Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka, Rt.Hon. D.S. Senanayake. It was established on February 10, 1967 under the stewardship of R.I.T. Alles.[1][2] As a national school it is controlled by the central government, as opposed to a provincial council.

Overview

R. I. T. Alles was the founding principal

D.S. Senanayake College, situated in Colombo 07 (Cinnamon Gardens), Sri Lanka. School has current enrollment of over 7000 students with an academic staff over 275. The school is listed among the National Schools, which come under the administration of the Ministry of Education, thus has direct funding from the ministry.

D.S Senanayake College provides education to students from Grade 1 to 13 in Sinhala, Tamil & English Mediums. It also provides education in Mathematics, Science, Commerce & Arts fields for the Advanced Level Examinations.

History

In 1965 the number of requests to admit children into the Royal College Primary had become excessive. Thus the Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla took the initiative to build a new school in Cinnamon Gardens on the lines of Royal College Colombo.[3] In 1967, the then Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla began the ground work for establishing the school. It was named after D.S. Senanayake, who was the first prime minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) after gaining independence. R.I.T. Alles, an assistant principal at Royal College became the Head Master of the new school. The location in which the college stands today was at that time called the Kumbikale jungle.[4]

Houses

Students are placed in one of four houses according to their admission number.They compete each year to win the Inter-house Competitions.

School anthem

Old crown crest

Sinhala version of School anthem was composed by Navathna Attanayake and the lyrics are by Premakeerthi de Alwis. Tamil version of the school anthem was written by Sillayoor Selvarajah.

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms is a shield which is partitioned into two parts. The upper section has the lion of the Sri Lankan flag and the lower section has an oil lamp. A wreath of paddy is partially encircling the shield and the motto Country Before Self is in a scroll. Some decades back, the crown of the Kandyan monarch which is depicted in the crest of Royal College Colombo, was depicted in the school's crest as well.

Sports

  • Athletics
  • Archery
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Body Building
  • Eastern Cadet Band
  • Western Cadet Band
  • Cadet Platoon
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Rugby
  • Rowing
  • Scouting
  • Scrabble
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Wushu

List of Clubs and Societies / Associations

  • Aeronautical club
  • Archives Society
  • Art Society
  • AURA Music Group
  • Buddhist Society
  • Commerce Society
  • Computer Society
  • Drama Society
  • English Literary Association
  • Environment Society
  • Quiz League
  • Astronomy and Space Science Association
  • Globe Society
  • Hindu Society
  • Islamic Majlis (Islamic Society)
  • Information and Communication Technology Society (DSICTS)
  • Interact Club
  • Library Society
  • Media Circle
  • Music Circle (Theewraa Orchestra)
  • Oriental Music Group (Ghandharva Orchestra)
  • Philatelic Association
  • Photographic Society
  • Wildlife Society
  • Radio Electronic and Video graphic Association
  • Red Cross Society
  • Rotary Club
  • Science Society
  • Scouts Troop (60th Colombo)
  • Sinhala Debating Team
  • Sinhala Sahithya Sangamaya (Sinhala Literary Association)
  • Tamil Literary Association
  • Tamil Debating Team
  • Theewraa Music Group
  • United Nations Association
  • Western Music Association (WMADS)

Main Article: Clubs and Associations of D.S. Senanayake College.

School hostel

The Government of Sri Lanka offered a building previously occupied by the Crime Investigation Bureau in 2003. After renovating the building the school hostel was opened in January 2003.

Prefects

The Prefects body is composed of Student Volunteers, Student Guides and Senior Prefects. The Student Volunteers are selected from Grade 12 and they go onto become Students Guides in Grade 13. After completing the GCE (Advanced Level) examination they are promoted to the Senior Prefects' Guild.

Notable Alumni

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Shanika Perera (August 1, 2010). "D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo - A leader in every way". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  2. ↑ D.S.Senanayake College OBA - D.S.Senanayake College OBA
  3. ↑ Bogoda Premaratne (2007-10-04). "Success story of an educator". Sri Lanka News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  4. ↑ Sunalie Ratnayake (2006-04-01). "D.S. Senanayake College -unity in diversity". Tamil Week. Retrieved 2014-02-18. |section= ignored (help)

External links

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